LF Operator📣 Job Ad

About the Role

KUWAIT STEEL is seeking a dedicated LF Operator to join its multicultural and diverse team in Al Qatif. This full-time position is suitable for individuals with 0-1 years of experience, including recent graduates, who are prepared to contribute to a dynamic operational environment. The primary focus of this role is the day-to-day operation of Ladle Refining Furnaces (LRF), ensuring adherence to safety protocols, and supporting process improvement initiatives as directed by superiors.

Key Responsibilities

• Attend toolbox meetings with crew members to address safe working practices, INIRs, Hazard & Risk Identifications, Ladder Safety, Housekeeping, and waste management.
• Ensure all required tools, tackles, and consumables are readily available near the shop floor for both the current and reliever shifts to prevent operational delays.
• Adhere to the shift relieving policy, which includes the proper handover and takeover of shifts at the worksite, and maintain presence during working hours.
• Conduct pre-operation inspections and checklists, perform equipment trials, and report any observed abnormalities to the immediate superior.

Operational Duties

• Prepare for operations, including the trial movement of scrap and ladle transfer cars, preheater, scrap buckets, rail exchangers, and purging lines.
• Perform visual inspections of the shell bottom, conduct temperature measurements, and monitor the EBT flapper during closing.
• Execute all activities related to purging hose connection and disconnection, manage LF consumables, and arrange manual alloy additions on the working floor.
• Undertake electrode preparation activities, such as nipple fixing and lifting spare electrodes.
• Perform electrode changing, adjustment, and preparation, seeking assistance from the EAF/LF supervisor as required.
• Report to the EAF SIC and LRF SIC for material issuances based on stock availability at the shop floor.

Safety and Housekeeping

• Conduct fire watch of the surrounding areas, including the Roof gantry, Tilting Cylinders, settling chamber, and materials area, during the EAF process and tapping.
• Maintain a safe working environment and promptly report any unsafe conditions.
• Perform cleaning of rail tracks, scrap cars, scrap charging areas, tapping pit trenches, electrode stands, and walkways.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or Higher Diploma.
• No previous experience required (0-1 years of experience).

Work Environment

This full-time position is based in Al Qatif and involves working collaboratively within a diverse team. The successful candidate will play a role in maintaining operational efficiency and upholding safety standards within the furnace operations at KUWAIT STEEL.