Job Title: Casting Operator Casting/Melting

Classification: Non-Exempt

Department: Casting

Reports to: Supervisor

Purpose:

The Casting/Melting Operator is responsible for monitoring equipment, making adjustments as necessary to maintain quality, and reporting any changes in conditions they can’t control.

General Duties:

• Ensure equipment is operating within specified parameters

• Operation of melting furnaces: Material handling, charging, alloying melting furnaces

• Build 20 Metric Ton charges continuous throughout the shift

• Load the charges in 1450 degree melting furnaces

• Safely Operate 15,000# forklifts

• Perform Spectrometer testing to plan refinements

• Perform fluxing and refinements to the metal to ensure quality

• Manually transfer 15 Metric Ton of 1450 degree metal from Melters to Holders

• Clean and maintain daily maintenance on metal troughs

• Perform and monitor equipment checks

• Clean, inspect, and maintain furnaces

• Perform and maintain quality checks

• Manual set up of casting operations and maintain good casting conditions  

• Able to shutoff metal blowouts during production

• Performs work by SOP’s

• Maintain good 5S in work area, equipment, and tools

• Performs other duties as required

• Maintain and support 5s activities outside the working areas

• Safely operate 20 Metric Ton overhead cranes

  Skills:

• Ability to work both independently and as a team

• Basic troubleshooting and problem solving

• Ability to identify nonstandard situations and respond accordingly

• Self-Driven

  Requirements:

• High school degree or GED equivalency.

• Basic mechanical aptitude

• Must be willing to work a (4 Star) 12-hour shifts (willing to work every other weekend and some holidays). Shifts are either 5:00 AM to 5:10 PM or 5:00 PM to 5:10 PM

• Able to perform repetitive and physically demanding tasks for extended periods, to include but not limited to: lifting, walking, standing, stooping, pulling, and pushing

• Willing to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations; including wearing personal protective equipment

• Must always work safely

• Willing to work in hot/humid, cold, noisy industrial environment (Summer time heat index in excess of 135 degrees and sub-freezing temperature during winter months)

• Willing to work around dust, oil, grease, chemicals, and other substances

• Able to use a computer for basic reporting and documentation

• Good interpersonal skills

• Good communication skills. Ability to read, write, and communicate verbally

• Able to accurately use basic math

• Molten metal experience strongly preferred

   

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