Pourer/Shifter

Summary: Under the supervision of the Production Supervisor, the Molder is responsible for making molds and cores capable of producing good, quality castings.

Work Experience Needed: One to three years of verifiable work history. Foundry experience is preferred.

Special Skills/Abilities Needed:

- Ability to operate within a team atmosphere.

- Ability to effectively communicate with other employees of the organization.

- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one situations to other employees of the organization.

- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

- Active listening skill-Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Nature & Scope-Principal Areas of Responsibilities: This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management deem necessary from time to time.

- Prepares mold and core boxes for usage.

- Fills boxes with sand, hooks, rods, etc. according to process.

- Strikes off, trims, pushes mold aside to cure.

- Pushes empty boxes into place and repeats the above procedure.

- Reports any problems with equipment to supervisor in a timely manner.

- Draws molds and cores from boxes.

- Maintains quality standards set by company.

- Completes daily PM log for mixer.

- Lowers ‘head’ and cleans mixer at the end of the shift.

- Cleans work area at end of each shift.

- Cleans out table pit at the minimum, once per week.

Essential Functions:

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to finger, handle, or touch. The employee is frequently required to walk, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach above shoulders, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift items that range from 25 pounds to 100 pounds. The employee is occasionally required to lift items that way more than 100 pounds with the assistance of a hoist. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles and is frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.