Aluminum Casting Welder & Finisher

PREMIER ALUMINUM•Racine, WI

9d•$24 - $26

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 position works closely with Production, Quality, and other finishing personnel to process castings safely and efficiently while meeting workmanship, quality, and productivity standards. The role includes welding repairable defects in aluminum castings, preparing surfaces for welding, and finishing castings with hand and power tools. The employee follows job-specific work instructions, visual standards, weld parameters, and inspection requirements; identifies nonconforming material; and completes production and quality documentation. The position may require overtime or alternate shifts when production demands dictate.

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 when repairable.
Produce controlled welds while minimizing distortion and excessive material buildup.
Maintain weld integrity and appearance according to applicable 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 finishing equipment safely and avoid over-grinding, dimensional damage, gouging, scrap, and 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 appropriate rather than repairing them.
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.