Metal Casting Trade Worker
Visa sponsorship
Trade · Christchurch, New Zealand · Full-Time · $35 - $41/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
A manufacturer of marine propulsion systems, whose products are used in more than 120 countries, has an opening for a Metal Casting Trade Worker in its Christchurch foundry in New Zealand. The organisation is recruiting experienced moulders for production work.
The central requirement is sand moulding, supported by at least five years of hands-on experience in a production foundry. Day-to-day tasks also include core making, furnace operation, pouring, knock-out, finishing and inspection. Aluminium, AB2 (aluminium bronze alloy) and Stainless Steel are all cast on site, and experience across a range of alloys is highly valued.
Candidates must be available for any shift that production requires. Monday to Friday shifts are 6:00am to 2:30pm, 7:00am to 3:30pm, 2:30pm to 10:30pm or 3:30pm to 11:30pm, while Sunday to Friday night shifts are 10:30pm to 6:30am or 11:00pm to 7:00am. At least two weeks' notice is given before a shift pattern is changed.
The employer is accredited under New Zealand's Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) framework and may support sponsorship for suitably qualified applicants.
If you are applying from Singapore, describe your actual foundry tasks on your English CV, with the alloys, moulding processes and lifting equipment for each employer, and keep your certificates under the names their issuers use. document your moulding and alloy experience in Build AI CV.
Key Responsibilities
- Undertake floor and track moulding with resin-bonded (chemically bonded) sand
- Produce and assemble cores and complete the forming of moulds
- Ensure moulds are prepared, closed and clamped prior to casting
- Manufacture castings in Aluminium, AB2 (aluminium bronze alloy) and Stainless Steel
- Manage furnace operation and the pouring of molten metal
- Break down sand moulds after casting and retrieve the castings
- Water-blast and clean castings, then carry out fettling and finishing
- Rectify minor casting and surface defects
- Assess castings visually and dimensionally, document identified defects and maintain inspection records
- Employ measuring instruments and foundry equipment correctly
- Transfer moulds, ladles and castings by overhead gantry crane, and materials, moulds and completed castings by forklift, observing safe practice throughout
- Operate bandsaws, hand tools and powered foundry machinery safely, adhering to the organisation's health and safety procedures and quality standards
Requirements & Eligibility
- Formal or experiential grounding: an NZQA-recognised trade qualification in Metal Casting and Foundry Operations (or its overseas equivalent), or a minimum of five years' relevant experience encompassing all areas of metal casting and foundry operations
- Essential: a minimum of five years of hands-on employment as a sand moulder within a production foundry
- Essential: evidenced proficiency in floor and line moulding, using chemically bonded resin sand processes and/or green sand
- Essential: core making
- Casting exposure to Aluminium, AB2 (aluminium bronze alloy) and/or Stainless Steel; exposure to all three is highly desirable
- Practical knowledge of knock-out and fettling
- Capability in casting inspection, verifying dimensions and identifying defects
- Competence with basic measuring instruments, bandsaws and other workshop equipment
- Safe handling of hand tools and powered foundry machinery
- Evidenced, safe operation of overhead gantry cranes
- Evidenced, safe operation of forklifts
- Familiarity with lost wax casting investment processes
- Ability to collaborate within a multicultural workforce
- Physical robustness for strenuous manual tasks with hand and powered tools such as sledgehammers, disc grinders and water-blasting equipment
- Capacity to operate safely in a foundry where molten metal and radiant heat reach up to 1600°C
- Competent English in speech and writing, sufficient to interpret safety procedures, work instructions, technical documentation and workplace correspondence
- Self-direction and the capability to deliver production targets with minimal supervision
- A commitment to workmanship of a high standard within stipulated timeframes
- Comprehensive understanding of foundry health and safety obligations, and commitment to fulfilling them
- Legal entitlement to work in New Zealand, or eligibility to obtain a work visa
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