Production Team Member

JOB DETAILS

Level: Entry

Job Location:

Blackwell OK - Blackwell, OK 74631
Position Type:
Full Time
Education Level: None

Travel Percentage :
None

Job Shift: Any
Job Category:
Manufacturing

• Perform all steps required to build tree structures, such as repair wax patterns and assemble them following written instructions, keeping count of parts, and filling out reports.
• Inspect and trim wax patterns to ensure quality parts and handling parts and trees in a careful and controlled manner to prevent flaws or changes in the pattern dimensions.
• Handle daily routine maintenance.

• Perform all steps required to inject wax patterns, such as operating one or more presses simultaneously, following written instructions, keeping count of parts, and filling out reports.
• Select the correct die from storage and set up the wax press for the die.
• Place die in proper position, start the press, disassemble the die (often with tools), loosen pattern from die and inspect it for defects.
• Handle parts in a careful and controlled manner to prevent flaws or changes in the pattern dimensions.
• Handle daily routine maintenance on presses.
• Maintain good housekeeping procedures in work area.

• Weight specified amounts of metal and charge metal into furnace by hand.
• Regulate flow of water and electricity to control furnace temperature.
• Slag molten metal and read metal temperatures.
• Pour metal into ladle sometimes using a hoist.
• Read and record melt operations.
• Identify casting flaws such as miss-run, hot tears, scaling, etc., and determine procedures required to correct the defect.
• Keep metals separated into various categories and determine correctness of alloys.
• Direct melt crew during pouring.
• Responsible for melt crew safety.
• Handle daily routine maintenance on equipment.
• Maintain high standards in housekeeping and safety.

• Help with rebuilding of the ladles, including chips slag from interior lining of ladle using hand held pneumatic air chisel.
• Mix sand, clay, and water to form refractory clay mud.
• Patch lining where cracked or worn by covering lining with refractory clay and tamping it in place.
• Chip out entire lining when beyond repair.
• Relin new ladle with refractory clay.
• Dry and bake new lining using a blowtorch.
• Relin and shape pouring spouts of ladles with fire clay.
• Relin ladles with refractory brick.
• Make stoppers for stopper type ladle.
• Brush graphite facing in lining.
• Assist ladle personnel in making sure that all adds put into the ladle are weighted and available for use.
• Assist ladle personnel in moving the ladle to the melt deck.
• Assist to transfer poured molds to cooling area.
• Follow the direction of the melter during a pour.
• Maintain high standards in housekeeping and safety.

• Position workpiece manually.
• Inspect work.
• Grind and/or buff parts on pedestal grinder or belt grinder or angle grinder.
• Remove sharp edges or burrs.
• Grind out casting defects.
• Grind off excess weld, splatter, and rust to improve appearance of workpiece.
• Keep parts separated and segregated from other orders.
• Handle casting in a careful manner to prevent nicks and surface flaws.
• Handle daily routine maintenance on machines.
• Maintain good housekeeping procedures in work area.

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

There are no certificates, licenses, or registrations required.

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 feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 80 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision to read measuring instruments and depth perception to judge distances.

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…