Melt Shop Operator

Vallourec - North America; Youngstown (OH); Vor Ort; USD 40.000 - 50.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading manufacturing company in Ohio is seeking a Melt Shop Operator for a full-time, entry-level position. Responsibilities include monitoring production orders, preheating materials, training staff, and ensuring compliance with operational standards. Candidates should have a high school diploma and preferably some experience in a manufacturing setting. This role emphasizes teamwork, safety awareness, and high attention to detail.

Qualifikationen

• Preferred: Previous training and experience in a manufacturing environment.

Aufgaben

• Monitor and track Melt Shop orders for production.
• Preheat billets to a specified temperature and inspect tundish.
• Report and ensure smooth flow of steel and orders.
• Provide training for employees on tasks.
• Maintain equipment and ensure compliance with testing.

Kenntnisse

Directability

Teamwork

Adaptability

Accountability

Reliability/dependability

Initiative

Safety awareness

Ability to receive and provide constructive feedback

Pride in performance

Continuous Improvement/Quality

Communication

Positive responses to change

High attention to detail

Ausbildung

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

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Responsibilities

• All billets will be identified with a laser-etched tag, attached using a Hilti tool. Identification will be printed onto the tag. The required information will be provided on the Melt Shop Order; as a minimum, heat number, product weight, grade, and strand number will be on the tag.
• Preheat billets to an aim temperature of 2,000°F with a 60-minute aim pre-heat time, depending on operating circumstances.
• Preheat tundish shrouds for at least 60 minutes. Inspect the tundish for hot spots every heat.
• Monitor the Melt Shop Order and track the number of pieces needed to complete the order.
• Verify billet count with Billet Yard personnel. Report daily to the production scheduler to maintain the flow of steel and orders.
• Provide proper training for employees to ensure tasks are performed properly and in a timely manner to maximize productivity.
• Report electronically on Level II.
• Ensure tundish gates are servo tested and pass the servo test before the pre-heater is placed on the tundish for pre-heating.
• Keep tundish gates wide open and manage valve positions to keep gates open during pre-heat.
• If a tundish cylinder is replaced, maintenance must verify the cylinder before performing a servo test.
• Maintain mold powders, tundish powders, heat changes, billet identification, continuous casting parameters, casting rounds, tundish level-sequencing heats, mold level deviation, tundish sampling for chemistry, and billet sampling.

Experience, Skills, And Knowledge

• Preferred: Previous training and experience in a manufacturing environment.

Education, Training, And Certifications

• Required: High School Diploma or Equivalent.

Critical Competencies & Capabilities

• Directability
• Teamwork
• Adaptability
• Accountability
• Reliability/dependability
• Initiative
• Safety awareness
• Ability to receive and provide constructive feedback
• Pride in performance
• Continuous Improvement/Quality
• Communication
• Positive responses to change
• High attention to detail

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Oil and Gas