Machine Operator - Leveler - 1st Shift

About Olympic Steel

Since 1954, Olympic Steel has been focused on safe, profitable, and sustainable growth through the direct sale of a wide range of processed metal products and several metal-intensive branded products. Guided by our Core Values, we put safety first – always, and we believe in cultivating an inclusive workplace where employee belonging, and empowerment are foundational to everything we do. Olympic Steel offers employees the best of both worlds: the culture and community of a closely connected team with the resources, opportunity and stability of a large, growing organization.

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Since 1954, Olympic Steel has been focused on safe, profitable, and sustainable growth through the direct sale of a wide range of processed metal products and several metal-intensive branded products. Guided by our Core Values, we put safety first – always, and we believe in cultivating an inclusive workplace where employee belonging, and empowerment are foundational to everything we do. Olympic Steel offers employees the best of both worlds: the culture and community of a closely connected team with the resources, opportunity and stability of a large, growing organization.

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Specific job tasks required by the Leveler Operator:

• Setup involves working in conjunction with an assigned production employee helper to complete a sequence of setups by following established procedures.
• Confirm hardness, gauge width, and finished material conformity to job requirements and customer specifications.
• Operate console to mechanically load coil stock to pay-off mechanism, set for proper width, feed through leveler rolls, and adjust micro setting through console controls to secure flat sheet stock.
• Thread through automatic length and sheet count, set feeds and speed for optimum quantity and quality requirements.
• Stack required sheets according to order.
• Oversee packaging of material to ensure customer specifications are met.
• Verify final product for hardness; gauge width and length to insure conformity to order.
• Weigh and prepare shipping and stock tags and attaches to order.
• Remove unused coils from payoff for return to inventory.
• Occasionally operate units manually.
• Detect faulty operation, defective material, and refer these and other situations to supervisor.
• Record production data and time information.
• 1st Shift- 6:00am-4:30pm
  - Some nights and weekends to meet business needs

• Mechanically inclined, production oriented, and safety and quality conscious.
• General knowledge of crane operation and ancillary lifting devices.
• Basic math skills required.
• Working knowledge of general computer programs required.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Paid holidays and vacation
• 401(k) with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement & Employee Discount Programs
• Referral program

We offer more than a competitive total compensation package. We provide our employees the ability to build a meaningful life-long career. When you work at Olympic Steel, you can make a significant impact – at our company, in the local community and in the world. For a comprehensive view of our benefits visit