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Refinery Operator

The Doe Run Company
Boss, MO Full Time
POSTED ON 6/10/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/10/2026

We are Doe Run – 160 years strong. 
$26.04/hour
5% targeted monthly bonus.
Insurance benefits start day 1.
80 hours vacation after 90 days.
On-the-job training with career growth opportunities.

The Doe Run Company is seeking a Refinery Operator to form and cast lead, make oxide, and move finished product to meet customer specifications. This rotating position is located at The Buick Resource Recycling Facility in Boss, MO. 

Education & Experience:

  • High school diploma or equivalent, preferred.
  • Background in industrial operations or similar work experience, preferred. If no diploma, at least one year of industrial work experience is required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

  • Skilled in the use of casting equipment preferred.
  • Ability to monitor computer screens and operate controls.

Responsibilities:

  • Cast lead as part of a crew by running pig machine, ton caster, and billet machine.
  • Pour counterweights, skim lead products, and hook up lead pumps.
  • Operate forklift, bander, small crane and other equipment as needed to cast and move lead product.
  • Operate oxide machine to create lead oxide, includes weighing and changing bags.
  • Perform minor maintenance on machinery and maintain a clean work area.
  • Complete tasks in a safe and environmentally compliant manner by following EHS (environmental, health, and safety) policies, procedures, and best practices; support and assist peers in working in a safe, compliant manner; report unsafe acts or conditions, incidents, and deviations; and provide feedback to support continuous improvement in EHS performance.
  • Other duties as assigned.

    Work Environment Physical and Lifting:

    • Regularly required to wear personal protective equipment, including a respirator, work near moving mechanical parts, and be exposed to extreme heat (non-weather); Regularly exposed to wet, humid conditions, outdoor weather conditions, and vibration. Regularly exposed to moderate noise levels. Occasionally, work is performed in confined spaces. Rarely work at heights of 4’ or more with fall protection.
    • Regularly requires standing, walking, reaching with hands/arms, repetitive movement, and moving up and down from/to a sitting position on the floor. Regularly requires grasping, pushing, driving, stooping, kneeling, crouching.; occasionally requires sitting, talking, hearing, and feeling attributes of objects. Requires clarity of vision, three-dimensional vision, the ability to judge distance and spatial relationships, precise hand-eye coordination, and the ability to identify and distinguish colors. Rarely required to crawl, and climb, or balance.
    • Regularly required to lift up to 70 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.

    Salary : $26

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