foundry worker
- Cap-Saint-Ignace, QC, Canada
Full-time
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- English
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Original job description
Overview
Languages
English or French
Education
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
Tasks
Security and safety
Health benefits
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
Languages
English or French
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent 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
- Willing to relocate
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
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Quick learner
Health benefits
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Bonus
- Group insurance benefits
- Pension plan
- Maternity and parental 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
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
- 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
- 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
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans
- Assists with immediate transition needs of Veterans (for example: relocation, housing, etc.)
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous 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)
- 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 conditions and melt metal to specifications; prepare cores and sand moulds, dry moulds, and pour molten metal to produce castings. Set up, adjust, and operate casting machines and furnaces for ferrous and non-ferrous metal products.
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 strength, manual dexterity, attention to detail, and the ability to stand for extended periods; a criminal record check and personal transportation are also specified.
Skills
- Temperature Monitoring
- Metal Melting
- Core Coating
- Sand Mould Making
- Mould Drying
- Metal Casting
- Core Making
- Casting Machine Operation
- Molten Metal Handling
- Furnace Operation
- Manual Dexterity
- Attention to Detail
- Physical Stamina
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
- Metalworking
- Metal Melting
- Ferrous Metals
- Non-Ferrous Metals
- Metal Castings
- Sand Moulds
- Patterns
- Moulding Boxes
- Hand Tools
- Bench Moulding
- Floor Moulding
- Pit Moulding
- Cores
- Protective Coatings
- Ovens
- Casting Machines
- Furnaces
- Molten Metal
- Temperature Gauges
- Criminal Record Check
- Heavy Loads
- Manual Dexterity
- Attention to Detail