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About Us

Refractory Service, Inc. (RSI) is a specialized refractory contractor with 60+ years in business. Customers include commercial boilers, power plants, ethanol plants, foundries, steel mills, heat treaters, refineries, incineration units, pollution control equipment, and other applications involving temperature exceeding 1200F.

Impact of the Role

A laborer is part of a collaborative team that works on unique and custom assignments for refractory, insulation, and occasional steel structures. All work is performed efficiently, safely, and according to specifications. This role is hands-on and nonexempt.

What the Role Does

• Assist with brick work and masonry tending; work with castable and sprayed concrete
• Install various insulation products
• Perform basic mig and stick welding, as well as steel fabrication
• Use hand tools and power tools including drills, saws, and tape measures
• Perform various general labor and construction related tasks, including cleaning tools and equipment.
• Drive a forklift (certification training provided)
• Remove hazards in the work area, wear appropriate PPE, and clean up dirt, trash, and debris

What You Bring

Knowledge, Education

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Preferred: construction knowledge including reading and understanding blueprints, sketches, and layouts

Experience

• 1-3 years of related experience; a combination of experience and education will be considered
• Familiar with hand tools
• Preferred: forklift operation and experience with concrete, steel, insulation, and/or carpentry

Skills, Abilities

• Must demonstrate RSI’s Core Competencies
• Strong reading comprehension, common sense, and listening skills, to understand and follow detailed verbal and written instructions
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing; solid team collaboration skills while also able to work independently
• Critical thinking skills; strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a safe manner; OSHA safety experience/training/awareness preferred

Physical

• Strength and stamina, including regularly using hands to handle, or feel; regularly walk, stand, climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must have close, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Must regularly lift or move up to 50 lbs. and occasionally lift or move up to 100 lbs.

Work Environment/Schedule

• Standard production environment includes regular exposure to odors, fumes, or airborne particles, and typical noises from machinery (moderate to loud)
• Overtime may be required, depending on the project deadline