Operations - Production Team Member

4800 Commerce Dr, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494, USA

Posting date:
Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Production Team Member

Job Description

• Comply with all safety rules, company practices/procedures and participate in safe work practices, as outlined by the company to facilitate a safe working environment.
• Operate and maintain the dross room and prepare/set dross pots to company standards using a large forklift to recover recyclable, reusable aluminum.
• Operate a payloader with smasher attachment to level and position metal on the charge car for melting, and operate the charge car to deliver scrap metal to the melter safely.
• Load appropriate scrap types on the charge car according to the company-provided charge packet using a pay loader to achieve specifications for customer chemistries.
• Transfer molten metal from the melter furnace to the holder furnace, inserting proper alloy where appropriate to achieve specified customer chemistries.
• Report deviations, discrepancies or non-conforming material based on departmental procedure to enable corrections or adjustments to processes.
• Ensure the smooth transfer of molten metal through the trough system into the casting table; monitor and adjust table and metal levels to achieve a quality cast.
• Ensure the smooth completion of the cast, including push back of molten metal and maintenance of troughing and snif according to company procedures to prep the table for the next cast.
• Remove casted product from the casting pit using an overhead crane, move to the laydown table and enter cast information into the HMI according to company procedures to move the product through the HOMO process.
• Inspect, maintain and repair as needed casting molds, tables and troughing to achieve a quality casted product; report deviations, discrepancies or non-conforming material as needed.
• Complete Homogenizer pre-shift inspections; read orders and identify alloy types; review homogenization times with supervisor and quality technicians; operate the homogenizer and forklift safely; perform inspections on all logs and identify non-conforming product; operate UT and identify non-conforming product; load and unload the homogenizer; assist shipping with loading of trailers; perform safety and operations equipment checks.
• Monitor and operate slug saw and robot with specialized knowledge according to company specifications to ensure quality product is packaged correctly and placed in the correct location in finished goods; monitor, operate and troubleshoot LOMA saw with specialized knowledge to ensure quality product is packaged correctly and placed in the correct location in finished goods.
• Perform final inspection on all slug and billet product according to company specifications to ensure quality product for the external customer; perform regular preventative maintenance on both saws to ensure smooth, continuous operation.

• Minimum Qualifications:
  
  High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Understanding of PCs; math skills

• Operate mobile loader and large forklift with high frequency; frequent pushing of metal along the transfer trough; visual monitoring of scrap conditions/type with high frequency; frequent data entry of scrap amounts/types loaded; frequent lifting and loading of alloy additions into holder/trough up to 25 lbs each time.
• Frequent exposure to molten metal temperatures reaching 1300 degrees
  
  F.
• Frequent exposure to extreme ambient temperatures of the season.
• Frequent exposure to possible upset conditions.