Metal Casting Trade Worker
Visa sponsorship
Trade · Christchurch, New Zealand · Full-Time · $35 - $41/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Foundry skills are in demand at a Christchurch manufacturing site that builds marine propulsion systems used in more than 120 countries. The foundry team needs experienced Moulders, above all people with at least five years of hands-on sand moulding in a production foundry; the foundry casts Aluminium, AB2 (aluminium bronze alloy) and Stainless Steel.
Shifts follow production needs, and they are 6:00am – 2:30pm, 7:00am – 3:30pm, 2:30pm – 10:30pm or 3:30pm – 11:30pm Monday to Friday, and 10:30pm – 6:30am or 11:00pm – 7:00am Sunday to Friday. A minimum of two weeks' notice precedes any change, and successful applicants must be available for any of them.
Being an Accredited Employer, the company may support visa applications for suitably qualified applicants, which is where sponsorship comes in.
Zimbabwean tradespeople, including HEXCO-trained fitters or moulders, can put processes, alloys and equipment at the top of the CV. Get a moulder's CV done with Build AI CV.
Key Responsibilities
- Do sand moulding on the floor and track with resin sand (chemically bonded)
- Make moulds and cores, including core assembly
- Prepare, close and clamp moulds
- Pour Aluminium, AB2 (aluminium bronze alloy) and Stainless Steel, running the furnaces
- Knock out moulds, remove and water blast castings
- Clean, fettle, finish and repair castings, including minor surface defects
- Inspect castings by sight and measurement, identify defects, record results
- Use measuring instruments and foundry equipment
- Operate gantry cranes, forklifts, bandsaws, hand tools and powered machinery safely
- Follow health and safety procedures and quality standards
Requirements & Eligibility
- Trade qualification in Metal Casting and Foundry Operations recognised by NZQA (overseas equivalents accepted), or a minimum of five years in all aspects of metal casting and foundry operations
- Essential: a minimum of five years as a sand moulder in a production foundry
- Essential: moulding skill on the floor and line with resin sand (chemically bonded) and/or green sand
- Essential: core making
- Casting experience: Aluminium, AB2 (aluminium bronze alloy) and/or Stainless Steel; all three is highly desirable
- Fettling and knock-out
- Casting inspection, dimensional verification and defect recognition
- Basic measuring instruments
- Bandsaws and workshop equipment
- Hand tools and powered foundry machinery used safely
- Overhead gantry cranes and forklifts operated safely, demonstrated
- Lost wax casting investment experience
- Multicultural team skills
- Strong fitness for hard manual work, including sledgehammers, disc grinders and water-blasting equipment, around molten metal and radiant heat up to 1600°C
- Clear written and verbal English for safety procedures, instructions and documentation; self-motivated, minimal supervision, production targets, quality workmanship on time; committed to foundry safety
- The legal right to work in New Zealand, or eligibility to obtain a work visa
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