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Furnace Operator
Job summary
A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Furnace Operator for a permanent role in Lye. The position requires operating a medium frequency electric induction furnace and performing tasks such as charging materials, casting molds, and ensuring safety protocols. Applicants should have overhead crane experience, with casting and FLT licenses being preferred. This full-time role offers overtime, a pension scheme, and direct employment after 12 weeks of working through the agency.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience operating electric induction furnaces.
- Casting experience preferred but not necessary.
- FLT Licence is preferred but not required.
- Overhead Crane experience is mandatory.
Responsibilities
- Operate and control electric induction furnace.
- Safely manage hydraulic systems for furnace operations.
- Charge and remove slag from the furnace.
- Cast molds and operate overhead crane.
- Monitor furnace lining performance and charge materials.
Skills
Job Title: Furnace Operator
Location: Lye (Dudley borough)
Shift Patterns: Monday - Friday 05:00am - 13:00pm (Must be flexible to do overtime until 15:00pm)
We are seeking an experienced Furnace Operator who is looking for a long-term permanent role! Join a well-established and growing foundry that truly puts its people first. With ongoing investment in the latest machinery, new plant, and a strong focus on training and development, this is a company that backs its team and builds for the future.
- Operate a medium frequency, electric induction furnace – turn on, operate and control power input
- Safely operate hydraulic systems to tilt and pour from a furnace
- Understand the basic arrangement of a furnace body
- Understand what earth leakage is
- Understand what emergency water is for
- Charge furnace – safely charge or add materials to furnaces
- Remove slag from the furnace before testing and pouring
- Cast – pouring moulds and/or operating OHC
- Understand additions and can calculate the additions required
- Understand energy requirements to melt metal – power kilowatts, frequency and volts
- Frit furnace refractory
- Install and repair refractories
- Monitor wear and lining performance
- Electric Induction Furnace Operating
- Casting experience is preferred but not necessary
- FLT Licence / experience is preferred
- Overhead Crane experience is required
- Monday - Friday (Plenty of overtime)
- 05:00 - 15:00 (option to stay on longer if you wish)
- Overtime paid after 40 hours.
- 30‑minute unpaid break.
- Pension scheme.
- Factory shutdowns.
- Permanently employed directly by the business after 12 weeks of working through Oliver Rae.
Click apply now to be considered for our Furnace Operator position in Lye.
In the foundry's bustling environment, this work is both an art and a science – an essential contribution to the creation of durable, reliable metal components that form the backbone of countless industries.
Oliver Rae is an Established Recruitment Business with offices based in Walsall and Halesowen. We supply Temporary and Permanent Staffing to a range of sectors.
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