Cast Shop Spare Operator

Description

Each employee shall be responsible for the safety of themselves and fellow employees around him. The operator/helper must successfully complete the required training and medical exam as well as have a thorough knowledge of the appropriate Job Instruction Breakdown (JIB) for their assigned area.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The employee is responsible to maintain the equipment in good operating condition. This includes the completion of the Operators Basic Care at the start of each shift.

Operation of mill machines.

Production and time entry in MESA computer system.

Understand - adhere to Job Instructions Breakdown (JIB) for operations within scope of duty.

Ensure autonomous maintenance of equipment used and housekeeping.

Set up and operate casting machines in assigned work area to produce customer products meeting company production and quality standards.

o Mount, align and secure molds, adjust, and operate casting process.

o Review and ensure controls are accurate, adjust as needed.

Ensure temperatures of molds and metal are within operating specifications.

Clean, prepare and maintain molds for production, blast cleaning when necessary.

Adjust the level of molten metal entering molds.

Skim and shovel copper slag off the top of a molten metal furnace.

Take and check samples from furnaces.

Visually check and measure parts for defects, adjust machines or molds, spray molds, clean or change pins to bring parts into specifications.

Operating a forklift to fill hoppers with scrap metal.

Perform operator maintenance on machines and molds, perform minor repairs as needed.

Notify maintenance or shift supervision of major problems. Notify shift supervision of shortages of tools and fixtures.

Plan material usage and ensure adequate flow of materials to minimize down time.

Operate material handling equipment to move full baskets of parts and bring in empty baskets.

Prepare and repair ladles.

Remove solidified copper from pouring spouts as required

Controls pouring station in which copper alloys are cast into ingots (cake):

Regulates flow of molten metal from the melting furnace into launder feeding casting molds of casting unit by adjusting spindles at bottom of trough.

Controls cooling conditions of casting unit by maintaining constant level of metal in molds and regulating series of valves to spray water against molds to produce ingots (cake) of uniform crystalline structure.

Recommend changes to the production process to improve productivity and quality and reduce scrap.

Complete and maintain all required paperwork, records, documentation, etc.

Maintain departmental housekeeping standards.

Wear Personal Protective Equipment as required: Safety glasses and shoes, hearing protection and gloves, long pants and covering for the upper torso.

o Caster PPE includes requirements include wear of full cover Uniform (flame resistant fabric), safety shoes/caster boots, aluminized leg spats, face shield, high temper hard hat and aluminized gloves (as required).

Prepare and send metal samples to lab for analysis. Calculate and make adjustments,

weighing additions to heats, as required to bring chemistry to specified levels. Maintain

accurate records of melt activity and information.

Operate Overhead Crane to remove copper cake.

Perform Safety Observations; provide feedback of production or safety issues on machine.

Minimum Qualifications:

The successful candidate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The following qualifications are also desirable:

Be willing to work off-shifts and weekends.

Experience in an industrial environment is preferred.

Some industrial factory or production experience.

Excellent hand-eye coordination.

Proficiency operating technical machinery.

Good physical condition.

Mathematical aptitude.

Good organizational skills.

Attention to detail.

Good written and verbal communication.

Preferred:

Experience in a metals industrial setting preferred.

Casting Experience.

Critical thinking skills - Ability to adjust to changing environment quickly, efficiently and safely.

Special Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, will be regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts.

May be exposed to wet or humid conditions.

May be regularly exposed to high noise environments.

May be exposed to extremely dusty environments.

May be exposed to chemicals used in the manufacturing process.

Education / Training:

Minimum:

High School Graduate and or GED.

Desirable:

Post High School or vocational education desirable.

Benefits:

Revere offers a comprehensive benefits package plan that includes:

Medical

Dental

Life insurance

Stock Ownership plan

401K plan with company match

Tuition reimbursement and the opportunity to grow

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $27.71 + /hour after 6 months of service.