Aluminum Casting Welder & Finisher

Premier Aluminum•Racine, WI

About The Position

The Aluminum Casting Welder & Finisher welds, repairs, grinds, blends, and finishes aluminum castings to meet Premier Aluminum’s quality and customer requirements. The role requires attention to detail, good hand skills, and the ability to identify and repair casting imperfections while maintaining dimensional and cosmetic requirements. The Welder & Finisher works with Production, Quality, and other finishing personnel to process castings safely and efficiently while meeting workmanship, quality, and productivity standards. The position includes aluminum welding and casting finishing, following approved processes, work instructions, and quality requirements; identifying defects and nonconforming material; and completing required production and quality documentation. The work takes place around heat, noise, sparks, dust, and typical foundry and finishing-area conditions. Hours are to be determined with the selected candidate; the stated workdays are Monday through Thursday.

Requirements

Experience with welding, grinding, metal finishing, fabrication, or similar manufacturing work is preferred.
Aluminum welding experience is strongly preferred.
Ability to safely operate welding and metal-finishing equipment.
Ability to identify surface defects and distinguish acceptable from unacceptable workmanship.
Good mechanical aptitude and hand-eye coordination.
Ability to follow written work instructions, visual standards, and verbal directions.
Ability to use basic measuring and inspection tools as required.
Strong attention to detail.
Dependable attendance and ability to work independently or as part of a production team.
Willingness to learn Premier Aluminum’s casting repair and finishing standards.
Ability to stand and work for extended periods.
Ability to bend, reach, push, pull, and perform repetitive hand and arm movements.
Ability to safely handle aluminum castings and production tooling within established lifting requirements.
Ability to work around heat, noise, sparks, dust, and typical foundry and finishing-area conditions.
Ability to wear required PPE throughout the shift.
Ability to work overtime or alternate shifts when production requirements dictate.

Nice To Haves

Experience with welding, grinding, metal finishing, fabrication, or similar manufacturing work.
Aluminum welding experience.

Responsibilities

Perform weld repairs on aluminum castings using approved processes and procedures.
Prepare casting surfaces for welding by grinding, cleaning, and removing defects or unacceptable material.
Repair casting imperfections such as porosity, surface defects, pits, and voids.
Produce clean, controlled welds while minimizing distortion and excess material buildup.
Maintain weld integrity and appearance consistent with part and customer requirements.
Monitor welding equipment and promptly report equipment or process issues.
Follow established weld parameters, work instructions, and quality requirements.
Grind, blend, sand, deburr, and finish aluminum castings using hand and power tools.
Remove gates, flash, parting-line material, weld buildup, and other excess material as required.
Blend repaired areas into surrounding surfaces to achieve the required appearance and profile.
Use grinders, sanders, die grinders, files, and other finishing equipment safely and effectively.
Avoid over-grinding, dimensional damage, gouging, and other conditions that could cause scrap or rework.
Visually inspect completed work before releasing parts to the next operation.
Follow job-specific work instructions, visual standards, samples, and inspection requirements.
Identify casting defects and refer parts to a supervisor or Quality when repair is not appropriate.
Maintain workmanship standards and minimize scrap and rework.
Identify and segregate nonconforming material.
Complete required production and quality documentation accurately.
Communicate recurring defects or process concerns to supervision.
Work overtime or alternate shifts when production requirements dictate.