Melt Pourer

Grede•Wauwatosa, WI

About The Position

Are you ready to accelerate your career with a best-in-class organization that values innovation, dedication, and growth? Our employees at Grede are the key to our success and share our passion for teamwork, customer service, and operational excellence. If you want to join an industry-leading company that focuses on your professional growth and development, we’d love to hear from you!The Melt Pourer will pour metal into molds and maintain a metal flow rate to ensure casting quality and avoid excess spillage of metal.

Requirements

Required Previous Experience - Melter, Melt Pourer, Melt Furnace or Furnace Operator
Ability to Stand – frequent to continuous.
Ability to Walk – occasional to frequent.
Ability to Bend/stoop – occasional.
Ability to squat/kneel – occasional.
Ability to Lift/push and pull are required.
Working conditions include heat, smoke, and dust.
Must wear PPE.

Responsibilities

Transport molten metal in ladle from Melt Department to Pouring area by fork truck.
Pour molten metal from ladle to molds in various locations.
Inform melter of the amount of iron needed.
Secure correct amount of molten metal from receiving ladle and transport it to the pouring location.
Lift ladle by air hoist or fork truck and pour the iron.
Receive instructions as to pouring temperatures, alloy additions, what to pour, etc.
Use care to pour at proper rate and temperature.
Maintain work area in a clean and orderly condition acceptable to safety standards.
Must inform operator or supervisor to any unfavorable pouring conditions such as run-outs, sequence numbers, part numbers, any boiling of iron in vents or interrupted or short pours.
Must also be trained in furnace and ladle repair.
Perform any and all other job-related tasks, as assigned.