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Nordstern Group of Companies is seeking a skilled Maintenance Millwright to join our team in the aluminum foundry industry. As a key member of our maintenance team, you will be responsible for performing preventative, predictive, and routine maintenance tasks to ensure the optimal performance and efficiency of our equipment.

• Equipment Maintenance: Troubleshoot and repair issues with aluminum melting furnaces, casting machines, and cooling systems.
• Refractory Repairs: Perform regular maintenance on aluminum melting and holding furnaces, addressing issues such as refractory repairs, burner adjustments, and temperature control.
• Machinery Repair: Repair or replace defective machinery parts, focusing on critical foundry equipment like automatic molding machines, sand distribution systems, and core-making machines.
• Environmental Compliance: Monitor and maintain the foundry's ventilation and dust collection systems to ensure a safe working environment and compliance with environmental regulations.
• Heat Treatment: Execute maintenance activities on heat treat and aging ovens, ensuring proper temperature control and consistent product quality.
• Mold Maintenance: Perform regular checks and preventive maintenance on aluminum casting molds, ensuring they are in optimal condition for continuous operation.
• Work Order Management: Perform work order repairs, inspections, and adjustments for machinery used in aluminum casting and molding processes.
• Communication: Clearly communicate with peers and other departments to ensure that priority jobs are completed on time and equipment downtime is minimized.
• Emergency Response: Respond promptly and appropriately to plant emergency and breakdown situations, particularly with critical foundry processes that impact production timelines.
• Welding: Be able to weld aluminum parts or have the ability/desire to learn aluminum-specific welding techniques.
• TPM Implementation: Assist with the implementation and execution of TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) principles, with a focus on minimizing unplanned downtime and improving equipment reliability in the foundry environment.
• Process Improvement: Participate in foundry-specific process improvement projects aimed at enhancing productivity and reducing energy consumption.
• Purchasing: Handle purchasing of needed parts, equipment, and tools in conjunction with the Production Manager, with a focus on sourcing specialized foundry components.
• Equipment Inspection: Conduct regular inspections and maintenance of ladles, crucibles, and other equipment used in handling molten aluminum to ensure safety and operational efficiency.
• Casting Line Maintenance: Provide support in the maintenance and optimization of casting lines, die-casting machines, and robotic systems involved in aluminum parts production.

• Fluid Mechanics Knowledge: Must have a good understanding of fluid mechanics (hydraulics and pneumatics), and all of the components involved in these processes, such as valves, cylinders, pumps, and compressors, particularly as they relate to foundry equipment.
• Aluminum Foundry Knowledge: Must have knowledge or the ability to quickly learn about aluminum melting furnaces (both gas and electric), heat treat ovens, aging ovens, and sand-casting processes.
• Electrical Skills: Basic electrical skills are a must, with experience in troubleshooting and repairing control systems used in aluminum foundry machinery.
• Automatic Green Sand Distribution Systems: Previous experience with automatic green sand distribution systems and automatic molding machines is a plus, especially in the context of aluminum foundry operations.
• Availability: Must be able to work OT, Nights, and Weekends if needed.