Casting Furnace Operator

Materion Corporation; Alabama; On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Materion Corporation seeks a Combined Crew Operator for its heavy manufacturing facilities. Responsibilities include validating heat numbers, operating furnaces, adding charges, skimming and tapping, sampling, and data logging.

The role requires attention to safety practices and ability to handle hot, humid conditions. Applicants should have a high school diploma or equivalent and factory or related experience.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Prior factory, construction, or military experience preferred.
• Must be able to perform physically demanding tasks in hot and humid conditions.

Responsibilities

• Check heat numbers on run card and heat numbers on charge pan for identical match.
• Operate furnace, hot clean furnace or ladle, and add charge as required.
• Rake, skim, tap furnace and draw metal samples for analysis; calculate material needs to meet specs.
• Transfer molten metal to molds or ladles and remove surface impurities.
• Observe instrumentation, maintain melting temperatures, and monitor pouring, ram speed, and water flow.
• Record data in various computer programs and maintain accurate logs.

Skills

Team leadership

Safety compliance

Data entry

Stamina/physical

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

PC software

Job description

At Materion, everyone is included, respected and offered opportunity to grow. Join us!

Primary Operations has 3 areas of operations, Whiting Arc Furnace, Old Cast Shop and New Cast Shop. These areas are operated by a Combined Crew concept, which means your assignment to one of the pre mentioned areas may be temporary, and if business conditions require movement to another areas to either be trained in another area or help support that area to meet production requirements. Each area has its' level of physical workloads where safety awareness in proper lifting, bending, twisting is highly emphasized as all safety issues in a manufacturing setting where the environmental condition can be very hot and humid.

You will have the opportunity to:

The “essential functions” of a position are those tasks that meet the definition of “the reason the position exists”. The job classification of “Combined Crew Operator” includes the following essential functions:

• Operator checks heat numbers on run card with heat numbers on back of charge pan to make sure they are identical.
• Operator checks and hot cleans furnace or ladle.
• Add charge to furnace.
• Rub, rake, skim and tap furnace.
• Draw metal samples from furnace or ladle for analysis and calculate types and amounts of materials needed to ensure that materials meet specifications.
• Transfer molten metal from furnaces and place it into molds, or ladles.
• Remove impurities from the surface of molten metal using skimmers or rakes.
• Feeds material into furnaces maintain identity throughout entire operation.
• Observes instrumentation and operates controls to reach and maintain proper melting temperatures.
• Monitors metal pouring, temperature, ram speed and water flow to assure utmost yield.
• Must know the procedure for handling and disposing of solid and liquid waste.
• Learn and certify per Plant Policy to safety operate a forklift and other mobile equipment as it pertains to specific job tasks.
• Record data in various computer programs.
• Sorting ingots to order specifications.
• Mold prep and set up.
• Collector bag change and cleaning out pits and bays.

Marginal Functions:

The “marginal functions” of a position are those tasks which may be optional and do not directly meet the definition of “the reason the position exists”. The job classification of “Combined Crew Operator” may include the following marginal functions:

Inspect furnaces to locate defects and wear. Maintains clean work area. Performs minor maintenance on equipment as necessary. Individual actively participates in team meetings and activities and from time to time may be asked to assume various leadership roles within the team. Individual will share the responsibility with the Lead Operator and Supervisor for providing training to departmental personnel including safety.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Individual must have a high school education or the equivalent of.
• Individual must have previous factory, construction or military service.

Working Conditions:

This position has been rated as Heavy under the Dictionary of Occupational Tittles (DOT) definitions. It requires physical labor, room and product temperatures are typically hot. Position requires incumbent to lift, carry, and push heavy objects.

Tools and PPE:

• Hearing protection
• Safety glasses
• Metatarsal boots
• Leather, nitrile, and cotton gloves
• Aluminized coats and spats
• Cotton sleeve
• Tyvek body suit
• Encapsulated suit

REQUIREMENTS:

• Training in leadership and team building would be acquired through the Elmore core curriculum.
• Job will require a minimum of 18 months of OJT.
• Incumbent should know or be able to learn PC functions and be capable of learning to operate a large band saw, and accurately make-up charge mixes.

The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on Materion’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with Materion’s business requirements.

Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Company’s personnel representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

Materion’s Veteran Employee Resource group supports veterans and promotes the benefits of hiring veterans in the workplace. We honor all those who have served and are a military friendly company. Veterans are encouraged to apply and military experience and skills are transferrable to Materion careers.

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Materion Corporation is a global leader in high-tech solutions for electronic materials, performance materials, and precision optics, leveraging over 100 years of material science expertise.

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