Refractory Repairer Resume Template
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Contact
Nashville, TN
(615) 555-4074
james.hill@email.com
linkedin.com/in/jameshill
Safety Training
OSHA 30-Hour Construction
OSHA Outreach Training Program
MSHA Surface New Miner Training
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Confined Space Entry Supervisor
Employer (OSHA 1910.146)
Trade Skills
Castable & gunite install
Firebrick lining
Kiln & ladle relines
Anchor layout & welding
Outage planning
Confined space entry
Silica exposure control
Equipment
Brokk Demolition MachineAllentown Gunite RigPneumatic RammerPaddle MixerExcel
Education
High School Diploma
2014
McGavock High School
James Hill
Lead Refractory Repairer · Steel & Cement Plant Outages
Profile
Refractory repairer with 10 years relining furnaces, kilns and ladles in steel, cement and glass plants across Tennessee. Leads 8-person crews through outages and has finished 25+ shutdowns on or ahead of schedule.
Outage Experience
Lead Refractory Repairer
2021 – Present
Volunteer Refractory Services, Nashville, TN
- Lead 8-person crews relining steel ladles, tundishes and reheat furnaces during plant outages.
- Install castables, gunite and plastic refractory with pumps, gunning rigs and pneumatic rammers.
- Finished 25+ shutdowns on or ahead of schedule, including a 6-day cement kiln reline.
- Weld and set stainless anchors on patterns set by engineering drawings before casting.
- Run confined-space entries, air monitoring and silica exposure controls for each crew.
Refractory Materials Repairer
2017 – 2021
Middle Tennessee Kiln Services, Lebanon, TN
- Tore out worn firebrick and castable with demolition hammers and a remote-controlled Brokk.
- Installed brick and castable linings in cement kiln burning zones and preheater cyclones.
- Mixed and placed castables to supplier water ratios and followed dry-out schedules.
- Hot-gunned patches on glass furnace crowns and ports to extend campaigns between rebuilds.
Refractory Repairer Helper
2015 – 2017
Cumberland Industrial Contractors, Nashville, TN
- Carried brick, mixed mortar and castable and set up scaffolds and material hoists.
- Cleaned out debris from vessels and staged tools and material for the next shift.
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Skills to list
- Furnace and kiln relining
- Brick and castable refractory installation
- Gunning and shotcreting
- High-temperature material handling
- Blueprint reading
- Rigging and scaffolding
- Demolition of worn refractory
- Safety procedures for confined/high-heat spaces
Software and tools
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Maintenance management software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Access
- Time tracking software
Duties to describe on a refractory repairer resume
- Chipped slag from linings of ladles or removed linings when beyond repair, using hammers and chisels.
- Mixed specified amounts of sand, clay, mortar powder, and water to form refractory clay or mortar, using shovels or mixing machines.
- Measured furnace walls to determine dimensions and cut required number of sheets from plastic block, using saws.
- Dried and baked new linings by placing inverted linings over burners, building fires in ladles, or by using blowtorches.
- Removed worn or damaged plastic block refractory linings of furnaces, using hand tools.
- Climbed scaffolding, carrying hoses, and sprayed surfaces of cupolas with refractory mixtures, using spray equipment.
Titles along the way
- Refractory Repairer Helper
- Refractory Materials Repairer
- Lead Refractory Repairer
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