MANUFACTURING - TECHNICIAN MELT/ROUGH CLEAN

Signicast; Brown Deer (WI); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Manufacturing Technician where you will play a key role in the production process. This exciting position involves operating and maintaining equipment, ensuring quality standards, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives. With a focus on safety and teamwork, you'll be part of a dynamic environment that values your contributions. Enjoy a competitive Total Rewards package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, along with opportunities for career growth and development. If you're detail-oriented and motivated, this role is perfect for you!

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision Insurance

Wellness Program

Life Insurance

Short-term & Long Term Disability

Paid Vacations

Quarterly Performance Bonus

401k Matching

Tuition Reimbursement

On-site Fitness Center

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively with team members.
• Good computer skills and willingness to learn new skills.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain production equipment safely.
• Ensure quality standards are met during production.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Computer Skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

MANUFACTURING - TECHNICIAN MELT/ROUGH CLEAN Signicast - Brown Deer Facility, 9000 N 55th Street, Brown Deer, Wisconsin, United States of America Req #281 Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Signicast is the industry’s leading investment casting manufacturer. Through the hard work and dedication of our employees, we satisfy our customer's needs by safely delivering a quality product on-time, at a competitive price. Working at Signicast means becoming part of a world-class company. With industry-leading Total Rewards package and the potential to grow your career with us. Signicast doesn’t just invest in you— we help you invest in a future!

Signicast is seeking motivated and detail-oriented individuals to join our team as Manufacturing Technicians. In this role, you will be responsible for operating and maintaining production equipment, ensuring quality standards are met, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives within the manufacturing process.

Day shift- 6:00 am- 6:00 pm on a 12-hour 2-2-3 rotating schedule. The starting wage depends on experience + applicable shift premiums

Dependable and reliable attendance is required for all positions

Available Manufacturing Technician Roles
Melt/Rough Clean Technician: Responsible for converting parts into metal by transferring liquid metals into molds and then removing the ceramic mold from the parts.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded from time to time to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary. Full job descriptions are available upon request

Melt/Rough Clean Technician

• Comply with all safety and health guidelines, quality standard practices/procedures, and housekeeping standards
• Respond to alarms on melt units, caustic units (where applicable), KOH units, furnaces, and revert dryer for safety and proper functioning
• Detect sounds from equipment for proper functioning (ex: listen for abnormal sounds of equipment such as blades on cutting saw, grinding sounds, whining sounds on melting pot)
• Melting alloys to form metal in pot
• Pouring metal into molds and setting down correctly according to standard practices
• Removing ceramic in rough clean with water blaster and/or caustic, cutting off from sprue with a cut-off saw or cold break unit, and desludging tanks to clean them
• Maintaining the quality of metal to specifications indicated on standard practices, checking components of metal pot by performing a slug test using the spectrometer, adding alloys to the pot to bring a sample to specifications, performing final burn, and saving into the computer

Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education and or/Experience
High school diploma or HSED/GED equivalent preferred. Must possess good computer skills and be able to learn new skills as needed.

Communication Skills
Must be able to effectively communicate with other employees to share information, solve problems, and instruct or train lesser-skilled employees. Must have the ability to read and interpret English documents such as part drawings, shop orders, work plans, and short correspondence. Must be able to write standard reports and documentation.

Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk and/or hear, and/or use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, and/or walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Protective Clothing/Equipment Required
Safety glasses and safety shoes must be worn in all manufacturing areas. Additional PPE may be required as needed.

Benefits: Our Total Rewards program offers world class benefits for this full-time position:

• Medical Insurance-PPO & HDHP HSA within 61 days of your start date
• Dental & Vision insurance
• Wellness Program
• Life Insurance
• Short-term & Long Term disability
• Paid vacations plus 10 paid Holidays
• Quarterly Performance Bonus
• 401k Matching up to 5.5%
• Tuition Reimbursement
• On-site Fitness center (Hartford & Brown Deer Only)
• On-site Chiropractor (Hartford Only)

Signicast offers a breadth of opportunities from career development planning to help our employees grow into their next position through individualized planning and training to in-depth leadership development for our next generation of leaders.

Signicast is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Other details

• Job Family Ops
• Pay Type Hourly

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