Sizing Plant Operator - Swing Shift

RHI Magnesita GmbH; York (York County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

RHI Magnesita is seeking a Sizing Plant Operator to operate production equipment in the MgO and HPS plants, monitor performance, and maintain accurate production records. The role emphasizes safety, quality, and teamwork in a fully on-site setting in York, PA.

You will learn to operate various mobile equipment after training, transfer materials, collect samples for QC, and log data in SAP/Excel. A strong focus on safety and willingness to cross-train across departments is required.

Qualifications

• Ability to operate production machinery and, after training, the mobile equipment used by the department.
• Ability to use computers to record production information and material transfers.
• Ability and willingness to cross-train in department positions.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment when addressing quality concerns.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor production equipment according to SOPs and quality guidelines.
• Inspect plant equipment daily, identify issues, and report to Maintenance or supervisor.
• Inspect mobile equipment and complete daily checklists; operate after training.
• Transfer material from the Old Sizing Plant as needed.
• Collect samples to verify materials meet specifications; review lab results.
• Log daily production and material transfers using SAP, Excel, and Word.
• Communicate department activities clearly in daily updates.
• Follow safety procedures and set a positive example for safe work.
• Complete daily/weekly cleanup and preventive maintenance tasks; report problems.
• Cross-train for other duties such as BP Mixing crushing and outside work.

Skills

Operate production machinery

Record production data

Cross-train

Independent judgment

Job description

Fully On-Site

On-site | Swing Shift

As a Sizing Plant Operator at RHI Magnesita, you’ll operate production equipment in the MgO and HPS plants while helping the team meet production schedules safely and efficiently. You’ll monitor equipment, check material quality, and keep accurate production records.

What You'll Do

Operate and monitor production equipment

• Operate Sizing Plant equipment according to standard operating procedures and quality guidelines.
• Inspect plant equipment daily, identify operating issues, and report problems to Maintenance or your supervisor.
• Inspect mobile equipment and complete daily checklists. After training, operate equipment such as Mack dump trucks, forklifts, Bobcats, and loaders.
• Transfer material from the Old Sizing Plant as needed.

Check quality and document production

• Collect samples according to Quality Control Guidelines to verify that materials meet specifications.
• Review lab results and use them to help resolve operational problems.
• Log daily production and material transfers using SAP, Excel, and Word.
• Communicate department activities clearly in daily verbal and written updates.

Support a safe, organized plant

• Follow safety procedures, including required lockout procedures, and set a positive example for safe work.
• Complete daily and weekly cleanup and preventive maintenance tasks, and report potential problems.
• Cross-train for other department duties, such as BP Mixing crushing and outside work.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What You Bring

You’re a safety and quality focused team player who can make sound decisions, take accountability for your work, and look for ways to improve. You’re willing to learn other positions throughout the department and help wherever the team needs you.

Required Qualifications

• Ability to operate production machinery and, after training, the mobile equipment used by the department.
• Ability to use computers to record production information and material transfers.
• Ability and willingness to cross-train in department positions.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment when addressing quality concerns.

Health, Safety & Work Environment

Work takes place indoors and outdoors in conditions that may include heat, cold, rain, dust, and wind. The role may require standing, walking, sitting, bending, kneeling, pushing, pulling, climbing, working at heights, and lifting up to 50 pounds. Required personal protective equipment includes a hard hat, safety glasses, safety shoes, and gloves.

All work must follow RHI Magnesita’s health, safety, environmental, and plant procedures. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of the role.

Who We Are

RHI Magnesita is the leading global supplier of high-grade refractory products, systems and solutions which are critical for high-temperature processes in a wide range of industries. Serving customers around the world, RHI Magnesita has more than 20,000 employees in 65 main production sites, including raw material sites, 12 recycling facilities, and more than 70 sales offices.

Our North American team helps build refractory products that solve some of the most demanding manufacturing challenges. From advanced lithium-ion batteries and specialized glass to the steel and cement that build the world around us, our high-performance bricks and linings make it possible to melt, bend, shape, and refine materials at extreme temperatures.

With a vertically integrated value chain, RHI Magnesita has helped forge the materials that build industries and economies for almost 200 years.

Come get fired up with our North American team!

Nearest Major Market

York PA

Nearest Secondary Market

Lancaster