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foundry worker

  • Cap-Saint-Ignace, QC, Canada

Full-time

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Job type
Full-time
Closing date
Posting language
English
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Original job description

Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.

Overview

Languages

English or French

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

  • Dusty

Work setting

  • Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Carefully track the temperature gauges and colour, heating units, furnace flames, etc. to melt metal as per requirements
  • Coat cores with protective materials
  • Make sand moulds using patterns, moulding boxes, sand and hand tools following bench, floor or pit moulding methods
  • Operate ovens to dry moulds
  • Pour molten metal into moulds to produce metal castings
  • Make cores for use in moulds to form holes or void spaces in castings
  • Set up, adjust and operate various casting machines
  • Set up and operate casting machines to cast ferrous or non ferrous metal products
  • Hand ladle molten metal into moulds to produce castings
  • Operate furnaces used to melt metals for moulding and casting

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods

Personal suitability

  • Quick learner

Benefits

Health benefits

  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage

Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Group insurance benefits
  • Pension plan

Long term benefits

  • Maternity and parental benefits

Other Benefits

  • Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)
  • Free parking available
  • On-site recreation and activities
  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
  • Parking available
  • Travel insurance
  • Variable or compressed work week

Employment groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for persons with disabilities

  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports persons with disabilities
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
  • Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
  • Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
  • Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
  • Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
  • Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
  • Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees

Support for youths

  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment
  • Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Veterans

  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans
  • Assists with immediate transition needs of Veterans (for example: relocation, housing, etc.)

Support for Indigenous people

  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers
  • Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)
  • Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)

Supports for visible minorities

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
  • Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities
More about this job

Responsibilities

Monitor furnace temperatures and conditions, melt metals, and prepare cores and sand moulds for casting. Operate casting equipment and furnaces, pour molten metal into moulds, and produce metal castings.

Requirements

Requires a secondary school graduation certificate or equivalent experience and 1 to less than 2 years of experience. The role is on-site in a dusty environment and requires physical stamina, attention to detail, manual dexterity, and the ability to handle heavy loads.

Skills

  • Temperature Monitoring
  • Metal Melting
  • Core Coating
  • Sand Mould Making
  • Operating Drying Ovens
  • Molten Metal Pouring
  • Core Making
  • Casting Machine Operation
  • Ferrous Metal Casting
  • Non-Ferrous Metal Casting
  • Furnace Operation
  • Attention to Detail
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Handling Heavy Loads

Benefits

  • Disability Benefits
  • Health Care Plan
  • Paramedical Services Coverage
  • Bonus
  • Group Insurance Benefits
  • Pension Plan
  • Maternity and Parental Benefits
  • Deferred Profit Sharing Plan
  • Free Parking
  • On-Site Recreation and Activities
  • Paid Time Off
  • Travel Insurance
  • Variable or Compressed Work Week

Visa sponsorship

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Categories

  • Manufacturing
  • Trades

Keywords

  • Foundry
  • Metal Casting
  • Metal Melting
  • Furnaces
  • Temperature Gauges
  • Furnace Flames
  • Sand Moulds
  • Moulding Patterns
  • Moulding Boxes
  • Hand Tools
  • Cores
  • Protective Coatings
  • Drying Ovens
  • Molten Metal
  • Casting Machines
  • Ferrous Metals
  • Non-Ferrous Metals
  • Hand Ladling
  • Physical Stamina
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Attention to Detail

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