What are the responsibilities and job description for the Foundry Operator position at Matthews Memorialization?
Starting hourly rate - $20.91
Insurance available day 1
Company Match 401k After 90 Days
13 days Earned Time Off 1st year
Position Summary
The Foundry Operator assists other workers in foundry concerned with melting metal, pouring metal into molds, removing castings from molds, and dressing castings by performing the following duties.
Job Responsibilities
QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS
PHYSICAL ASPECTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT
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At Matthews International, what makes us different is what makes us great. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
Matthews International affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.
Matthews International endeavors to make our employment website and application process accessible to all users and applicants. In doing so, Matthews International provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation or assistance completing the application process, please contact a member of our Human Resource Team.
Insurance available day 1
Company Match 401k After 90 Days
13 days Earned Time Off 1st year
Position Summary
The Foundry Operator assists other workers in foundry concerned with melting metal, pouring metal into molds, removing castings from molds, and dressing castings by performing the following duties.
Job Responsibilities
- Moves sand, castings, flasks, or other materials about foundry.
- Assembles flasks.
- Waters and mixes sand, shovels sand into flask, and compacts sand into flasks.
- Sprays binder on surface of sand molds and dries surface with blowtorch.
- Fits together, clamps, and unclamps cope and drag on production line.
- Weighs out specified amounts of materials for furnace charge and loads charge into melting furnace.
- Skims slag from surface of molten metal.
- Carries or pushes ladles of molten metal on monorail and pours metal into molds.
- Installs and removes steel clamps used to hold steel flasks together.
- Breaks sand mold from finished casting.
- Sorts castings into pairs or groups for assembly.
- Cleans castings, patterns, and flasks.
- Removes gates, sprues, and other projections from castings with sledge, pneumatic hammer, or power hacksaw.
- Breaks up slag and shovels it into buckets for removal to dump.
- Chips out crucibles and ladle linings.
- Prepares plaster and refines ladle.
- Sweeps and cleans work areas.
QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
- Minimal experience required
- Basic degree of proficiency in MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications.
- Basic analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills.
- Basic verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, & reasoning).
- Basic understanding and application of mathematical concepts.
- Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues across the organization, as well as, internal and external clients.
- Ability to work well autonomously and within a team in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.
- Ability to work with and influence peers and management.
- Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines and reporting.
- Possess a mechanical aptitude; ability to use a large variety of hand tools and basic knowledge of power tools, forklifts, welding equipment, and cutting torch.
- Ability to work overtime as necessary.
PHYSICAL ASPECTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk, hear and see.
- Regularly/Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.
- Regularly/Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold & heat, risk of electrical shock, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
- The noise level in the work environment may be high.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
http://matw.com/memorialization/
At Matthews International, what makes us different is what makes us great. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
Matthews International affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.
Matthews International endeavors to make our employment website and application process accessible to all users and applicants. In doing so, Matthews International provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation or assistance completing the application process, please contact a member of our Human Resource Team.
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