Operator - Caster

SSAB•Axis, AL

About The Position

SSAB is one of the largest North American producers of steel plate and coil, serving many industrial markets including energy, construction, agriculture and transportation. SSAB operates five state of the art facilities strategically located in key regions across the U.S. SSAB has nearly 1,200 highly skilled employees in the U.S. Jobs at SSAB range from machine operators and sales people to advanced engineers and corporate professionals in HR, finance and more. SSAB offers challenging careers and comprehensive benefit program designed to keep employees and their families healthy and secure. The Caster Operator oversees safe operations of the casting, cutting, and finishing of slabs beginning at the ladle operating platform through slab kerfing.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Basic mechanical aptitude and experience.
Good communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.
Committed to safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Ensure safety during daily operations and maintenance down days on the casting floor
Receive ladles on ladle landing platform when shipped from LMF or VTD
Properly install ladle slide gate cylinders
Install tundish cover flux on molten steel in tundish
Take temperature of steel and samples; hydrovas each heat
Exchange tundish each sequence using caster 125-ton remote crane
Pack of clay rope and nail whiskers in casting mold
Manual filling of mold and monitoring
Monitor casting machine speeds and breakout protection
Prep new tundish for pre heat and start preheaters
Stock all consumables for casting on the casting deck using the 125-ton casting crane
Communicate with LMF/ VTD for accurate shipping times to the casting department
Casting machine mold, bender, and segment exchanges during scheduled down days
Operate the caster torch machine in manual and auto functions
Apply id on slabs
Operate slab deburring machine
Apply hold codes to slabs when required
Operate runout crane for dummy bar size changes
Set dummy bar head size up to proper width required to cast melt practice
Remove head crop and tail crop per start up and end of each sequence
Remove and hot chalk proper id on etch sample cut from required melt practice
Perform preventive maintenance on torch machine
Change cutting tips on torch machine
Understand proper cutting plans in level 2 for torch slab cutting
Remove kerf boxes and dump when required using runout crane and forklift
Ensure safety of all employees who enter/work in the torch / runout operating area
Visually check slab id’s
Trimming leftover kerf off the slab with a hand torch
Manually identify slabs with hot chalk when automatic id machines have mechanical issues