Metal Casting Trade Worker
Visa sponsorship
Trade · Christchurch, New Zealand · Full-Time · $35 - $41/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
For a seasoned moulder weighing a considered career step, this Metal Casting Trade Worker post in Christchurch, New Zealand carries real weight. The company is a global name in marine propulsion, with systems at work in more than 120 countries, and its foundry is the engine room of its manufacturing.
Sand moulding defines the position. The business seeks five years or more of hands-on moulding in a production foundry, and because it pours Aluminium, AB2 (aluminium bronze alloy) and Stainless Steel, a broad alloy portfolio is highly valued. Whether you mould today in Dubai, Doha, Riyadh, Muscat or Amman, the test is the same: proven, safe production work.
The schedule is rotational. You need to be free for any shift the operation requires: on weekdays 6:00 am–2:30 pm, 7:00 am–3:30 pm, 2:30 pm–10:30 pm or 3:30 pm–11:30 pm; on Sunday to Friday nights 10:30 pm–6:30 am or 11:00 pm–7:00 am. Notice of a pattern change is two weeks at a minimum.
The employer holds New Zealand AEWV accreditation and may support visa sponsorship for suitably qualified applicants.
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Key Responsibilities
- Produce floor and track sand moulds in chemically bonded resin sand
- Form moulds and cores, from core making through to core assembly
- Ready the moulds for pouring: preparing, closing and clamping them
- Operate the foundry furnaces and handle metal pouring in Aluminium, AB2 (aluminium bronze alloy) and Stainless Steel
- Knock out sand moulds and recover the castings
- Clean castings by water blasting, then fettle and finish them to standard
- Correct minor casting and surface defects
- Inspect castings visually and dimensionally, identify defects and record each result, using measuring instruments and foundry equipment
- Lift and move moulds, ladles and castings with overhead gantry cranes, and transport materials, moulds and finished castings by forklift, safely in both cases
- Work bandsaws, hand tools and powered foundry machinery safely
- Uphold the company's health and safety procedures and its quality standards
Requirements & Eligibility
- An NZQA-recognised trade qualification in Metal Casting and Foundry Operations, or its overseas equivalent, or in place of it a minimum of five years' relevant experience across all aspects of metal casting and foundry operations
- At least five years' practical experience as a sand moulder in a production foundry: essential
- Demonstrated competence in floor and line moulding using resin sand (chemically bonded) processes and/or green sand: essential
- Core making: essential
- Casting experience in Aluminium, AB2 (aluminium bronze alloy) and/or Stainless Steel; a background in all three is highly desirable
- Fettling and knock-out operations, together with casting inspection, dimensional verification and defect recognition
- Confident use of basic measuring instruments, bandsaws and other workshop equipment
- Safe use of hand tools and powered foundry machinery
- Demonstrated experience in the safe operation of overhead gantry cranes
- Demonstrated experience in the safe operation of forklifts
- Experience in lost wax casting investment processes
- An ability to work effectively in a multicultural team
- Physical fitness for demanding manual work with hand and powered tools, sledgehammers, disc grinders and water-blasting equipment among them
- An ability to work safely amid molten metal processes and the radiant heat of temperatures up to 1600°C
- Effective spoken and written English for safety procedures, work instructions, technical documentation and communication at work
- Strong self-motivation, delivering production targets with minimal supervision
- A commitment to high-quality workmanship within required timeframes, and to foundry health and safety requirements, which you understand thoroughly
- The legal right to work in New Zealand, or eligibility to obtain a work visa
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