Metal Casting Trade Worker
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Trade · Christchurch, New Zealand · Full-Time · $35 - $41/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Thinking about kerja luar negara in a trade you already know? A Christchurch foundry in New Zealand is hiring a Metal Casting Trade Worker. The employer is a marine propulsion manufacturer whose products are used in more than 120 countries.
Your next useful step is to check your moulding years. The role is built around sand moulding, and the company asks for at least five years of hands-on work in a production foundry. It pours Aluminium, AB2 (aluminium bronze alloy) and Stainless Steel, so experience over several alloys is highly valued. Cores, furnaces, pouring, knock-out, finishing and inspection are part of the work too.
Then check your availability. You must be able to take any of these shifts: 6:00am to 2:30pm, 7:00am to 3:30pm, 2:30pm to 10:30pm or 3:30pm to 11:30pm on weekdays, and 10:30pm to 6:30am or 11:00pm to 7:00am from Sunday to Friday. Shift pattern changes come with two weeks' notice or more.
The employer is an accredited employer under New Zealand's AEWV scheme and may support sponsorship for suitably qualified applicants.
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Key Responsibilities
- Ram up sand moulds by hand on the floor and on the moulding track, with chemically bonded resin sand
- Make cores, fit them together and build each mould
- Set moulds up for casting by preparing, closing and clamping them
- Melt metal in the foundry furnaces and pour Aluminium, AB2 (aluminium bronze alloy) and Stainless Steel
- Shake out the sand moulds and lift out the castings
- Hose castings down with a water blaster, then clean, fettle and finish them
- Patch small casting flaws and surface defects
- Look over and measure each casting, note any defects and log the findings, using measuring instruments and foundry equipment
- Shift moulds, ladles and castings on the overhead gantry crane, and materials, moulds and finished castings on the forklift, safely each time
- Cut and grind with bandsaws, hand tools and powered foundry machinery safely, keeping to company health and safety procedures and quality standards
Requirements & Eligibility
- Trade route or experience route: hold an NZQA-recognised trade qualification in Metal Casting and Foundry Operations (overseas equivalents count), or bring a minimum of five years' relevant experience spanning the whole of metal casting and foundry operations
- A sand moulder background in a production foundry, five years minimum, gained on the job (essential)
- Floor moulding and line moulding you can prove, done with chemically bonded resin sand and/or green sand (essential)
- Making cores yourself (essential)
- Pours in Aluminium, AB2 (aluminium bronze alloy) and/or Stainless Steel; having done all three is highly desirable
- Know-how in knock-out and fettling
- Checking finished castings, confirming their dimensions and spotting faults
- Comfort with basic measuring instruments
- Running a bandsaw and similar workshop gear, plus careful handling of hand tools and powered foundry machines
- A proven record of running overhead gantry cranes and forklifts safely
- Lost wax casting investment processes, done before
- Getting on well in a team where colleagues come from many cultures
- Stamina for tough manual work with sledgehammers, disc grinders, water-blasting equipment and other hand and powered tools
- Staying safe beside molten metal and radiant heat that can reach 1600°C
- English, both spoken and written, at a level that lets you follow safety rules, task instructions, technical papers and everyday messages at work
- Drive to work on your own with minimal supervision and still hit production targets
- Pride in quality work finished on time
- Solid knowledge of foundry health and safety rules, and the discipline to follow them
- The legal right to work in New Zealand, or eligibility to get a work visa
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