Foundry Worker

H2R Business Solutions Inc.; Niagara Falls; On-site; CAD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Pension plan

Educational Reimbursement

Job summary

Canadian Specialty Castings is seeking a Foundry Worker to set up and operate grinding machines for castings, ensuring conformance to blueprint specs. You will assist with moulding, shakeout, and pours, while maintaining safety and quality in a fast-paced foundry.

The role requires past experience with induction furnaces, reading drawings, and performing routine maintenance in a production environment; involves lifting up to 50 lbs and working in a noisy environment in Canada’s Niagara region.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience operating induction furnaces and pouring.
• Ability to read and interpret product drawings for proper dimensions.
• Furnace safety awareness and maintenance knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Grinding, wheelabrator and sandblasting
• Mould making & assembly
• Shakeout & assisting with pours
• General maintenance & housekeeping

Skills

Reading drawings

Quality control

Safety awareness

Furnace operation

Mould making

Team communication

Tools

Welding

Forklift

Bobcat

Induction furnace

Job description

Canadian Specialty Castings., manufactures and repairs different forms of castings used in the energy, marine and industrial sectors. In addition, CSC manufactures associated industrial products. Understanding and experience of manufacturing with different materials, specifications, and machining.

The Foundry Worker sets up and operates grinding machines to grind external or internal cylindrical or tapered surfaces of castings to blueprint specifications, following tooling instructions and standard charts and applying knowledge of grinding. While operating the furnace and around you are required to ensure quality melting procedures are followed to achieve quality parts in Steel, Stainless steel, bronze, and aluminum alloys.

While working in molding you are to make cores for use in moulds to form holes or void spaces in castings; Make sand moulds using patterns, moulding boxes, sand and hand tools following bench, floor or pit moulding methods; Coat cores with protective materials and bake cores in ovens. While working on the moulding floor Making cores for use in moulds to form holes or void spaces in castings; Make sand moulds using patterns, moulding boxes, sand and hand tools following bench, floor or pit moulding methods; Coat cores with protective materials and bake cores in ovens.

Experience & Knowledge

• Manufacturing and repairing different forms of castings used in the energy, marine and industrial sectors. Understanding and experience of manufacturing with different materials, specifications, and machining.
• Experience in an industrial manufacturing setting.
• Experience in, welding, forklift, bobcat would be a definite asset.

Duties

• Grinding, wheelabrator and sandblasting
• Mould making & assembly
• Shakeout & assisting with pours
• General maintenance & Housekeeping.

Principle Responsibilities and Accountability

• Following process instructions and able to understand product drawings for proper dimensions
• Minimum 2 years’ experience operating induction furnaces and pouring experience is a must have
• Induction furnace operation and inspections
• Ladle and furnace repair knowledge
• Following melt procedure with accuracy and recording
• Furnace safety awareness is a must
• Overall Foundry environment safety awareness is a must
• Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly
• Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task
• Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions
• Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee health & safety

Capabilities and Success Factors

• Able to read and interpret product drawings for proper finish requirements
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Safety oriented, results oriented and detailed-oriented

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Pension plan
• Educational Reimbursement

Compensation

$22.02 per hour plus

Physical Demands and Environment

The physical requirements include exposure to production environments that contains noise, dust and fumes. The physical effort of this position is moderate with some lifting, standing, walking and carrying involved. Ability to lift up to 50 lbs weights extended periods. The environment is fast paced and requires meeting deadlines and verifying product quality within time constraints. Will work independently in an unstructured environment and understands, respects, and adheres to the workplace Health and Safety rules and regulations.

This is posted to fill current vacancies

AI will not be used in the recruitment process.

We thank all applicants for their interest and wish to advise that only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Appropriate accommodations will be provided upon request throughout the recruitment and employment process as required under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).