Die Cast Remelter

Watertown Plant•Watertown, SD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At TCDC, you are not a number - you are part of a team that owns its future! TCDC is an employee-owned company with over 100 years in business and three locations. We value our employer owners and their contributions that play an important part in our ability to provide our customers with precision aluminum and magnesium die castings.

Requirements

Ability to Follow Work Instructions: Ability to read, understand and follow written work instructions and procedures.
Communication Skills: Ability to communicate when there are language barriers - to read, write, and comprehend verbal instructions including safety, work instruction, and various training, etc.
Equipment Operation & Industry Knowledge: Knowledge of appropriate procedures for using specific equipment or machines to meet defined quality and quantity standards. Ability to perform basic measurement and basic math tasks.
Initiative / Self Motivated: Does more than is required or expected in the job. Does things that no one has requested that will improve or enhance current methods. Plans ahead for upcoming problems or opportunities. Acts without being directed and proactively follows through on work activities and goals to resolve them. Has a personal desire to improve or enhance processes.
Reliability / Dependability: Demonstrates a high level of dependability in all aspects of the job.
Teamwork / Team Player: Provides support and assistance for a department or team members and promotes cooperation and commitment to achieve goals and deliverables.
Accountability & Ownership: Sets high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks.
Continuous Improvement: Continuously looks for opportunities to refine and improve process, systems, products, etc.
Customer Focused: Makes customer needs the primary focus, builds and maintains internal and external customer satisfaction with the products and services offered by the organization.
Integrity: Displays strong morals and principles in keeping with the values of TCDC. Respects and maintain confidential information. Is consistent with words and actions, displaying honesty and professionalism following thru with commitments in all interactions.
Productivity Focused: Stays focused and uses time, equipment and tools effectively to maintain a high productive output without sacrificing quality.
Quality Oriented: Produces results or provides service that meets or exceeds set standards. Monitors and checks work to meet quality standards; demonstrates a high level of care and thoroughness; checks work to ensure completeness and accuracy.
Safety & Environmentally Oriented: Uses tools, machines and vehicles in a safe manner that minimizes hazards to self, others and the environment. Knows who to contact in the event of an emergency and departmental plan, being aware of conditions or circumstances that affect one’s own safety or the safety of others.

Responsibilities

Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal before casting.
Draw smelted metal samples from furnaces or kettles for analysis, and calculate types and amounts of materials needed to ensure that materials meet specifications.
Drain, transfer, or remove molten metal from furnaces, and place it into molds, using hoists, pumps, or ladles.
Operate controls to move or discharge metal workpieces from furnaces.
Regulate supplies of fuel and air, or control flow of electric current and water coolant to heat furnaces and adjust temperatures.
Inspect furnaces and equipment to locate defects and wear.
Observe air and temperature gauges or metal color and fluidity, and turn fuel valves or adjust controls to maintain required temperatures.
Observe operations inside furnaces to ensure that problems do not occur.
Remove impurities from the surface of molten metal, using strainers.
Responsible for knowing and following all environmental, health, and safety rules, policies, and procedures for the work area and takes responsibility to assure that personal work activity is conducted in such a way so as to not affect the safety of themselves or others.
All other duties as assigned.