Demir Engineering Ltd., provides engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services to various industries, including mining, metallurgy, oil and gas, infrastructure, and other industrial customers for “Asset Management and Maintenance Services”.
We deliver fit-for-purpose engineering products, solutions, and design services for maintenance, continuous productivity, and improvement. We strongly believe that our success is guided by our vision and commitments to Integrity, Innovation, Confident Delivery, and Valuing People.
Demir Engineering has an exciting opportunity within the Edmonton foundry shop, seeking a “Melt Operator”. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in foundry production by effectively operating and maintaining gas and induction melting furnaces. This position requires a combination of technical expertise and physical dexterity to successfully keep the melting furnaces operating at maximum efficiency.
· Exhibit a commitment to safe working practices and be a leader in advocating for safety.
· Keeping your work area safe, clean, and well maintained. Taking timely action to correct unsafe work conditions.
· In charge of melt deck activities including preparing and charging the furnaces, dosing of master alloys, tapping the ladles, and casting melt in sand molds.
· Calculating melt additives including ferroalloys and non-ferrous master alloys to create all grade of melts based on engineering specifications.
· Operate a forklift, overhead crane, Brokk manipulator, torches, flame cutting equipment, and other equipment as necessary.
· Control of required charge and raw material inventory.
· Maintenance of induction and gas furnaces including preparing and maintaining the refractories in the induction furnace and ladles and maintaining crucibles for non-ferrous melting.
· Taking temperature measurements of molten metals using immersion probes.
· Taking samples of molten metal for spectrometer analysis.
· Monitoring the condition of equipment and coolant temperatures and flow rates of coolant to ensure proper operation of the furnaces.
· Assisting Engineering team to design, build, install, and operate required tools and equipment for furnace operation.
· Cooperating with the Engineering team and Quality Assurance Manager to maintain and satisfy company QMS.
· Attending training and courses to keep up with emerging technologies.
· Other responsibilities may be assigned by the manager.