Refinery Operator
Do you have manufacturing, refining or casting experience? The Doe Run Company is seeking a Refinery Operator to form and cast lead, make oxide, and move finished product to meet customer specifications. This position is located at The Buick Resource Recycling Facility in Boss, MO near the Mark Twain National Forest.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Cast lead as part of a crew by running pig machine, ton caster, and billet machine.
- Pour counterweights, skim lead products, and hook up lead pumps.
- Operate forklift, bander, small crane and other equipment as needed to cast and move lead product.
- Operate oxide machine to create lead oxide, includes weighing and changing bags.
- Operate forklift and jockey truck in order to scale, identify, and load shipments of finished lead product.
- Identify material correctly for casting, oxidization, warehousing, and shipment.
- Perform inspections and ensure quality of lead and final product.
- Complete paperwork and enter required information in applicable computer software.
- Maintain a clean work area.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education & Experience:
- Manufacturing, refining or casting experience.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Able to obtain mobile equipment certification after hire (Doe Run will provide).
- Able to obtain environmental safety and health rules and regulations training after hire (Doe Run will provide).
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Skilled in the use of casting equipment preferred.
- Safely operate all necessary equipment.
- Minor maintenance in order to keep machines in time, change broken molds, change valves, change STAR feeders, and maintain feeder pipes.
- Ability to monitor computer screens and operate controls.
Work Environment & Physical Requirements:
- Regularly required to wear personal protective equipment, including, but not limited to, respirator, hearing protection and eyewear.
- Regularly required to work near moving, mechanical parts, and be exposed to extreme heat & open flames.
- Occasionally exposed to wet, humid conditions, outdoor weather conditions, and vibration.
- Exposed to moderate noise levels.
- Regularly requires standing, walking, reaching with hands/arms, repetitive movement, and moving up and down from/to a sitting position on the floor.
- Frequently requires grasping, pushing, driving, stooping, kneeling, crouching.
- Occasionally required to crawl, and climb or balance.
- Occasionally requires sitting, talking, hearing, and feeling attributes of objects.
- Requires clarity of vision, three-dimensional vision, the ability to judge distance and spatial relationships, precise hand-eye coordination, and the ability to identify and distinguish colors.
- Regularly required to lift up to 100 pounds.
Based in St. Louis, The Doe Run Company is a privately held natural resources company and one of the largest integrated lead producers in the Western Hemisphere. Dedicated to environmentally responsible mineral and metal production, Doe Run has facilities in Missouri, Washington and Arizona and operates one of the world's largest, single-site lead recycling facilities, located in Boss, MO. Using innovative mining techniques, Doe Run skillfully taps one of the largest lead deposits in the world.
As stewards of the mineral resources in our care, we strive to provide premium services and products to people who share our belief in enhancing the quality of life. You may view our sustainability report located at http://sustainability.doerun.com/.
All health and welfare benefits as well as 401K are effective on your start date! In addition, we offer tuition reimbursement to help you grow and develop within our organization with ample opportunities for advancement.
Qualifications
Education
Required
High School or better.
Experience
Required
Manufacturing, refining or casting experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)