3rd Shift Foundry Floater Trainee (Dept. 500)

Milwaukee Valve • Prairie du Sac, Village of, WI

73d • $21

About The Position

Milwaukee Valve Company is looking for a 1st Shift Foundry Floater Trainee to join our Prairie Du Sac, WI team in Department 500. This position has a starting hourly wage of $21.62 plus a 4.5% shift premium. This position is eligible for a $2,000 sign-on bonus. The first half ($1,000) is payable after successful completion of the orientation period and the second half ($1,000) is payable after one year of employment. The regularly scheduled hours for this position are 9:15PM - 5:45AM, Sunday through Thursday. Overtime may become a possibility or even required. When working overtime, the regularly scheduled shift is adjusted by 1-2 hours at either the beginning or end of the regularly scheduled shift. Overtime may also be requested or mandatory on Saturday as well. All offers of employment made by Milwaukee Valve are contingent upon successfully completing our required drug screen and physical capabilities tests.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

• Learn proper placement of various size cores into the proper molds as a Coresetter.
• Mount patterns and learn the paperwork and data entry associated with the position.
• Learn all responsibilities expected from a Molder, including locating correct patterns, prepping patterns for molding line, performing quality checks, setting cores, preparing mold surfaces for pouring, shakeout, and accurately filling out department paperwork.
• Learn grinding of rough castings, operating trim presses, and sorting various castings into proper bins as a Grinder.
• Learn cleaning, inspecting, counting, and boxing various cores as instructed by supervisor as a Coremaker.
• Learn how to physically load induction furnaces, fill out department paperwork, maintain charts for metal types and number of heats per shift in the Melt department.
• Transfer metal to auto-pour, operate furnaces, and pour molds.
• Start the training progression for obtaining a forklift license.
• Follow all quality and safety standards.
• Maintain cleanliness of work area in prescribed manner.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Life and Disability Insurance options
• Flex Spending
• 401K with employer match
• Tuition assistance
• Paid time off
• Shift premiums
• $2,000 sign-on bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees