Tunnel Furnace Technician - Columbus Flat Roll Group
Steel Dynamics
Columbus, MS, USA
Posted on Apr 22, 2026
Tunnel Furnace Technician - Columbus Flat Roll Group
Job Locations US-MS-Columbus
ID 2026-7380
- Pos. Category
- Production
Subsidiary
Steel Dynamics
Overview
Perform daily maintenance walkthroughs and routine inspections of the tunnel furnaces and related equipment
Responsibilities
- Complete and/or support required mechanical maintenance to material handling and combustion systems components throughout TF area.
- Change tunnel furnace rolls, bearings, couplings, and boots as needed to ensure rolls are tuning and in good functional repair.
- Maintain proper organization and high standard of housekeeping of Tunnel Furnace area.
- In coordination with shift personnel ensure that slide gates are dumped and scale is removed.
- Maintain and repair TF refractory on roof panels and roll window openings.
- Ability to operate the tunnel furnace material handling and combustion systems in manual and automatic.
- Ability to light both tunnel furnaces from a cold and warm startup.
- Ability to reject a bar from the furnace and clear rejected slabs off table as needed.
- Perform other duties laid out by the shift supervisor or mechanical lead .
- Manage spare parts and consumable inventories for furnace.
- Use of CMMS for ordering materials, managing work orders and interfacing with PM system.
- Maintain combustion and material tracking system sensors and actuators.
- Coordinate with contractors to facilitate repairs when outside assistance is required
Qualifications
- Strong safety awareness and fluent with our TCOS program.
- Good communication skills (verbal, written, and electronic).
- Self-motivated with the ability to work consistently without direct supervision.
- Mechanically inclined.
- Basic electrical knowledge.
- Willing to work scheduled and unscheduled overtime.
- Ability to work routinely in a hot environment.
- Repetitive stretching, reaching, lifting and walking will be required to support routine responsibilities.
- Understanding of combustion systems and controls preferred.
- Capable of operating mobile equipment and overhead cranes
Preferred
- Dual line CSP Hot Mill operations experience preferred
Steel Dynamics, Inc., and all affiliated entities are equal opportunity employers.
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