Mill Trainee at The Doe Run Company in Boss, Missouri

Job Description:

Join our company with a 160-year history, and together we’ll build a better future. 

$20.16/hour

5% targeted monthly bonus.

Insurance benefits start day 1.

80 hours vacation after 90 days.

On-the-job training.

Career growth opportunities.

The Doe Run Company is currently seeking a Mill Trainee to assist in operations that process all finished rolling mill products produced by the rolling mill operator. This is an entry level position. The Mill Trainee is expected to learn how to perform all tasks in the mill safely and effectively.

Education & Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent, preferred.


• 0-6 months of work experience

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to read a micrometer and a tape measure.


•  Ability to safely drive a forklift or other mobile equipment.


•  Environmental safety and health rules and regulations training (OHSA) training.


•  Ability to become certified to operate mobile equipment (forklift).


•  Basic math skills.


•  Ability to operate cranes, hoists, and rigging.

Responsibilities:

• Perform daily preventive maintenance to the rolling mill.


• Assure that all needed production supplies are available (i.e. pallets, banding, tape, protective wrappings).


• Complete all daily end-of-shift housekeeping tasks.


• Assist the Assistant Mill Operator in the processing of all finished rolling mill products.


• Assist the QC Packaging Operator.


• Perform other duties as assigned.

Work Environment, Physical & Lifting:

• Regularly required to wear personal protective equipment, including, but not limited to, respirator, hearing protection and eyewear, and to work near moving, mechanical parts. Exposed to moderate noise levels.


• Regularly requires standing and walking; frequently requires talking, hearing, grasping, driving, climbing or balancing, and repetitive movement; occasionally requires feeling attributes of objects, pushing, and reaching with hands/arms. Requires clarity of vision, three-dimensional vision, the ability to judge distance and spatial relationships, and the ability to identify and distinguish colors.


• Regularly required to lift up to 50 pounds.

Based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, The Doe Run Company is a privately held natural resources company and a global provider of lead, copper, and zinc concentrates. Dedicated to environmentally responsible mineral and metal production, Doe Run operates the Resource Recycling facility, one of the world’s largest, single-site lead recycling centers, located in Boss, Missouri. The company also owns six operating mines in one of the world’s largest lead mining districts, also in Missouri: Brushy Creek, Buick, Casteel, Fletcher/West Fork, Mine 29/Viburnum and Sweetwater. The Doe Run Company and its subsidiaries deliver products and services necessary to provide power, protection, and convenience. Doe Run has operations in Missouri, Washington, and Arizona. For more information, visit www.doerun.com.

Doe Run is an equal opportunity employer, including disability and veterans.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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