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POSITION PURPOSE

The Blast/Paint Exit Floor Operator monitors the operations of plates processing through the Cure Oven, Plate Marker, Cross-Over Tables and Auto-Tagger. The Exit Operator will ensure upkeep, cleaning cycles and adequate supplies of consumables to ensure the safe and continuous operation of the Blast and Paint Line.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

SAFETY:

• Employee is responsible to follow all company and department safety rules.
• Must attend all crew monthly OSHA safety trainings.
• Must attend all company required Safety and Environmental trainings.
• Must complete in a timely manner departmental safety observations.
• Must assist in writing and updating JSA's and participate in hazard assessments.

HOUSEKEEPING:

• Employee is responsible to keep work area clean and orderly.
• Assist in departmental housekeeping.
• Participate in 5S projects.

CONSUMABLES:

• Operate mobile equipment to unload and transport to designated storage areas: totes, buckets, supersacks and or drums of Paint, Solvent and other consumables.
• Monitor operational levels of consumables for the Plate Marker and Auto-Tagger and replenish to ensure a continuous operation.

PRODUCTION PROCESS:

• Monitor the operational functionality of the Cure Oven, Plate Marker, Cross-Over Tables and Auto-Tagger.
• Responsible for monitoring the surface quality, brand markings, paint depth and tagging of plate exiting the Plate Marker and Auto-Tagger.
• Responsible for ensuring each plate is tagged with the correct information.
• Cross train and assist other team members as required.

QUALITY:

• Must be knowledgeable of applicable QSP's and industry standards.
• Must be able to recognize defects in the product.
• Must be able to organize and rotate the stock of paint, solvent and tags to ensure a quality identification of painted plate.

MAINTENANCE:

• Must be able to complete PM's, generate work orders and assist maintenance during breakdowns, outages and down days.
• Must be capable of operating a 10-ton service crane.
• Must be trained as a second competent person to assist in lockout of equipment.

QUALIFICATIONS

Competencies and Experience

Required:

• Minimum of two years of heavy industrial experience, preferably in metal industries.
• Basic computer skills
• Trainable to operate mobile equipment
• Trainable to operate overhead cranes
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Team building attitude and good people skills
• Ability to handle several tasks at a time
• Ability to adjust well to changing job responsibilities
• Works well with a team oriented work force
• Understanding of quality systems and customer needs
• Working knowledge of OSHA safety regulations in an industrial environment

Preferred:

• Four or more years of heavy industrial experience
• Heat treating experience - quench & temper, normalize
• Experience with Microsoft office applications
• Maintenance experience
• Overhead crane operation - in-cab and remote
• Basic knowledge of metallurgy

Education

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent

Preferred:

• AS or BS degree

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES / DIRECT REPORTS

This position has no supervisory responsibilities

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee will be required to sit, stand, and/or walk as follows:

• Sitting 0 hours at a time; average 4 hours a day
• Standing 6 hours at a time; average 6 hours a day
• Walking 6 hours at a time; average 2 hour

The position requires the following talking, vision and hearing capabilities:

• Talking person to person, on the phone, and in a group setting
• Hearing in person, on the phone, and in a group setting
• Vision near, midrange, far, and peripheral vision
• Depth perception and the ability to adjust focus

The position requires the following pushing, pulling, lifting and carrying capabilities:

• Push, pull, lift, and/or carry items weighing 50 pounds or less approximately 10 feet, 10/day (task duration 5 min.)

The employee will occasionally be required to:

• Balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl or climb
• Twist at waist level, reach above shoulder level and below waist level
• Handle, grip, hold, and grasp with both hands together or separately
• Finger with both hands together or separately
• Feel with both hands together or separately; sense temperature and textures with both hands together or separately

The employee will frequently be required to:

• Reach at waist level/desk level

The employee will be required to work in the following conditions: (While wearing safety equipment and/or clothing for protection from hazards)

• Indoors
• Extreme hot and cold conditions
• In wet and humid conditions
• Amid fumes, dust, dirt, and smoke
• In confined areas, high places, and around equipment in motion
• Amid noise
• Amid mechanical, electrical, chemical, and industrial magnets hazards

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK/TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Position is full time, non-exempt, and is eligible for overtime
• Position works (12) hours a day, rotating shifts to include both days, nights and weekends
• Less than 10% travel

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Becoming part of the SSAB family means joining a journey. A journey that we believe is essential for the sustainability of this planet. Steel has been one of the most important materials for developing our society and it will continue to be so. In the roofs over our heads, in the bridges connecting our cities and in the cars of tomorrow. At SSAB we are proud of our history and leadership in high-strength steel. But we are also aware that the production of steel is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. That has to change. That is why we have developed the world's rst fossil free steel production and has committed to becoming largely fossil-free. As part of SSAB you will be instrumental in realizing this goal and push for the green transformation of the whole steel industry.