Furnace Technician

Linacast • Alma, MI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Furnace Technician performs duties to move materials, supplies, molten aluminum and raw stock to designated places in the facility as needed to maintain the flow of work in various production departments. Tends to the main furnace and machine furnaces by melting aluminum ingots and scrap material to maintain the flow of production in the die cast department. Responsible for the proper operations of heat treating furnaces and related equipment to perform all assigned operations relative to changing the physical properties of metal to obtain the desired qualities.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalency and minimum 1 year experience in manufacturing environment.
• Have knowledge and support of safety programs.
• Be able to maintain proper metal levels in all furnaces.
• Have the ability to properly charge all furnaces.
• Ability to properly balance charging load of the main furnace as required and restart furnace from off position.
• Ability to degas metal as required and properly clean all furnaces.
• Effectively communicate with supervision and support personnel.
• Utilize production computers including basic data entry.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain a Forklift certification

Responsibilities

• Engage in safe operations of Furnace Department practices and uphold housekeeping standards
• Safely operate forklift including safety checks, hazard reports and safety of other employees.
• Utilize and care for proper PPE as required by the job function performed per instructions and training documents. Immediately report any safety hazards to the lead or shift supervisor. Actively engage in continuous improvement of safety and housekeeping standards. Perform housekeeping duties as required to minimize the hazards of the operation and to maintain a clean work environment.
• Follow safety requirements when pouring, dumping scrap and loading furnaces.
• Maintain proper metal properties and metal levels in melt and holding furnaces.
• Charge main metal furnaces with ingot, molten metal and scrap as necessary to maintain proper metal levels. Perform metal temperature checks to ensure metal temperature is within specific temperature range, record temperature readings and notify supervisor if temperature is out of specific range.
• Perform metal quality checks using spectrometer to ensure proper chemistry make up is maintained in accordance to alloy specifications.
• Deliver quality raw product and ensure removal of scrap in timely manner.
• Operate sit down fork truck to pick up, move and deliver materials as needed to maintain production needs. This includes: scrap hoppers of aluminum, empty containers for production, furnace department components and supplies, molten metal, ingot and sows.
• Safely deliver molten metal to die cast machines as required with minimal interruptions to operations, including maintaining proper metal levels, and avoiding machine downtime due to interruptions in service or breakdowns of equipment related to metal delivery.
• Perform maintenance and repairs of metal equipment as required
• Clean melt and holding furnaces as required using flux and removing dross as necessary. Properly perform preventative and predictive maintenance on dosing furnaces as well as troubleshooting when necessary. Other duties include but are not limited to drying out holding and melting furnaces and replacing furnace doors in a timely manner.
• Major rebuild and repair to launder stacks.
• Perform Metal Quality Testing
• Perform metal testing in accordance with procedure
• Perform Reduced Pressure Testing in accordance with procedure
• Perform K-mold testing in accordance with procedure
• Perform all required paperwork
• Perform all required computer data entry
• Communicate all issues to supervision and support personnel
• Other duties may be assigned.

Benefits

• Employee Benefits package includes but not limited to, Drug, Dental & Vision etc.
• 401k Program
• Opportunities for career advancement.
• Sustainability Counsel
• Community based outreach supporting both local and global initiatives and charities.
• Discounts for local vendors and events, including auto supplier discounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED