Refractory Technician

Job description

Who will you be working with? Bloom Engineering, a Wabtec Company improves the environmental sustainability of industrial heating applications, particularly focused on the aluminum and steel industries. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, USA since 1934, Bloom serves its global customers from subsidiaries in the Germany, India, and China. Bloom Engineering’s knowledge and experience in furnace and heating applications provides meaningful competitive advantage to our customers by reducing CO2 and NOX, conversion to sustainable fuel sources, increasing production capacity, improving temperature uniformity, reducing fuel consumption, and enhancing operating flexibility.

How will you make a difference? As a refractory technician, you will be responsible for the preparation, installation, and finishing of refractory linings used in our combustion burners. This includes preparing molds, mixing and pouring refractory material, assembling and disassembling forms, and ensuring high quality work that meets the specific demands of the product application. This is a Monday-Friday, 1st shift position.

The pay rate is $35.24/hour. What do we want to know about you? High School Diploma or GED required. Minimum of 2 years of experience with refractory, concrete, etc. Ability to read blueprints. Attention to detail with the ability to accurately follow instructions. Strong mechanical aptitude, including experience with power mixes, vibrating equipment, and oven curing processes. Ability to work well in a unionized team environment.

What will your typical day look like? Reads and interprets charts and/or engineering drawings to select and assemble a variety of molds, forms, plugs, and pins. Performs duties required to assemble molds and forms, including pouring and stripping the molds. Cleans forms, molds, and parts. Oils or greases molds, forms and plugs. Wraps pins, plugs and cores, oiling and greasing as needed. Uses power mixers to mix castable materials with water to the required consistency.

Hand-mix refractory material for component application. Fills assembled molds and forms with refractory material, ensuring the refractory linings are durable and able to withstand high temperature. Apply coating to lined burners, baffles, and other components. Uses vibrating equipment to eliminate voids. Finishes off material. Selects appropriate oven curing program to ensure integrity and longevity of the material. Disassembles molds, removing forms, plugs, pins and wedges.

Clean lined pieces. Perform detailed finishing work on refractory linings, removing any rough or irregular areas to ensure smooth, high-quality surfaces. Clean and maintain tools, molds, filter press and equipment used in the refractory process. Maintains work area in safe, clean and orderly condition. Marks reports as required. Timely and accurately logs time spent on each job. Completes fork truck log when utilizing the fork truck.