Apprentice Furnace Operator - Onsite Foundry Tech

Weir HBF (Pty) Ltd; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 67,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Weir HBF (Pty) Ltd in Port Elizabeth invites applications for an Apprentice: Furnace Operator onsite. This role supports furnace operations, inspections and maintenance, material handling, and supervising safe, high-temperature processes.

You will learn to load the furnace, monitor melt rates, manage quality checks, and contribute to a world-class safety culture while developing foundational technical skills in a foundry environment.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 with minimum of 5 years’ related experience in a Foundry environment.

Responsibilities

• Inspections and Maintenance: Conduct necessary pre-use inspections on all equipment, ensuring faults or concerns are documented, reported and addressed before operating the furnace.
• Maintain furnace equipment to ensure it is in good working condition and report any defects or wear.
• Material Management: Ensure all necessary charge materials and consumables are available for the shift.
• Furnace Charging and Operating: Load metal and additions into the furnace in the correct manner using appropriate tools and equipment. Ensure the lining and tools and equipment are kept in good condition.
• Control the induction furnace to melt metal at the required melt rate, ensuring that temperature, composition and metal cleanliness are maintained.
• Monitoring: Ensure the furnace, cooling systems and hydraulics are operating correctly and within the parameters required.
• Quality Control: Perform sample tests to verify the quality of the molten metal and make adjustments as necessary.
• Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world-class safety culture.

Skills

Attention to detail

Technical ability

High-temperature environment

Foundry experience

Job description

Weir HBF (Pty) Ltd in Port Elizabeth invites applications for an Apprentice: Furnace Operator onsite. This role supports furnace operations, inspections and maintenance, material handling, and supervising safe, high-temperature processes.

You will learn to load the furnace, monitor melt rates, manage quality checks, and contribute to a world-class safety culture while developing foundational technical skills in a foundry environment.