Melt Shop Helper

Commercial Metals Company; Martinsburg (WV); On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits from day 1

401(k) with company match

Life and disability insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Training and advancement opportunities

Overtime pay

Job summary

Commercial Metals Company (CMC) is a Fortune 500® company at the forefront of steel production and fabrication, offering diverse opportunities in melt shop operations and maintenance. This role supports safe, efficient operation of furnaces, ladles, and refractories, with hands-on tasks across the plant.

You will join a team that values training, advancement, and dedication to quality, with opportunities to grow in a dynamic industrial environment in Martinsburg, WV.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; ability to learn on the job.
• Strong teamwork, reliability and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in extreme temperatures, dust and noise.

Responsibilities

• Assist maintenance staff and perform routine repairs.
• Follow safety rules and proper PPE usage.
• Inspect equipment and complete shift reports.
• Carry out housekeeping and prepare equipment for maintenance.
• Support furnace and casting operations as needed.

Skills

Team player

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Safety conscious

Learn quickly

Multitasking

Lift 50 lbs

Overtime ready

Rotating shifts

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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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 by offering:

• Day 1 Benefits Coverage with low cost Medical, Vision, Dental
• Day 1 Paid-time Off and Vacation
• 4.5% Company Match 401(k) plan
• Competitive Compensation and Bonuses
• Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and Advancement Opportunities

Why This Job

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.

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

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent experience 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.

If you’re ready to join a team working to make our industry more sustainable, support the bridges, roadways, buildings and infrastructure that connects our communities, and do meaningful work, you’re ready to joinCMC. Apply today and start moving your career — and our world — forward. Let's build a better world!

CMC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, or other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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