What are the responsibilities and job description for the Molder position at Mid-City Foundry Company?
Summary: Under the supervision of the Mold/Core Department Supervisor, the Molder is responsible for making green sand molds for pouring.
Work Experience Needed: One to three years of verifiable work history. Foundry experience is preferred. Experience in making molds is a plus.
Special Skills/Abilities Needed:
- Ability to operate within a team atmosphere.
- Ability to effectively communicate with other employees of the organization.
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, job procedures and training documentation.
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Active listening skill-Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Nature & Scope-Principal Areas of Responsibilities: This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management deems necessary from time to time.
- Accurately reviews production schedule to obtain part number
- Retrieves pattern and sets up for molding needed for each job
- Fills flask with green sand (riddle as needed)
- Follow all work instructions to properly finish the mold.
- Vents, pull risers, sets cores etc. – Air Ram as needed.
- Closes mold and ensure high quality.
- Sets each mold on a pallet
- Covers all risers, vents, and down sprues
- Retrieves and puts away used patterns accordingly
- Maintains a clean and safe working environment and ensures the work area is clean at the end of each shift.
- Assists in other departments in the Foundry as required.
- Operates a forklift to transport materials as required.
- Reports all accidents and unsafe working conditions immediately to the supervisor.
Essential Functions:
Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to finger, handle, or touch. The employee is occasionally required to walk, reach above shoulders, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear and use foot/feet to operate machine, talk and hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items between 10 to 50 pounds unassisted. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.