Melt Supervisor

Melt Supervisor

Department: Manufacturing - Melt

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Columbia, PA - Plant

Reporting To: Darrin Steadman

Melt Supervisor will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of our manufacturing processes. We are looking for someone with exceptional management skills, a strong focus on safety, and a passion for driving operational excellence through continuous improvement methodologies like Kaizen.

• Prepare and monitor daily and weekly shift work plans and staffing in conjunction with Production Control; monitor and assure proper staffing of trained personnel in all key operational areas of Melt department; immediately appraise the Manager of any significant quality or productivity problems to assure immediate corrective action.
• In coordination with Production Control, Quality Control and Materials personnel, achieve perform-to-schedule goals. Work with Maintenance and Human Resources personnel, within specific directions by the Melt Manager, to achieve maximum production and staffing “up-time” consistent with trained manpower and equipment availability.
• Participate in quality and safety reviews and audits to maintain and improve the ISO-9001:2015 implementation of work procedures and policies.
• Advise Manager of challenges, problems, improvements, ideas and opportunities that are fostered by salaried and hourly workers.
• Must perform furnace re-lines, deal with refractory issues, melt temperatures and assure furnace life.
• Responsibilities include preparing chemistry samples and operating the spectrometer and Carbon/Sulfur analyzer;
  Preparing tensile specimens and operating Universal testing machine;
  Preparing microstructures and analysis;
  Operating sand testing equipment including Methylene Blue titration test;
  Directing Ductile Iron treatment process and testing. Assuring iron integrity and verifying results using microscopic and chemical analysis.
• Specifically responsible for the work safety and product quality environment of Melt Department.

• High School Diploma required. BS in Metallurgy, Industrial Engineering or Mechanical Engineering or similar technical discipline preferred. Professional certifications would be beneficial.
• Basic understanding of the principals of electric induction furnaces would be beneficial.
• Minimum of 2+ years of actual Melt operations experience in a high-volume foundry.
• Work in an ISO-9001:2015 environment would be a plus.
• Experience with a union preferred.
• Must have strong work ethic, outgoing and assertive personality and must have excellent team-building skills with subordinates as well as with peers.
• Professional PC literacy skills in MS Word and Excel are required.
• Personal hands-on experience with specific foundry operations.