Steel Handler at The Doe Run Company in Boss, Missouri

Job Description:

At The Doe Run Company, our jobs help supply minerals and metals that support our way of life.

$23.07/ hour

5% targeted monthly bonus.

Insurance benefits start day 1.

80 hours vacation after 90 days (prorated if hired August 1st).

On-the-job training.

Career growth opportunities.

The Doe Run Company is seeking a Steel Handler to convert lead contaminated steel into nonhazardous material and provide for proper removal and storage. This dayshift position will be located at the Buick Resource Recycling Facility in Boss, MO.

Education & Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent, preferred.


• Experience working in a yard or plant, preferred. 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Skilled in the use of a cutting torch and bobcat shear.


• Ability to identify tramp material (material other than steel).


• Knowledge of plant layout and procedures.


• Ability to follow safety, health, and environmental rules and regulations.

Responsibilities:

• Cut lead contaminated steel into blast furnace material using a cutting torch, bobcat shear, floor shear, and plasma cutter as needed.


• Identify different types of metal, sort, and place in proper storage area.


• Power wash appropriate material to be removed from site.


• Correctly identify properly decontaminated material for removal off-site.


• Fill in as sweat furnace operator as workload dictates.


• Perform minor preventative maintenance on equipment.


• Complete tasks in a safe and environmentally compliant manner by following EHS (environmental, health, and safety) policies, procedures, and best practices; support and assist peers in working in a safe, compliant manner; report unsafe acts or conditions, incidents, and deviations; and provide feedback to support continuous improvement in EHS performance.


• Other duties as assigned.

Work Environment, Physical & Lifting:

• Regularly required to wear personal protective equipment, including, but not limited to, respirator, hearing protection and eyewear and to work near moving, mechanical parts. Frequently exposed to loud noise levels. Occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions, vibration, and extreme heat.


• Regularly requires standing, walking, reaching with hands/arms, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and repetitive movement. Occasionally requires sitting, feeling attributes of objects, grasping, pushing, and driving. Requires clarity of vision at 20 feet or more, 20 inches or less, three-dimensional vision, the ability to judge distance and spatial relationships, precise hand-eye coordination, and the ability to identify and distinguish colors.


• Regularly required to lift up to 25 pounds; frequently required to lift up to 50 pounds; occasionally required to lift up to 75 pounds.

Based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, The Doe Run Company is a privately held natural resources company and a global provider of lead, copper, and zinc concentrates. Dedicated to environmentally responsible mineral and metal production, Doe Run operates the Resource Recycling facility, one of the world’s largest, single-site lead recycling centers, located in Boss, Missouri. The company also owns six operating mines in one of the world’s largest lead mining districts, also in Missouri: Brushy Creek, Buick, Casteel, Fletcher/West Fork, Mine 29/Viburnum and Sweetwater. The Doe Run Company and its subsidiaries deliver products and services necessary to provide power, protection, and convenience. Doe Run has operations in Missouri, Washington, and Arizona. For more information, visit www.doerun.com. 

Doe Run is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans. 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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