With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.
PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.
In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.
PURPOSE:
Under limited supervision, performs all tasks required to remove wax from molds in preparation of mold for foundry.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Prepares mold for autoclave/dewax process per written schedules and/or instructions.
- Sets and maintains proper oven temperatures.
- Inserts molds into oven or autoclave in approved position for wax run out. Carefully removes steel rods from dewaxed molds.
- Applies Kaowool wrap per written instructions.
- Cleans and patches the molds as required and places on storage racks.
- Maintains work area and equipment in clean and orderly condition. Follows prescribed safety rules and policies.
- Works from simple formulae to mix and prepare slurries, and adjust for proper viscosity as required.
SPECIAL SKILLS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Melt out and cure shell molds following methods and procedures. Requires the use of some judgment to comply with prescribed operational procedures, regulate and check furnace, maintain proper time cycles, mix ingredients accurately to ensure the slurries have the correct composition.
- Considerable physical effort in handling shells. Equivalent to frequently lifting or moving heavy weight material up to 35 lbs.
- Continuous mental or visual attention in handling shells operating furnace, maintaining prescribed time temperature cycles, preparing slurries and inspecting to ensure proper coating and drying.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:
- Reports directly to the Shell Supervisor.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- 12-18 months experience
- Use ordinary arithmetic. Work from schedules, written procedures, instructions. Comply with time temperature cycles. Use gauges and controls involving interpretation.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To be qualified to work in this facility, a successful applicant must be a U.S. Person, as defined in those regulations, and able to supply evidence of that qualification prior to starting work or be authorized to receive controlled information under a specific license or permission from the relevant government agency. The U.S. export control regulations define a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. &39;Green Card Holder&39;), and certain categories of Asylees and Refugees.
