Column Line Operator
Date: Mar 25, 2025
Location: Houston, TX, US, 77092
Company: Nucor
Job Details
Division: Nucor Warehouse Systems
Location: Houston, TX, United States
Other Available Locations: Texas
Welcome to Nucor, where our unique culture sets us apart. Joining Nucor means becoming part of North America's largest steel and steel products manufacturer, offering unmatched career opportunities and stability. We are known for our innovative sustainability practices and are the continent's largest recycler. Our vibrant culture, built on personal connections and teamwork, empowers every team member with the freedom to innovate and contribute to our collective success. Experience a workplace where safety, efficiency, and meaningful personal connections define every day, enriching both our teammates and the communities we serve.
Nucor supports its teammates with top-tier benefits like Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability Insurance, 401K and Roth accounts, Profit sharing, Pay-for-performance bonuses, Paid parental leave, Tuition reimbursement, Stock program, Scholarships and more.
Basic Job Functions:
Examine, inspect, and measure raw materials and finished products to verify conformance to specifications.
• Oversee multiple pieces of the mill running at the same time, must be able to operate in a safe manner. (Uncoiler, press, mill, cutoff)
• Adjust and correct machine set-ups to reduce thicknesses, reshape products, and eliminate product defects.
• Change rolls, operate mill equipment, load and band materials.
• Monitor machine cycles and mill operation to detect jamming and to ensure that products conform to specifications.
• Signal and assist other teammates to remove and position equipment, fill hoppers, and feed materials into machines.
• Manipulate controls and observe dial indicators in order to monitor, adjust, and regulate speeds of machine mechanisms.
• Thread or feed sheets through rolling mechanisms or start and control mechanisms that automatically feed steel into rollers.
• Read orders and blueprints to determine setup specifications, work sequences, product dimensions, and installation procedures.
• Set distance points between rolls, guides, meters, and stops, according to specifications.
• Install equipment such as guides, guards, rolls, cooling equipment, using hand tools.
• Position, align, and secure arbors, spindles, coils, mandrels, dies, and slitting knives.
• Record mill production on schedule sheets.
• Start operation of rolling and milling machines to form and to produce steel columns.
• Fill reservoirs to ensure constant flow of metal coolants and lubricants onto workpieces.
• Calculate press speed and roll speed to allow in sync running between the 2 pieces of equipment.
• Able to grind with a hand grinder the butt weld of the 2 slits being fused to ensure no interference when travelling through the pre punch die.
• Disassemble sizing mills removed from rolling lines, and sort and store parts.
• Select rolls and dies from data charts to form specified gauge and profile to fabricate products.
• Remove scratches and polish roll surfaces, using polishing stones and electric buffers.
Minimum Qualifications:
Worked in a warehouse or similar setting
A minimum of 2 years operating machinery
Preferred Qualifications:
Must have supervisor and/or manager recommendation and must be able to perform all essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.
Nucor is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – M/F/Disabled/Vets – and a drug – free workplace
Nearest Major Market: Houston