Acid House Operator

Job Title: Acid House - Acid descaling solution operator (ADS) 

Position Overview: Acid Pickling is a process that involves immersing steel in an acidic solution to remove surface oxides, rust and other impurities. This process helps enhance the steel/s surface quality and provides better conditions for subsequent processing and coating.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Read work orders/bill of materials to determine product specifications.
• Responsible for quantity and quality to meet efficiency rates.
• Use and maintain various types of equipment and machinery.
• Reporting/communicating machinery issues to supervisor/maintenance.
• Inspect products to ensure product excellence and quality using measuring tools (tape measure/micrometer/tensile test machine)
• Obtain all required approvals.
• Label packages.
• Use of forklifts, cranes, and hand carts to load/unload machine and to move material to and from machines.
• Record and document production as well as all downtime.
• Ensure and observe all safety and housekeeping rules and guidelines, including carrying out daily safety inspections.
• Maintain a clean and organized work area.
• Inspect material during processing to ensure proper quality is maintained.
• Complete all documentation and turn in work order to supervisor.
• Know and understand Lockout/Tagout
• Read SDS’s to familiarized with chemicals used
• Follow all PPE
• Train new operators.
• Cut samples for quality control.
• Work in a fast-paced environment.
• Work in confined spaces.
• Complete all assigned training, including monthly health and safety sessions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Department Duties and responsibilities:

• Operate various tanks, moly spray, baker and copper coat
• Work in various weather conditions and environment(inside/out)  
• Work in a dusty environment
• Operate baker bell and genesis furnaces
• Pump solutions from ADS tanks
• Remove sludge from ADS tanks
• Monitor sub shavers’ quality of material being processed in ADS tanks
• Adjust rime and temperature of various furnaces
• Make new ADS solutions as needed

Other Duties:

• Work overtime as required.
• Assist manager
• and other operators as necessary
• Ability to communicate – verbal and written.
• Ability to perform basic math functions with accuracy.
• Basic computer skills for data entry purposes
• Ability to lift to 50 lbs.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Constant standing & walking
• Frequent pushing, pulling, & reaching
• Multi-Tasking skills

Preferred qualifications:

• High school graduate or equivalent preferred
• Forklift experience preferred
• 1-2 years in industrial machinery