Furnace Technician, Castings - Gigafactory Texas Job at Tesla
What to Expect
What You’ll Bring
The Role: Process/Furnance Technician.
What You’ll Do- Operate and charge stack melting furnace
- Ensure efficient and timely transfers into holding furnace for consistent metal delivery to the DCM.
- Record the charge weight and additives into ignition
- Assist in cleaning both stack melter and holding furnace to improve metal quality and sustain refractory life
- Provide training and refresher training for all cleaning activities
- Collaborate with maintenance and engineering to reduce equipment related down time and implementation of process and equipment improvements
- Ensure chemistry checks are being taken as required and as outlined in SOP
- Ensure metal chemistry meets Tesla specification, adding or directing Furnace Technician I to add master alloys as necessary
- Permitting compliance, basic understanding of permit requirements for melting operations
- Understand the role of additives and their effect on the component test behavior
- Lead the recycle and re-melting process to reduce the raw materials cost with efficient charging and ladle activities out of the recycle furnace
- Ensure incoming raw materials are efficiently organized to optimize floor space
- Maintain foundry tools and keep inventory
- Empty dross bins accordingly as outlined in SOP
- Maintain safe and clean work environment.
- Associate degree or technical certificate is a plus
- 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing / mass production environment
- 1+ year of experience in aluminum melting operations
- Ability to manage workload while contributing to a positive, fast paced, team-oriented work environment
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and 5S principles
- Skilled with the use of a variety of hand tools and basic measurement tools
- Detail oriented with strong record-keeping and organizational skills
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