Ladle Maintenance Technician | Steel Plant Specialist

Madre Integrated Engineering; Doha; Sur place; QAR 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Longterm Position

Competitive Salary

Résumé du poste

Madre Integrated Engineering in Doha, Qatar seeks a skilled Ladle Maintenance Technician to inspect, repair, and maintain new, circulating, and standby ladles and associated refractory systems in the steelmaking process.

The candidate will coordinate with production and maintenance teams, follow safety and quality procedures, and contribute to equipment readiness during overtime, standby, and call-out duties as required.

Qualifications

• Technical Diploma or Higher Secondary Education from a recognized institution.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a Steel Making Plant in the same or similar job profile.
• Hands-on knowledge of ladle refractory maintenance, ladle preparation, slide plates, nozzles, porous plugs, purging systems, and refractory replacement/repair.
• Good knowledge of Steel Melt Shop (SMS) processes, ladle operations, EAF tapping, tundish systems, and refractory practices.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, SOPs, and technical documents.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, ability to work under high heat, dust, heights and gases with strict safety standards.

Responsabilités

• Inspect, prepare, and maintain new, circulating, and standby ladles according to SOP requirements, ensuring they are ready and safe for EAF tapping operations.
• Perform ladle refractory inspection, repair, and replacement, including refractory linings, nozzles, porous plugs, slide plates, and associated mechanisms.
• Remove metal and slag buildup from ladle lips, shells, slide plate bores, nozzles, steel pots, and slag pots using oxygen lances, cleaning tools, and hand tools.
• Inspect ladle refractory condition, purging systems, IPV purging pressure, steel passage nozzles, fluid-control systems, and mechanical locking/sealing arrangements.
• Monitor ladle internal and shell temperatures and perform maintenance of ladle/tundish fluid-control and auto-purging mechanisms to ensure equipment readiness.
• Coordinate with production and maintenance teams while strictly following operational, safety, environmental, and quality procedures, including overtime, standby, and call-out duties when required.

Connaissances

Ladle maintenance

Ladle preparation

Slide plates

Nozzles

Porous plugs

Purging systems

Refractory replacement

Formation

Technical Diploma or Higher Secondary Education

3+ years steel making experience

Description du poste

Madre Integrated Engineering in Doha, Qatar seeks a skilled Ladle Maintenance Technician to inspect, repair, and maintain new, circulating, and standby ladles and associated refractory systems in the steelmaking process.

The candidate will coordinate with production and maintenance teams, follow safety and quality procedures, and contribute to equipment readiness during overtime, standby, and call-out duties as required.