Foundry Molding Lead: Safety, Quality & Efficiency

Cold Spring Granite; Cold Spring (MN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Optical

Medical FSA/HSA

Dependent Care (FSA)

Basic Life Plan

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

401K with Company Match

Profit Sharing (ROA)

PTO (Vacation)

Holidays

Jury Duty

Funeral Leave

Job summary

Cold Spring Granite is seeking a Foundry Molding/Pouring Supervisor to lead the sand molding and pouring operations, overseeing pattern placement in the mold through bronze pouring and all ancillary tasks. The supervisor drives process improvement while ensuring the safety, quality, cost and delivery targets for the team.

This is a full-time salaried role with hours Monday–Thursday 5am–2pm and Friday 5am–11am, guided by a focus on employee well‑being and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or High School diploma plus AS Foundry classes and adequate experience.
• 3-5 years’ experience in foundry operations or supervision.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a thorough understanding of foundry operations.
• Strong mechanical background and goal-oriented mindset.
• Ability to understand and create performance metrics for quality, cost and delivery.
• Complete knowledge of safety laws and requirements in a foundry setting.
• Ability to lead and direct people.
• Familiarity with quality and production-related work instructions and lean manufacturing concepts; knowledge of TPM and 5S Systems.

Responsibilities

• Identify and eliminate potential safety hazards and issues.
• Monitor shop floor daily activities to identify performance issues and work with employees to resolve them.
• Perform annual written performance appraisals and periodic verbal check-ins with direct reports.
• Work with employees to improve their well-being.
• Participate in daily supervisor/production meetings and conduct daily shift meetings.
• Ensure training is current and employees have needed skills.
• Coach on daily productivity improvements to meet corporate goals.
• Coach to match headcount with revenue and hourly goals.
• Review quality cost reports and act to correct quality issues; lead CIT meetings as needed.
• Monitor and coach on QCDSM boards and AR compliance.
• Coach 5S compliance and conduct monthly 5S audits.
• Coach on daily TPM improvement opportunities.
• Monitor major repairs in area of responsibility.
• Develop department leads for future supervisor roles.
• Receive ingot shipments at loading dock and reconcile inventory.
• Order parts and supplies; manage warehouse.
• Ensure weekly testing of sand and ingot; maintain Sand Lab and spectrometer.
• 70% production environment; 30% office; ability to lift 60 lbs and use tools.

Skills

Verbal & written communication

Leadership

Mechanical background

Performance metrics

Safety compliance

TPM

5S systems

Lean manufacturing

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

High School diploma + AS Foundry classes

Job description

Cold Spring Granite is seeking a Foundry Molding/Pouring Supervisor to lead the sand molding and pouring operations, overseeing pattern placement in the mold through bronze pouring and all ancillary tasks. The supervisor drives process improvement while ensuring the safety, quality, cost and delivery targets for the team.

This is a full-time salaried role with hours Monday–Thursday 5am–2pm and Friday 5am–11am, guided by a focus on employee well‑being and operational excellence.