http://www.keystoneconsolidated.com/employment/
Just figured I'd share in case any local folks (Central Illinois) are looking for a new career or an out of stater is looking to relocate to...lovely... central Illinois. 
It can be hot or cold, dirty, demanding work with a E36 M3ty schedule but it pays well. 
Oddly there seems to be a shortage of suitable candidates, according to those who do the hiring and firing. I would think the opposite would be the case.
Good bricklayers will never go hungry.
Steel mills have "hot potato" type bricks to work with.
As a bonus, Big Al's is just around the corner! 
http://worldfamousbigals.com
Datsun310Guy wrote: Good bricklayers will never go hungry. Steel mills have "hot potato" type bricks to work with.
I don't know jack about steel mills. Why do they need a brick layer on staff?
In reply to The_Jed:
Typically the ones saying that either have outlandish requirements, aren't offering compensation packages that are appealing enough, or a combination of both....
In reply to WOW Really Paul?:
Our insurance isn't the best, but it's not the worst (I had to shell out several grand this past year in "uncovered" expenses and my monthly premium went up 17% at the beginning of 2016). Our 401k match kind of sucks; you don't get 100% match of up to 5% of your gross until after 5 years of service. The pay, especially for the cost of living of the surrounding area, is quite good. The wage is what draws and retains the majority of the workers.
The machine shop (Journeyman Machinist job title in the ad) is a tough one to get into. There is nearly zero turnover. There's usually only an opening if someone retires or takes a company job. The shop is filled predominantly with manual lathes, mills and grinders from the '30's, '40's and '50's...it's a time capsule. I had just enough experience to get an interview, then passed a detailed, 2 hour long written test in order to get hired as a machinist.
The requirements for "machine operator" position are less stringent. It's the entry level job.
Four or five years of industrial maintenance should prepare the average candidate for the Mechanical Technician position.
The requirements for an electrician are somewhat tougher, and rightly so. Those guys mess with some dangerous stuff. Especially over in the arc shop, three huge electrodes melt the steel using over 1.21 jiggawatts of electricity.
slefain wrote:Datsun310Guy wrote: Good bricklayers will never go hungry. Steel mills have "hot potato" type bricks to work with.I don't know jack about steel mills. Why do they need a brick layer on staff?
The ovens and ladles in the steel mill are lined with refractory brick.
It acts as an insulator to keep the molten steel molten and the ladle solid.
The electric arc furnace does some cool and scary stuff.
A lot of mills shut down but keep the bricks hot (warm?). Something happens if you cool the bricks.
We're hiring too. You wouldn't think it would be so hard to find someone who can read a tape measure.
Joe Gearin wrote: As a bonus, Big Al's is just around the corner!
Threadjack:
My first "real" band gig was playing a club attached to Big Al's. I don't remember the name, but the stage had a giant version of the album cover for Pink Floyd's "The Wall", the bar had lava-lights placed on it, and the whole place was illuminated with black lights...oh, and all the wait staff wore tie-dyed fluorescent t-shirts.
I was only ~19 at the time, and we were playing a battle-of-the-bands, so I wasn't allowed in until load-in before our set. Oh, and we loaded in through the back door, by Big Al's back door. That was my first experience with strippers, and even though I didn't get to go inside for the show, I saw enough to be impressed. Oh, and the high-end(for the time) cars they were driving: brand-new Prelude Si, E30s, etc...wow.
Oh, and the crowd seemed to really dig us, although we never heard back from the bar. We found out weeks later that a local band who played after us(and didn't really get much crowd reaction) won. It was still an awesome show regardless!
Hard to believe I lived there for three years and never made it to Big Al's. I should visit sometime and remedy that. Soon.
$55k is good dough for that part of the world.
I have never been to Big Al's. We do have a Big Ed's though. They make really good eggs, sausage and grits.
The_Jed wrote: Especially over in the arc shop, three huge electrodes melt the steel using over 1.21 jiggawatts of electricity.
Have you guys tried advertising in the Hill Valley newspaper?
EvanR wrote: $55k is good dough for that part of the world.
Indeed it is, some of my coworkers have even cracked six figures with lots of overtime. The steel mill side has slightly higher pay and works a lot more hours. Those guys rake in the cash, but they're never home.
I like hanging out with my kids and tormenting my wife, so I usually don't work much overtime, unless I'm forced.
In reply to logdog:
They sent one packet out for dispersal to the Twin Pines Mall, but it came back with a "return to sender, wrong address" stamp that was post marked Lone Pine Mall.
mk2mer wrote: Hard to believe I lived there for three years and never made it to Big Al's. I should visit sometime and remedy that. Soon.
Lived in BloNo for 5.5 years and Peoria for 1 year after that. Never made it to Big Al's or Kappa Kabbana.
mtn wrote:mk2mer wrote: Hard to believe I lived there for three years and never made it to Big Al's. I should visit sometime and remedy that. Soon.Lived in BloNo for 5.5 years and Peoria for 1 year after that. Never made it to Big Al's or Kappa Kabbana.
I've been up here since October of '06 and have never been to Big Al's. I never have understood the appeal of strip clubs.
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