Core Room Technician

About This Role

Produce, assemble, and maintain high-quality sand cores for metal casting, operating and maintaining core-making equipment, performing quality inspections, and ensuring minimal machine downtime.

Responsibilities

• Operate core-making machines and hand tools to produce cores per job specifications and quality standards.
• Read and interpret work instructions and shop packets to ensure accurate core production.
• Assemble cores and core boxes using glue, clamps, wire, bolts, rams, or machines.
• Clean parting lines, raised vent areas, and remove flash from cores.
• Cut or drill spouts and pouring holes; size hardened cores as needed.
• Apply core wash and rack completed cores for storage or delivery.
• Inspect finished cores for cracks, defects, and dimensional accuracy; perform repairs or reject as needed.
• Retrieve, move, and mount core boxes into machines using hoists and tools.
• Set machine controls according to work instructions.
• Complete accurate production records, including core counts, SPC charts, scrap reports, and shift documentation.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Effective computer usage
• Manual dexterity in order to use file on cores
• Ability to lift and move product and materials up to 50 lbs
• Ability to walk, sit, or stand for up to 12 hours with intermittent breaks
• Ability to push/pull up to 100 lbs
• Ability to see, inspect, handle and evaluate product quality
• Ability to read and understand written English language work instructions

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED

Nice to Have

• Mechanical aptitude