Summary
Responsible for operating the core machine from set up to racking, ensuring that quality systems function effectively and products to meet customer requirements, and cleanliness of the production areas. Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds for the duration of the shift. Assists in other duties as assigned.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- 1st Responsibility - Ensuring personal safety and the safety of your team members.
- Assists supervisors and managers in maintaining a safe and healthy work environment.
- Wears appropriate PPE which may include fall protection, respiratory protection, hearing protection, foot, hand, head and eye protection.
- Uses proper lifting and ergo techniques.
- Reads work orders or receives oral instructions to determine work assignments, material or equipment needs.
- Follows detailed job specific instructions to make sure castings are produced in the most efficient manner and to meet customer specifications.
- Operates pneumatic and hand hoists, tow motors, and related equipment.
- Conducts daily inspection of equipment.
- Selects the appropriate core box from work order and set-up the machine, making all necessary operation adjustments.
- Inspects cores for any defects and repair cores as needed.
- Sifts and packs sand into core boxes.
- Cleans and smooths core boxes and repairs surface imperfections.
- Reports production quantities and times for each work order.
- Loads cores in and out of oven.
- Removes cores from core boxes and places them into storage boxes or onto racks for transport to molding area.
- Labels and identifies cores with rack tags.
- Keeps core boxes clean and reports any excessive wear or damage to supervisor.
- Cleans, repairs and assembles finished cores per instructions.
- Maintains cleanliness of core machines and production area.