M&H Valve - Molding Utility

## Company Description **M&H Valve Company** is a world-class manufacturer of water and wastewater materials including fire hydrants, resilient wedge gate valves, butterfly valves and check valves. Since 1854, M&H has developed a reputation for excellence and dependability. Our extensive facilities and innovative technologies have made us a business and community leader. From state-of-the-art environmental upgrades to advanced training initiatives and community outreach, we’re working every day to make sure that M&H Valve is the best in the business. M&H Valve Company is part of Birmingham, AL based McWane, Inc. Curious about what we do? Click here to take a [**Facility Tour**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_zBmyXLn0I). **Type:** Full Time ## Job Description **Summary** Responsible for varied facets of the mold casting process. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities** include the following. Other duties may be assigned. - 1st Responsibility - Ensuring personal safety and the safety of your team members. - Assists supervisors and managers in maintaining a safe and healthy work environment. - Wears appropriate PPE which may include fall protection, respiratory protection, hearing protection, foot, hand, head and eye protection. - Uses proper lifting and ergo techniques. - Reads work orders or receives oral instructions to determine work assignments, material or equipment needs. - Follows detailed job specific instructions to make sure castings are produced in the most efficient manner and to meet customer specifications. - Conducts daily inspection of equipment. - Sets up, operates, or tends metal molding, casting, or core-making machines to mold or cast metal parts or products. - Sifts and packs sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools. - Cleans and smooths molds, cores, and core boxes, and repair surface imperfections. - Forms and assembles slab cores around patterns and position wire in mold sections to reinforce molds, using hand tools and glue. - Moves and positions workpieces such as mold sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signal others to move workpieces. - Sprinkles or sprays parting agents onto patterns and mold sections to facilitate removal of patterns from molds. - Tends machines that bond cope and drag together to form completed shell molds. - Smooths and cleans inner surfaces of molds, using brushes, scrapers, air hoses, or grinding wheels, and fill imperfections with refractory material. - Mixes and measures compounds, or weighs premixed compounds, and dumps them into machine tubs, cavities, or molds. - Notifies supervisor of errors or equipment stoppage. - Clears equipment at end of operating run and reviews schedule to determine next assignment. - Records problems which occurred, such as down time, and actions taken. - Meets or exceeds hourly production rates every hour. - Maintains cleanliness of the production area. - Proactively promotes The McWane Way Principles. ## Qualifications **Qualifications** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. **Education and/or Experience** High school diploma/GED preferred. Must be at least 18 years of age. **Language Skills** Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization. **Mathematical Skills** Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance. *…