Job Title: Night Shift Furnace and Casting Operator
Responsible To: Night Shift Supervisor
Working Hours: Overnight Monday – Wednesday 21:00 – 07:00, Thursday 21:00 – 06:00
Salary: From £15.00 per hour
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Benefits: Company Pension – Free Onsite Parking – 25 days holiday plus bank holidays during company shutdowns
Cerdic Foundries Ltd was established in 1970 and has enjoyed a recent and significant period of growth. In order to service an expanding customer base across several industry sectors and continue the strategic development of the company, a requirement to recruit Furnace and Casting Operators has arisen.
Role and Responsibilities:
1. Operation and control of medium frequency electric induction furnaces, adhering to work process and health & safety instructions.
2. Charge and add materials to furnaces, adhering to work process and health & safety instructions.
3. Calculation of additions to be added to furnace bath for various ferrous grades. Full information provided each shift.
4. Taking thermocouple temperature readings, coin samples and thermal analysis samples for metallurgical analysis.
5. Removal of slag from the furnace and bath before testing and pouring.
6. Operation of hydraulic tilt systems to pour from furnace to ladle, adhering to work process and health & safety instructions.
7. Removal of slag from ladle before pouring of moulds.
8. Assisting other furnace operators with casting of moulds. Use of overhead cranes, pouring of ladles, recording temperatures and times.
9. Monitor furnace lining and wear.
10. Repair and maintenance of furnace and ladle refractories.
11. Frit furnace according to procedures and record information.
Candidate Experience and Qualifications:
1. Electric Induction Furnace operation.
2. Experience pouring molten metal.
3. Metallurgical knowledge or qualification relating to ferrous materials.
4. Good mathematical knowledge.
5. Basic IT and Microsoft knowledge.
6. Foundry environment experience.
Send cover letter & CV to simon.furnell@cerdicfoundries.co.uk
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