Melt Shop Helper

What You'll Do

• Assist maintenance personnel when requested/needed
• Work safely to prevent on the job injuries by following safety rules and regulations at all times including proper wearing of company PPE
• Ensure equipment inspection reports are filled out each shift
• Perform minor/routine maintenance or repairs as needed without the assistance of maintenance personnel
• Responsible for daily housekeeping duties including but not limited to immediate work area
• Understand start up, shutdown, and emergency procedures
• Assist Utility Operator and Assistant Furnace Operator with the exchanging of electrodes
• Assist Utility Operator with filling alloy, refractory, and carbon hoppers at furnace
• Assist arc furnace personnel with between heat turnarounds
• Assist the Furnace Operator when tapping electric arc furnace
• Assist with cleaning and filling the tap hole after each heat
• Clean, repair or replace tap holes and wall burners; build up around doors and properly plug tap holes to prevent metal loss while retaining the ability to open the tap hole when required
• Cleans and prepares slide gates, furnaces, roofs, ladles, tundishes, covers, forms, etc for repair and relining and fabrication
• Cut bricks to size, as required and cut notches or holds to provide for smoke control tap holes, tap mountings, heating elements, etc
• Ensure that all materials picked up and moved to the processing area are properly handled and located
• Lays brick up in ladles, roofs, furnaces, tundishes, etc. Handle bricks by hand for multiple hours at a time
• Operate cutting torch for operational needs
• Prepare thermocouples, oxygen probes, lances and test molds for use
• Repair or replace fire brick lining of ladles, furnace tap holes and spout
• Take slag samples as required
• Take steel temperature in the tundish
• Train in all areas of the Melt Shop to include Furnace, Ladle Furnace, Casting Machine, and Refractories
• Use temperature probes to monitor steel temperature in tundish

What You'll Need

• Ability to work as a team player in a fast-paced environment, with excellent strong work ethic, attention to detail, and organizational skills
• Ability to work with exposure to extremes in temperature, chemical, dust fumes and mists, uneven surfaces, loud noise, elevated work areas, and confined spaces
• Basic computer skills
• Dependability in attendance, work completion, and flexibility to meet business needs
• Must be able to learn quickly and multitask
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
• Some overtime will be required
• Work on a rotating shift which may include weekends and holidays

Your Education

• A high school diploma, GED, or equivalent experience preferred