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Production Team Member

Role overview

Summary

This role is for a Refractory Technician at Weir ESCO, focusing on the maintenance and repair of ladles and vessels. You will work in a challenging environment, ensuring that all equipment meets process and quality requirements.

Qualifications

  • High school diploma/GED.
  • Good reading, writing, mathematical, and verbal skills.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and repair ladles and vessels.
  • Reline AOD vessels and ladles with multi-components.
  • Clean old linings from ladles using a chipping gun and install new linings.
  • Position and move ladles, vessels, and refractory materials with an overhead crane.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Quality Control
  • Basic Reading
  • Writing
  • Mathematics
  • Verbal Communication Skills
  • Strong Work Ethic

About the company

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The Weir Group PLC

  • Metals & Mining
  • XLarge
  • 10,001+
Weir is a global leader in mining technology. We recognise that our planet’s future depends on the transition to renewable energy, and that transition can only happen with the metals and minerals our mining customers deliver. We combine our deep customer insights, world class engineering, materials science expertise and intelligent automation to deliver innovative end-to-end mining technology solutions that help our customers move less rock, use less energy, use water wisely and create less waste — accelerating the path to smart, efficient and sustainable mining.

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Job description

Job Title: Refractory Technician

Division: (Weir ESCO)

Location: Newton, MS

Onsite - 2nd Shift

1:00 pm - 11:15 PM


ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/DUTIES

JOB SUMMARY

· Responsible for the maintenance and repair of the ladles and vessels, relining with multi-components the AOD vessels, bottom pour ladles, transfer ladles and the making of stopper rods, cleans the old linings out of the ladles with the use of a chipping gun and installs the appropriate lining, removes the burned bricks from the AOD vessel and re-bricks the vessel, positions and moves the ladles, vessels and refractory materials with an overhead crane.

JOB EXPECTATIONS

. Ensure work area is clean and free of any hazards

·    Participate in all Safety, Health and Environmental programs

·    Updating Refractory Application

·    Ensure all ladles, ladle components and Vessels meet process & quality requirements

·    Data collection and input

·    Have a good work ethic and a good attendance record

·    Maintain a positive attitude in the workplace at all times

·    Participate in lean initiatives (6S, Visual Management, Kaizen)

·    Perform other duties as directed by company 

 QUALIFICATIONS

· Education High school diploma/GED

·   Experience:  None

·   Certifications/Licenses:  None

·   Other Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:  Good reading, writing, mathematical, and verbal skills

WORKING CONDITIONS

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Working Environment – Indoors, extreme heat, noise 90+, possible air contaminants, possible mechanical/electrical hazards, and possible physical hazards.

·    Physical Demands (see second page for details):  Great upper body strength, good hand and eye coordination, standing, climbing, lifting up to 50 lbs., bending, reaching, and walking


Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.
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