Riverside, CA | Monday–Saturday, 3:00 PM–11:30 PM
Our client is seeking an experienced Foundry Foreman to lead second-shift furnace and casting operations in a demanding manufacturing environment. This hands-on role combines safety leadership, production oversight, metallurgical control, quality, equipment coordination, and team development.
Key Responsibilities
- Enforce safety procedures for molten metal handling, furnace operations, charging, and casting.
- Verify materials, tools, and scrap are dry, inspected, and suitable for use.
- Monitor charging practices and ensure proper Lockout/Tagout procedures.
- Identify hazards involving equipment, hoses, thermocouples, furnaces, and other process conditions.
- Monitor furnace charging, melting, alloying, and casting activities.
- Coordinate daily production to achieve throughput targets.
- Monitor furnace capacity, melt times, temperatures, billet quality, and scrap rates.
- Ensure alloying practices meet applicable specifications and verify chemical composition.
- Oversee stirring, sampling, homogenization, and spectrometer use.
- Coordinate furnace and degasser maintenance and work with maintenance teams on repairs.
- Monitor molds, filters, troughs, casting tables, and thermocouples.
- Ensure SOPs and work instructions are followed.
- Maintain production traceability and accurate material tracking using D365 or similar systems.
- Provide hands-on direction and coaching to furnace operators and casting crews.
- Assign shift responsibilities, conduct shift meetings, and communicate production and safety expectations.
- Promote accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in aluminum casting, foundry, or furnace operations.
- At least 2 years of lead or foreman-level manufacturing experience.
- Strong knowledge of aluminum alloys and alloying practices; ASTM standards preferred.
- Experience with furnace operations, melt control, and casting processes.
- Understanding of safety risks associated with molten metal, wet scrap, and high-temperature environments.
- Familiarity with spectrometers and basic metallurgical analysis.
- Experience with D365 or a similar production and material-tracking system.
- Basic Microsoft Office skills.
- Strong leadership, communication, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities.
Work Environment
- High-temperature industrial manufacturing environment.
- Regular standing, walking, bending, and working around molten metal and industrial equipment.
- Ability to safely use required PPE.
Pay & Benefits
Base pay: $27.77–$28.74 per hour, plus a $3.00/hour Foundry Premium.
Benefits include:
- Company-paid health and dental benefits
- Paid vacation
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Career stability and growth opportunities
Final base pay will be determined based on factors including geographic location, skills, education, and experience, with internal equity also considered.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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