Casting Technician

it's what's inside that counts

There's more to CMC than our products and the buildings, structures, and roads they go into. At CMC, it's the people inside our recycling centers, fabrication plants, manufacturing facilities, steel mills and offices that make us who we are as a company. Our success comes from finding, retaining, and supporting the highest quality talent by offering:

• Day 1 Benefits Coverage with low cost Medical, Vision, Dental
• Day 1 Paid-time Off and Vacation
• 4.5% Company Match 401(k) plan
• $500 Annual Company-paid Lifestyle Benefit
• Competitive Compensation and Bonuses
• Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and Advancement Opportunities

CMC provides an excellent opportunity to learn the steel, construction reinforcement and ground stabilization industries and to grow in your career. Whether you will spend your day brainstorming in an office cubicle, operating a crane, running manufacturing equipment or troubleshooting technical obstacles, at CMC, you'll get the training and support from your team that you need to excel in your role and reach your full potential.

• Maintain a safety first attitude and hold the crew accountable for the same attitude and behavior
  
• Ensure that the crew is producing the best quality bar as possible
  
• Maintain a continuous focus on cost and ways to decrease waste and cost
  
• Communicate key shift information, production issues, and opportunities with operators and appropriate personnel
  
• Lead continuous improvement efforts focused on productivity, uptime, and lead-time reduction while holding employees accountable and clearly communicating expectations
  
• Monitor daily staffing needs, coordinate coverage, and operate mobile equipment such as forklifts and yard trucks
  
• Operate and perform cross-functional machine tasks to support workflow flexibility while ensuring machines operate per established procedures
  
• Participate in CMC Safety Programs and proactively uphold the CMC Safety Culture
  
• Train team members on relevant equipment and maintain a clean, orderly work area and equipment
  
• Work with melt shop personnel in the operation, monitoring, and performance of equipment including the caster, furnace, cranes, ladle furnace, and related systems
  
• Assemble and disassemble casting molds, repair molds through basic welding and minor fabrication; install, prepare, and repair spray pipes in casting machine spray chamber
  
• Cut starter bar loose at the start-up of a heat
  
• Observes strand monitors to ensure that equipment is operating properly, and that alarm system does not indicate equipment malfunctions, and that hydraulic fluid indicators and water temperature/level gauges stay within the proper ranges
  
• Perform manual torch cutting operation when automatic controls are out of order and to cut up scrap ends for handling
  
• Sets up and performs operations necessary to cast molten steel with demonstrated proficiency, in operating the strand panel in both manual and automatic operating modes to regulate casting speed drive and spray water flow
  
• Work requires care in the assembly and installation of molds to prevent the loss of equipment, production delays and losses as well as the possible creation of safety hazards for the machine operating personnel
  

• Minimum 2 years department experience in a hands on environment
  
• Basic knowledge of computers and MS Office programs - Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint
  
• Ability to operate fork lift and overhead crane required
  
• Ability to use measuring devices (tapes, micrometer, inside outside calipers, etc)
  
• Ability to follow OSHA, EPA, and all company safety policies, rules, and regulations
  
• Ability to work effectively as a team member in a fast-paced environment with strong work ethic, attention to detail, and root-cause problem-solving
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
  
• Ability to work overtime, both planned and unplanned, including during emergency situations
  
• Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions, including heat and cold, while maintaining a clean and orderly work area
  

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent experience is required
  

We are CMC, a Fortune 500 company at the leading edge of our industry. Our construction reinforcement and steel products have supported construction projects and structures around the world. The secret to our success? We've built our legacy by assembling a team of innovators and doers to tackle some of the most challenging construction reinforcement problems facing our world for more than 100 years - and we're just getting started.

If you're ready to join a team working to make our industry more sustainable, support the bridges, roadways, buildings and infrastructure that connects our communities, and do meaningful work, you're ready to joinCMC. Apply today and start moving your career - and our world - forward. Let's build a better world!

CMC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, or other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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