Temper Loop Operator (MOD)

Position Summary

The Temper Loop Operator operates, monitors, troubleshoots, and maintains production equipment to support safe, reliable, and efficient operations. This position works closely with department leadership to reduce downtime and enhance reliability. The role verifies plates are processed and stenciled according to production requirements, maintains an organized and well-stocked work area, and participates in quality assurance and continuous improvement efforts. The role also actively supports a strong safety culture by participating in safety initiatives and identifying, reporting, and helping eliminate workplace hazards.

Main Responsibilities / Essential Functions

• Operate, monitor, and troubleshoot production equipment; perform routine and preventive maintenance as required.
• Collaborate with the shift coordinator and department manager to reduce downtime and enhance equipment reliability.
• Verify the correct plate is being processed to the correct production requirements and ensure correct stenciling.
• Maintain a clean, organized and stocked work area.
• Participate in quality assurance efforts and continuous improvement activities.
• Actively participate in safety meetings and initiatives; identify, report, and help eliminate workplace hazards.
• Complete all training within designated timeframes and attend all required meetings.
• Understand and support the company's goals and values and adhere to company, department, safety, housekeeping, quality, environmental, and ethics policies and procedures.

About You / Qualifications

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 1 year of industrial production experience, preferably in metals industry
• Basic computer literacy, including the ability to navigate HMIs or similar systems
• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Effective communication, collaboration, interpersonal and teamwork skills

Preferred

• 1 year of heat treatment experience
• Proficiency with control systems, automation, and HMIs
• M365 proficiency

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 operate or work with the following machines, tools, and workstations:

• Equipment/Tools: Auto crane, forklift, hand torch, temper furnace, stencil and stamp machine, HMIs
• Workstations/Areas: Pulpit (control station), shop floor

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

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

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

The employee will occasionally be required to:

• Drive
• Crawl
• Reach above shoulder level
• Finger with both hands together or separately

The employee will frequently be required to:

• Balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, climb
• Twist at waist level, reach at waist/desk level and below waist level
• Handle, grip, hold, and grasp 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 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 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

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.

#LI-DNI

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 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.