Furnace Operator - 3rd Shift

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Combined Metals Company, LLC

Posted 2 months ago

Full Time

Elgin, Illinois

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Furnace Operator is responsible for safely operating furnace equipment, control panels, and forklifts to process specialty metal strips. They must also perform quality inspections, maintain documentation, and ensure a safe, orderly work environment.

Qualifications

You have experience operating heavy machinery and forklifts, along with a strong understanding of safety protocols. You are capable of performing detailed quality checks, operating control panels, and using measuring tools like micrometers.

Must Have Skills for ATS

forklift operation

heavy machinery operation

micrometer

spot welder

grinder

cutters

control panels

temperature control

speed control

atmosphere control

Job Description

Combined Metals is a premier North American processor and distributor of specialty strips and wire built through 50 years of growth and acquisition. Combined Metals is the largest independent processor and distributor of specialty strips and wire in North America. With nine service centers, Combined Metals supports over 3,000 customers in the Aerospace, Defense, Nuclear, Medical, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Electrification, Automotive, and Consumer industries. Decades of quality and reliability have made Combined Metals™ a chosen source in performance applications.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible at all times for promoting a safety culture and awareness within their area. Support and adhere to all plant safety policies and procedures at all times.
  • Assist manufacturing with preparing and inspecting bulk product. Reporting and removing defects as needed (i.e. deformed, discolored, misshaped, etc.)
  • Proper communication protocol with all manufacturing, quality and other operations staff to communicate and escalate product or equipment issues as needed.
  • Equipment operation to include, but not limited to: heavy machinery and forklift, along with general tools such as wrenches, tape measure, and hammers. 
  • Participate in training and certification programs as needed.
  • Maintain a safe and orderly work environment by removing scrap and other waste, checking machines, and identifying potential hazards.
  • Check work orders, properly select processed material checking for weight, alloy, size, and quality. 
  • Properly complete all documentation, work orders, tags, time sheets, etc.
  • Transport and load processed coils for annealing using forklift.
  • Start up and shut down the furnace, set up and operate the control panels and edge guide system.
  • Use spot welder for attaching leader to material.
  • Properly select temperature, speed, and atmosphere required for annealing.
  • Select cores that will ensure uniformity of stack, weight, and customer requirements.
  • Visually inspect strip for proper quality.
  • Spot weld and grind material.
  • Check concentration, temperature, voltage, and overall operation of equipment.
  • Transport coils for further processing using forklift.
  • Train new operators, if necessary.
  • Properly use micrometer, welder, grinder, and cutters.
  • Cut samples for quality control.
  • Assist supervisor/manager and other operators as needed

Requirements:

  • Lift, carry, push, or pull objects up to 50 lbs.
  • Standing and walking for almost the entirety of the shift
  • Champion all safety rules, regulations, and procedures
  • Wear all required PPE
  • Report incidents, near misses, and safety hazards
  • Promote safety culture

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Combined Metals Company, LLC

Combmet.com now features our entire family of companies and provides simple navigation to all products and services in one website. We also added a Resource section with tools and information to elevate your digital experience. Don't forget our RFQ form for all of your strip, sheet, blanks, polishing, & wire needs. Who We Are: The Combined Metals Company, LLC (formerly Combined Metals of Chicago ) processes and distributes over 75 alloys of precision strip, wire, sheet, and blanks. Our precision rolling mills, drawing mills, and extensive network of independent North American service centers, support thousands of customers in many industries including Aerospace, Automotive, Chemical, Consumer, Defense, Electronics, Medical, Oil/Gas, and Power Generation, worldwide. Decades of quality and reliability have made our companies the preferred source for consumer and mission-critical applications. The Combined Metals Company solves customers’ challenges through three businesses:  Elgiloy Specialty Metals (ESM) is a processor of over 75 high-performance stainless, nickel, specialty metals, titanium, and cobalt alloys, including our own Elgiloy® alloy. ESM provides precision strip, foil, and drawn wire products distributed globally for high performance and mission-critical applications. Combined Service Centers (CSC) brings global sourcing to a group of service centers distributing precision strip, custom slit coil, sheet, blanks, stamped circles, and coil-to-coil polishing/buffing, in stainless steel and other specialty alloys.
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