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Foundry Operative

Posted 25 days ago

  • Burnley, Lancashire
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Foundry Operative

Burnley

Training (12 weeks) Mon-Thurs 22:00-07:30

£15.99 p/h

Qualified Mon-Thurs 07:30-16:30 Fri 07:30-12:30

£11.79 p/h

Foundry Operative

The Role

This position is working for a global prevision engineering company at their HQ in Burnley. They are looking for a foundry/production operative to join them at their state of the art facility.

Foundry Operative

Main Responsibilities

Operation of wax injection moulding machines.
Setting of wax injection moulding machines.
Inspection of wax components.
Use standard operating procedures to repair components.
Assembly of wax components onto runner systems using hot knives and micro-welder equipment, following individual part guidelines.
Inspection of completed work to ensure best quality is achieved
Loading and unloading of moulding robots.
Maintaining optimum slurry/sander parameters to ensure best mould build.
Preparing slurry batches to specific tolerances.
Monitoring and highlighting deviations from optimum environmental parameters within the shelling area.
Ability to measure liquid viscosity and weights.

Working in a hot metal environment, melting and pouring liquid metal.

Shell and moulding de-waxing and preparation.

Foundry Operative

The Candidate

Experience of working in a Foundry would be beneficial.
It would be advantageous to have knowledge of Foundry processes e.g. casting shelling process, shell making parameters, and robotic shell manufacture.
Worked with intricate injection mouldings.
A methodical approach to systems and understanding of the importance of standards and established/agreed systems of work.
Able to make decisions based on experience, have confidence to act and make changes within given boundaries.
Good personal organisation under pressure from time, internal and external customers.
Computer literate.
Time management skills.
Good verbal communication and listening skills.
Observe and practice the 5S principles.
Manually handle weights up to 25kg.
Ability to work in a fast paced environment

Please contact Adam Lang at Winsearch UK for further information.

Adam Lang - (url removed)

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