U. S. Steel Names New Managers at PRO-TEC Coating, Granite City Works
01/14/2016 - A veteran United States Steel Corporation manager has been named president of its PRO-TEC Coating joint venture, the company has announced.
According to U. S. Steel, Richard E. Veitch will begin his new duties on 18 January. He is taking over for acting president Brent Rosebrook, who has overseen the operation since the retirement of Bryan Vaughn in June 2015.
Veitch most recently served as general manager of U. S. Steel’s Granite City Works in Granite City, Ill., USA, where he has been stationed since 2009. U. S. Steel is temporarily idling the facility on account of the weak steel and energy markets.
Veitch began his career at U. S. Steel in 1981 as a co-op student employee in the hot strip mill at Gary Works in Gary, Ind., USA. After completing his undergraduate degree in 1985, he joined the company full time, serving as a turn foreman in plant’s cold rolling mill. Veitch progressed through managerial positions in several areas of the facility's finishing operations before joining National Steel in 1996.
He returned to the company when U. S. Steel acquired National Steel in 2003, when he was named division manager of sheet products for National's finishing facility in Portage, Ind., USA. Later that year, he was named plant manager of the Mon Valley Works' Irvin plant, where he was responsible for all rolling and finishing operations at the facility as well as the galvanizing line at Mon Valley Works' Fairless plant near Philadelphia, Pa., USA.
In 2006, Veitch advanced to vice president – operations at U. S. Steel Kosice and oversaw all day-to-day activities at the company's facilities in the Slovak Republic. He was appointed vice president and general director – U. S. Steel Serbia in 2007. In that role he was responsible for all aspects of U. S. Steel's three Serbian operations in Smederevo, Sabac and Kucevo.
Veitch holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in management, both from Purdue University.
At Granite City, Veitch will be succeeded by Michael Terry, who has been named acting plant manager. Terry will report to Matthew Perkins, general manager of Gary Works.
Terry began his career in 1975 as a management trainee at Granite City and progressed through a series of increasingly responsible positions in rolling and finishing operations and maintenance.
In 1983, Terry moved to engineering and served in various positions at Granite City as well as at the Great Lakes Works, the Midwest plant and National Steel's corporate headquarters in both Pittsburgh and Mishawaka, Ind. In 1997, he returned to operations as director of tin mill products and, later, as director of sheet and coated products.
Terry remained at Midwest following U. S. Steel's acquisition of National Steel in 2003. In 2004, he was named general manager -engineering at U. S. Steel Košice in Slovakia. He returned to engineering and to Granite City in 2007 and was moved to division manager of steelmaking and casting in 2009.
In 2014, Terry was assigned to the Sparrow's Point caster project at Granite City. At the conclusion of the installation, he moved to his current role as division manager of rolling and finishing.
Terry received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1974 and his MBA from Webster University in 1984.
Veitch most recently served as general manager of U. S. Steel’s Granite City Works in Granite City, Ill., USA, where he has been stationed since 2009. U. S. Steel is temporarily idling the facility on account of the weak steel and energy markets.
Veitch began his career at U. S. Steel in 1981 as a co-op student employee in the hot strip mill at Gary Works in Gary, Ind., USA. After completing his undergraduate degree in 1985, he joined the company full time, serving as a turn foreman in plant’s cold rolling mill. Veitch progressed through managerial positions in several areas of the facility's finishing operations before joining National Steel in 1996.
He returned to the company when U. S. Steel acquired National Steel in 2003, when he was named division manager of sheet products for National's finishing facility in Portage, Ind., USA. Later that year, he was named plant manager of the Mon Valley Works' Irvin plant, where he was responsible for all rolling and finishing operations at the facility as well as the galvanizing line at Mon Valley Works' Fairless plant near Philadelphia, Pa., USA.
In 2006, Veitch advanced to vice president – operations at U. S. Steel Kosice and oversaw all day-to-day activities at the company's facilities in the Slovak Republic. He was appointed vice president and general director – U. S. Steel Serbia in 2007. In that role he was responsible for all aspects of U. S. Steel's three Serbian operations in Smederevo, Sabac and Kucevo.
Veitch holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in management, both from Purdue University.
At Granite City, Veitch will be succeeded by Michael Terry, who has been named acting plant manager. Terry will report to Matthew Perkins, general manager of Gary Works.
Terry began his career in 1975 as a management trainee at Granite City and progressed through a series of increasingly responsible positions in rolling and finishing operations and maintenance.
In 1983, Terry moved to engineering and served in various positions at Granite City as well as at the Great Lakes Works, the Midwest plant and National Steel's corporate headquarters in both Pittsburgh and Mishawaka, Ind. In 1997, he returned to operations as director of tin mill products and, later, as director of sheet and coated products.
Terry remained at Midwest following U. S. Steel's acquisition of National Steel in 2003. In 2004, he was named general manager -engineering at U. S. Steel Košice in Slovakia. He returned to engineering and to Granite City in 2007 and was moved to division manager of steelmaking and casting in 2009.
In 2014, Terry was assigned to the Sparrow's Point caster project at Granite City. At the conclusion of the installation, he moved to his current role as division manager of rolling and finishing.
Terry received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1974 and his MBA from Webster University in 1984.
