Josh Burich – Heat Treat Today 40 Under 40
Name: Josh Burich
Company: The Euclid Heat Treating Company
Position: Maintenance Manager
Commercial Heat Treater
Years in Industry: 20
As a manager of approximately eight employees in the maintenance department of Euclid Heat Treating (EHT), Josh exudes a calm but strong leadership style to effectively manage and lead his department. He constantly shuffles competing priorities with equipment break downs and immediate repairs, while still making progress on the ever-present routine maintenance and long term goals, such as new equipment installation and continuous improvement. He uses his knowledge of employees’ skills and training to assign them tasks on a daily basis, while also looking for opportunities to train employees — by himself or by other qualified technicians — to learn and master new skills.
Josh worked at EHT as a young man and while attending college. He returned a few years after graduating and has been at EHT for 17 years. He has held his current role as the manager of the maintenance department for four years. There isn’t a piece of equipment he can’t fix, nor a time of day he won’t come in to check or fix equipment or buildings. Josh is a 2022 graduate of MTI’s YES Program, and routinely takes part in company-provided training, such as leadership training and first aid/CPR. He is a member of a four-person company management team, which provides direction and establishes priorities for the company. EHT is a better organization because of this dedicated, hard-working individual.
Nominated by: The Euclid Heat Treating Company
