Melt Shop Floater: Multi-Role Operator & Maintenance Support

Steel Dynamics; Columbus (MS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Steel Dynamics, Inc. in Columbus, MS, is seeking a Melt Shop Floater to assist in the assigned department as needed. This role supports housekeeping, equipment operation, and daily production tasks to maintain safe, efficient operations.

Candidates should have strong safety awareness, good communication, and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Experience in an industrial setting is preferred; lifting, bending, and hot-work duties are routine.

Qualifications

• Strong safety awareness.
• Good communication skills (verbal, written, and electronic).
• Self-motivated with the ability to work consistently without direct supervision.
• Works well with others and independently.
• Quality and detail-oriented.
• Mechanically inclined.
• Willingness to work scheduled and unscheduled.
• Ability to work routinely in a hot environment.
• Repetitive stretching, reaching, lifting, and walking will be required to support routine responsibilities.
• Preferred: Experience working in an industrial setting.

Responsibilities

• Housekeeping.
• Safe operation of all area cranes and mobile equipment.
• Scrap disposal using cutting torches.
• Operation of sample shears, strapping and packaging equipment.
• Operation of walking beam conveyors and associated handling equipment.
• Support routine maintenance activities, downturn work, and preventative maintenance checks.
• Continuous observations and recording of quality data.
• Various utility functions assigned by area supervisor.

Skills

Safety awareness

Communication

Self-motivation

Teamwork

Quality focus

Mechanical aptitude

Flexibility

Physical stamina

Industrial experience

Job description

Steel Dynamics, Inc. in Columbus, MS, is seeking a Melt Shop Floater to assist in the assigned department as needed. This role supports housekeeping, equipment operation, and daily production tasks to maintain safe, efficient operations.

Candidates should have strong safety awareness, good communication, and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Experience in an industrial setting is preferred; lifting, bending, and hot-work duties are routine.