Tunnel Furnace Technician - Columbus Flat Roll Group

Steel Dynamics, Inc. • Columbus, MS

20h • Onsite

About The Position

Perform daily maintenance walkthroughs and routine inspections of the tunnel furnaces and related equipment.

Requirements

• Strong safety awareness and fluent with our TCOS program.
• Good communication skills (verbal, written, and electronic).
• Self-motivated with the ability to work consistently without direct supervision.
• Mechanically inclined.
• Basic electrical knowledge.
• Willing to work scheduled and unscheduled overtime.
• Ability to work routinely in a hot environment.
• Repetitive stretching, reaching, lifting and walking will be required to support routine responsibilities.
• Capable of operating mobile equipment and overhead cranes

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of combustion systems and controls preferred.
• Dual line CSP Hot Mill operations experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Complete and/or support required mechanical maintenance to material handling and combustion systems components throughout TF area.
• Change tunnel furnace rolls, bearings, couplings, and boots as needed to ensure rolls are tuning and in good functional repair.
• Maintain proper organization and high standard of housekeeping of Tunnel Furnace area.
• In coordination with shift personnel ensure that slide gates are dumped and scale is removed.
• Maintain and repair TF refractory on roof panels and roll window openings.
• Ability to operate the tunnel furnace material handling and combustion systems in manual and automatic.
• Ability to light both tunnel furnaces from a cold and warm startup.
• Ability to reject a bar from the furnace and clear rejected slabs off table as needed.
• Perform other duties laid out by the shift supervisor or mechanical lead.
• Manage spare parts and consumable inventories for furnace.
• Use of CMMS for ordering materials, managing work orders and interfacing with PM system.
• Maintain combustion and material tracking system sensors and actuators.
• Coordinate with contractors to facilitate repairs when outside assistance is required

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees