Rolling Mill Operator at SSAB in Mobile, AL

The Operator ensures accurate preparation, inspection, and handling of materials throughout the production process. The Operator obtains test samples, inspects surface and dimensions, and assists with maintenance activities.

Position Summary

The Operator ensures accurate preparation, inspection, and handling of materials throughout the production process. The Operator obtains test samples, inspects surface and dimensions, and assists with maintenance activities.

Main Responsibilities / Essential Functions

• Identifying and procure testing samples based on continuously changing production and testing requirements.
• Operate remotely operated overhead crane (once trained.)
• Perform visual surface quality inspections and dimensional accuracy checks while walking on or below plate.
• Identify defects and clearly communicate to supervisor.
• Participate in maintenance activities during breakdowns and outages.
• Ensure readiness and efficiency of tool changes for wear components.
• Complete required training within designated timeframes and attend all required meetings.
• Understand and support the company’s goals and values and adhere to company, department, safety, quality, environmental, and ethics policies and procedures.

About You / Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent (some college or trade school preferred)
• Good computer skills
• Good communication, collaboration, interpersonal, and teamwork skills
• Problem-solving and analytical skills

Supervisory Responsibilities / Direct Reports

This position has no direct reports.

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.

• Requires use of PPE and adherence to safety protocols at all times
• Must be able to work in tight spaces, at heights, and under varying environmental conditions.
• Use a wide variety of equipment and hand tools
• Use computer, desk devices, and office equipment
• Use push buttons, switches, joysticks, computer keyboard and mouse, pen and paper
• Sitting 2 hours at a time; average 2 hours a day
• Standing 2 hours at a time; average 6 hours a day
• Walking 2 hours at a time; average 4 hours a day
• Alternate sitting, standing, and walking throughout the shift

The employee will be required to:

• Use a wide variety of equipment and hand tools
• Use computer, desk devices, and office equipment
• Use push buttons, switches, joysticks, computer keyboard and mouse, pen and paper

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

• Sitting 2 hours at a time; average 2 hours a day
• Standing 2 hours at a time; average 6 hours a day
• Walking 2 hours at a time; average 4 hours a day
• Alternate sitting, standing, and walking throughout the shift

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

• Talking and hearing person to person, on the phone, and in a group setting
• Vision at close, midrange, and distance
• 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 approx. 150 ft.

The employee will occasionally be required to:

• Crawl

The employee will frequently be required to:

• Drive
• Balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb
• Reach above shoulder
• Reach at and below waist/desk level
• Twist at waist level
• Handle, grip, hold, and grasp with both hands together or separately
• Fingering with both hands together or separately
• Feel with both hands together or separately; sense temperatures and textures with both hands together or separately

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

• Indoors/Outdoors
• Extreme hot and cold conditions
• In wet and humid conditions
• Amid fumes, dust, dirt, smoke, grease, petroleum-based oils and cleaning agents
• In confined areas
• In high places
• Around equipment in motion
• Amid noise
• Amid mechanical, electrical, chemical, and industrial magnets hazards

Position Type, Expected Work Hours, Travel Requirements

• Position is full time, non-exempt, and is eligible for overtime
• Position works (12) hours a day, rotating shifts to include days, nights, weekends, and holidays
• Very limited 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.

About the Team

SSAB Special Steels has global responsibility for sales of SSAB's quenched and tempered (Q&T) steels and advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) as well as for steel and plate production in Oxelösund, Sweden, and Mobile, USA.

About the Company

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 first fossil-free steel production and have committed to becoming largely fossil-free. As part of SSAB you will be instrumental in realizing this goal and pushing for the green transformation of the whole steel industry.