Furnace Operator
Location: Kendallville, IN
Shift: 6:00am-4:00pm (Monday-Thursday)
Pay: $18.00 per hour
Location: Kendallville, IN
Shift: 6:00am-4:00pm (Monday-Thursday)
Pay: $18.00 per hour
Direct Hire Opportunity!
Job Summary
Are you a dependable, safety-focused individual looking for a hands-on production role? We’re seeking a Production Furnace Operator to join our manufacturing team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for maintaining furnace operations during your assigned shift, ensuring production schedules, quality standards, and safety requirements are consistently met in a demanding industrial environment.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Production Furnace Operator, your core responsibilities will include:
● Operating and monitoring furnaces: Keep furnaces running on schedule while meeting established production and quality standards.
● Material recovery and sampling: Monitor material recovery, perform accurate sampling, and submit samples for analysis by furnace load.
● Material handling and documentation: Weigh, mark, dump, and process aluminum material while maintaining accurate paperwork and shift pass-down reports.
● Operating and monitoring furnaces: Keep furnaces running on schedule while meeting established production and quality standards.
● Material recovery and sampling: Monitor material recovery, perform accurate sampling, and submit samples for analysis by furnace load.
● Material handling and documentation: Weigh, mark, dump, and process aluminum material while maintaining accurate paperwork and shift pass-down reports.
In addition, you will also be expected to oversee the safe operation of mobile equipment, monitor emissions, assist supervisors with required documentation, and follow all directions provided by management.
What We’re Looking For
To be successful in this role, you should have the following:
Qualifications:
● High School Diploma or GED preferred
● Ability to work flexible shifts and overtime as required
● Ability to lift moderate to heavy weights as needed
● High School Diploma or GED preferred
● Ability to work flexible shifts and overtime as required
● Ability to lift moderate to heavy weights as needed
Skills:
● Mechanical aptitude: Helpful for operating furnaces, mobile equipment, and related machinery safely and efficiently.
● Attention to detail: Important for monitoring recovery rates, sampling accuracy, and completing required documentation.
● Safety awareness: Strong commitment to following company safety policies and working in high-heat industrial environments.
● Mechanical aptitude: Helpful for operating furnaces, mobile equipment, and related machinery safely and efficiently.
● Attention to detail: Important for monitoring recovery rates, sampling accuracy, and completing required documentation.
● Safety awareness: Strong commitment to following company safety policies and working in high-heat industrial environments.



