Refractory Operator

There’s more to CMC than our products and the buildings, structures, and roads they go into. At CMC, it’s the people inside our recycling centers, fabrication plants, manufacturing facilities, steel mills, and offices that make us who we are as a company. Our success comes from finding, retaining, and supporting the highest quality talent.

Benefits

• Day 1 benefits coverage with low-cost medical, vision, and dental
• Day 1 paid-time off and vacation
• 4.5% company match 401(k) plan
• $500 annual company-paid lifestyle benefit
• Competitive compensation and bonuses
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and advancement opportunities

About the role

CMC provides an excellent opportunity to learn the steel, construction reinforcement, and ground stabilization industries and to grow in your career. Whether you will spend your day brainstorming in an office cubicle, operating a crane, running manufacturing equipment, or troubleshooting technical obstacles, at CMC, you’ll get the training and support from your team that you need to excel in your role and reach your full potential.

The individual is responsible for lining and relining arc furnaces, ladles, ladle heating stations, tundishes, tundish covers, and fabricates slide gates. Make EAF repairs and relining; perform other general masonry assignments.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the CMC Safety Programs and proactively uphold the CMC Safety Culture
• Clean and prepare slide gates, furnaces, roofs, ladles, tundishes, covers, forms, etc. for repair and relining and fabrication
• Mix mortar and other bonding materials for lining and bricking
• Use brick-laying equipment to lay brick or replace lining materials in the repair or reline of ladles, furnaces, furnace roofs, tundishes, etc. as required
• Lay brick in ladles, roofs, furnaces, tundishes, etc.
• Handle bricks by hand for multiple hours at a time
• Effectively communicate with others about possible production issues, concerns, and needs
• Ensure equipment inspection reports are filled out each shift
• Responsible for continuous improvement such as suggesting improvements in work methods and procedures
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• 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
• Dependability in attendance, work completion, and flexibility to meet business needs
• Must be able to learn quickly and multitask
• Willingness to work a rotating shift, including weekends and holidays
• Ability to work overtime as required, including planned schedules and unplanned emergency situations
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, climb ladders and stairs, and stand for extended periods of time

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED preferred

We are CMC, a Fortune 500® company at the leading edge of our industry. Our construction reinforcement and steel products have supported construction projects and structures around the world. The secret to our success? We’ve built our legacy by assembling a team of innovators and doers to tackle some of the most challenging construction reinforcement problems facing our world for more than 100 years — and we’re just getting started.