IT Support Specialist

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Date: Apr 1, 2026

Location: IL, US

Company: Leggett & Platt

Sterling Steel Company produces over 500,000 tons of wire rod annually.   Customers have various uses for this rod, including Leggett & Platt making bed springs, which they invented. 

Leggett & Platt is not only our largest customer, but after purchasing NWSW in 2002 they are also the owner.

 

It is the mission of Sterling Steel Company to be the Safest and Lowest Cost provider of Quality Steel.  

We are committed to conform to all established requirements and expectations of our customers and to a philosophy of Continuous Quality Improvement. 

Meeting these goals requires teamwork, dedication, and ongoing training from all our 275+ employees. 

 

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

 

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

 

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

 

Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history

 

Bedding

 

The world leader in bedding technology.

 

Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.

 

Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery – our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.

 

Learn more about Bedding Components: L&P Bedding Group

 

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

 

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

 

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

 

Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history

 

Bedding

 

The world leader in bedding technology.

 

Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.

 

Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery – our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.

 

Learn more about Bedding Components: L&P Bedding Group

 

 

Overview:

Contribute to Sterling Steel safely producing high quality products at the lowest cost by

Providing IT support to Manager and all network users.

Responsibilities & Duties:
  • Provide IT support to all network users (Employees, Managers and Contractors)
  • Attend to issues in person for end users in office and mills
  • Respond timely to questions sent via email or phone
  • Install and maintain programs and updates
  • Troubleshoot Windows, network, hardware and any other IT-related issues
  • Setup, configure and maintain computers, laptops, printers and other IT equipment
  • Manage user accounts, access and permissions
  • Maintain IT inventory
  • Conduct basic IT training for end users
  • Create and delete user accounts according to policies
  • Communicate professionally with employees, Corporate IT, Contractors and Vendors
  • Participate in quarterly inventory
  • Assist contractors with use of company networks, software and hardware
  • Contact service vendors to schedule required service
  • Assist IT Manager with projects/initiatives as needed
  • Respond to internal and external audit request
  • Continually expand knowledge of SSC, its departments and the steel business
  • Provide off-hours technical support as needed
  • Cover some IT Manager job duties during planned and unplanned absences

 

  • Report to work as scheduled
  • Follow all related SJPs
  • Adhere to all Policies
  • Comply with all SSC Safety rules
  • Familiarize self with SSC Admin Offices, Rod Mill & Melt Shop in order to safely travel independently to any area when required

 

  • All other duties as assigned

 

 

Experience/Education/Skill/Knowledge:
  • 3+ years of related experience including troubleshooting hardware and software issues
  • Prior work in heavy industrial setting helpful
  • Degree or Certificate in computer science field preferred

 

  • Willing and able to learn quickly, retain and apply new information
  • Possess Training skills to work with employees are all areas of the workforce
  • Proven ability to organize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Enthusiastic and self-motivated approach to work
  • Positive, outgoing customer-service oriented personality
  • Ability to effectively read, write, understand, and otherwise communicate in English

 

  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft products including Windows and Office products, networking, and PC hardware required

 

Physical Demands:
  • Mobility to move to any area of Rod Mill and Melt Shop and administrative offices, including safely traversing up and down stairs
  • Spending approximately 30% of time in extreme hot and cold temperatures wearing required PPE
  • Able to sit for long periods of time in office setting
  • Dexterity to type on keyboard and operate necessary tools/machinery
  • Lift up to 50 pounds occasionally

 

Tool/Machines/Equipment Used:
  • Computer
  • Phone
  • Copier/Scanner
  • Printer

 

QMS Requirements
  • Learn and follow Company Quality Policy & Mission Statement
  • Initiate action to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformity related to product, process, and the system.
  • Identify and record any problems relating to the product, process and the quality system.
  • Initiate, recommend or provide solutions through designated channels.
  • Verify the implementation of solutions.
  • Control further processing, delivery or installation of nonconforming product until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected.

 

 

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Our Values

Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.

  • Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
  • Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
  • Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
  • Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

Our Commitment to You

We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all. Leggett & Platt is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veteran status, and more. Join us!

We welcome and encourage applications if you meet the minimum qualifications. Even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications, we’d love the opportunity to consider you.

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