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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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