Melt Shop Attendant

Gerdau • CARTERSVILLE, GA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Melt Shop Attendant is responsible for performing a wide variety of supplementary duties within the melt shop and other plant areas within a team. This role involves a variety of simple, manual tasks, receiving guidance and specific instructions from the Melt Shift Supervisor and furnace crews. The position requires flexibility to work a rotating 12-hour shift, including days, nights, and two consecutive weekends. The role also involves physical demands such as climbing stairs and ladders, reaching, squatting, tolerating prolonged sitting, standing, or walking, balancing, bending, operating mobile equipment, crawling, kneeling, and lifting up to 50 lbs. Additionally, the attendant must be able to work in cramped quarters, at heights, and in extreme temperature conditions.

Requirements

• The desire to learn new roles and grow with the company
• A completed High School Diploma or GED is preferred
• Industrial or manufacturing experience to include operating heavy mobile equipment
• Flexibility to work a rotating 12 hr shift, days, nights, and two consecutive weekends
• Ability to climb stairs, climb ladders, reach, squat, tolerate prolonged sitting, standing or walking, balance, bend, operate mobile equipment, crawl, kneel, lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to work in cramped quarters, heights, extreme temperature conditions.

Responsibilities

• Perform repetitive work around the furnace area to supply raw materials for the melting process such as adding alloys, fluxes, refractories, etc.
• Cut unprepared scrap in the yard with a cutting torch for the electric furnace.
• Become certified on Billet Yard Crane through on-the-job training to serve as a relief operator, requiring proficiency in operating the crane and assisting with routine and preventative maintenance.
• Safely operate overhead Billet Crane to warehouse billets between the casting and rolling process.
• Function as a Caster Cutting Attendant as needed, carrying out normal machine operator duties and participating in housekeeping activities in the casting area.
• Clean machinery and other equipment or apparatus.
• Assist maintenance personnel, as needed, handling tools, parts, and perform routine maintenance on any equipment used.
• Perform material handling duties by unloading trucks and transporting supplies and parts to the warehouse, stock room, or work areas.
• Use hand tools such as a shovel, pick, sledgehammer, crowbar, broom, and rake; equipment such as hand trucks, dollies, jacks, pneumatic hammers, as well as operate forklifts, front-end loaders, and bobcats to perform daily tasks and to get up stock for the furnace.
• Assist with hanging electrodes, taking temperatures and samples at the furnace, and adding necessary alloys at the tap as directed.
• Function as an Electric Furnace Helper as needed.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision Plans – Eligible upon 1st day of hire
• Health & Dependent Care (Flexible Spending Account)
• 100% Matching 401K up to 6%
• Life/Accidental Life Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Health Advocate Services
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Career Path System and Training

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED