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Equipment Operator/Loader

Doing Steel, Inc.
Springfield, MO Full Time
POSTED ON 6/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/2/2026

Company Overview

PAID WEEKLY! GREAT BENEFITS!
Doing Steel Fabrication, LLC has a proud history of delivering top-quality steel fabrication services since 1986. With extensive facilities and a dedicated team, we serve projects across the country, emphasizing excellence and innovation in our industry. Doing Steel is a family-owned company who believe in our people. If you're looking for a stable industry and a great company, come work and grow with us!

 

At Doing Steel Fabrication, we take pride in providing high-quality steel fabrication solutions for a wide range of projects. We value individuals who are eager to learn, passionate about problem-solving, and ready to grow within a supportive and dynamic team environment. Whether you're starting your career or bringing years of experience, Doing Steel Fabrication offers the training, mentorship, and resources needed to help you succeed.

Equipment Operator

Job Duties:

  • Load and unload steel materials, parts, and products.
  • Assist welders, fabricators, and machine operators with setup and operations.
  • Operate forklifts, hand trucks, and other material handling equipment.
  • Package and prepare materials for shipment, including documentation.
  • Follow safety protocols and wear appropriate PPE at all times.
  • Operate equipment safely in facility and outdoors.

Qualifications:

  • High school diploma or GED preferred.
  • Prior experience in steel fabrication or manufacturing is a plus.
  • Ability to lift up to 50-60 lbs and perform physically demanding tasks.
  • Basic math and measurement skills (e.g., using tape measures, fractions).
  • Forklift certification or willingness to obtain.
  • Valid driver's license may be required for deliveries or pickups.
  • Able to communicate in English both verbally and in writing.

Skills & Abilities:

  • Strong work ethic and reliability.
  • Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
  • Comfortable working in indoor/outdoor environments and extreme temperatures.
  • Team-oriented with good communication skills.
  • Attention to detail and commitment to quality.
    • Maintains a clean work environment.
    • Performs other duties requiring similar skills and abilities as assigned.
    • Regular, in-person attendance due to necessary teamwork and personal interactive nature of this position.
    • The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
  • Education and Experience

    • High school diploma or GED equivalent preferred.
    • Experience with trucks under three tons (i.e. tractors and fork-trucks), mobile crane equipment and overhead cranes.

    Schedule:

    • 10-hour shift
    • Day shift or 2nd shift
    • Monday to Friday

    WORK ENVIRONMENT:

    Exposure to dust, fumes, noise and high-degree varying seasonal temperatures. Machinery with energy sources including electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, or other energy.

    PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

    The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand, use hands and fingers, handle, grasp or feel; reach with hands and arms climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

    Additional effort requirements consist of, but are not limited to, lifting, pushing and pulling material, stairs, and ladders. When there is an occasion to move heavy material greater than 50 pounds, the operator will request assistance from another team member or utilize provided lifting equipment.

    Doing Steel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All positions at Doing Steel require a pre-employment drug screen; all job offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the drug screen. Failure to pass a drug screen prior to employment or at any time during employment will result in the recension of the offer and/or termination of employment.

Doing Steel is a Drug-Free Safety-First workplace. All applicants must successfully complete a drug screen prior to being hired. Failure to submit to or pass a drug screen will result in any offer of employment being rescinded.  Failure to submit or pass a drug screen, at any time while employed by Doing Steel, or any of its subsidiaries, will result in termination of employment. Drug screens may be given at any time to any employee for reasonable suspicion, or as part of a random selection, or post-accident or incident. 

Salary : $17 - $21

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