Foundry Lab Technician
Is doing a job correctly important to you? When you special order something do you expect it to arrive as you specified? Are you willing to speak up when your order is incorrect? If any of these scenarios describe you, then the Farrar Corporation, a ductile iron foundry and machine shop, located in Norwich, KS is looking for you to join our quality control team and we will provide the necessary training. Working within the quality control department in our foundry will have you performing testing procedures on our sand quality, iron quality, and final inspection of our finished product shipped across the United States. Primary Responsibilities: Prepare and process iron tensile bars; machine and then break them Conduct hardness test (BHN) on castings and tensile bars Conduct sand tests for permeability, hardness, and properties Create, maintain, and update all quality documentation for foundry operations, which may include molding, core making, grinding, finishing, inspection, and shipping Learn the laboratory and chemical process for making iron, to support and backup lab personnel for vacations and time away from work Support and backup machine shop quality for vacations and time away from work Signing authority for shipment to customer and/or next process Scrap review with Quality Assurance Manager and foundry team Familiarity and use of quality inspection gauges and equipment Champion for outside service required for quality processes; outside sand testing, outside tensile bar testing, mag-particle, x-ray, and other processes outside of Farrar Comfortable working with MS Office products Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint Preferred Qualifications: Manufacturing background/environment preferred, but not required Knowledge of ISO 9000 and quality control preferred, but not required Strong written and oral communication skills Ability to work and interact in both a team environment and solo workspace Work Schedules 40 hour weeks Flexible start time Typical schedule is Monday – Thursday 6:00 to 4:30; Overtime as needed to meet client deadlines and timelines; Fridays for 6-10 hours. Benefits: Generously subsidized company sponsored medical, dental and vision insurance 401K with company match and vesting Paid company holidays Front loaded PTO availability Generous annual steel toed boot allowance Generous annual prescription eyewear allowance Farrar Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind: Farrar Corporation is committed to the principal of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Farrar Corporation are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, family or parental statues, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Farrar Corporation will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Farrar Corporation encourages applicants of all ages, 18 and over.
