Metal Pourer Resume Template
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Shannon Vance
Metal Pourer & Caster · Gray & Ductile Iron Foundry
Nashville, TN · (615) 555-7921 · shannon.vance@email.com · linkedin.com/in/shannonvance
Profile
Metal pourer with 9 years in gray and ductile iron foundries, pouring 60–80 tons a shift from bottom-pour and automatic ladles. Cut misruns and cold shuts 40% by holding pour temperatures within 20 degrees F of target.
Foundry Experience
2020 – Present
Casting Lead
Cumberland Iron Castings, Lebanon, TN
- Lead a 6-person pour crew filling green sand molds from 3-ton ladles on 2 automatic molding lines.
- Check pour temperature with immersion thermocouples and hold 2,550–2,650 degrees F by casting size.
- Cut misruns and cold shuts 40% by tightening temperature checks and pour time targets per pattern.
- Treat ductile iron with magnesium ferrosilicon and pull chill cups and spectro samples for the lab.
- Inspect ladle refractory and preheat ladles before shift, keeping ladle breakouts at zero.
2017 – 2020
Metal Pourer/Caster
Music City Foundry, Nashville, TN
- Poured gray iron into molds with hand-tilt and monorail ladles for pump and valve castings.
- Skimmed slag and added inoculant into the stream to control chill and graphite structure.
- Checked molds for loose sand, crushed cores and proper coating before pouring.
- Removed skulls and slag buildup from ladle lips and spouts with bars and oxygen lances.
2015 – 2017
Pourer Trainee
Harpeth Metal Works, Franklin, TN
- Set molds on the pouring line, placed sprue cups and weights and cleared spill sand.
- Recorded pour temperatures and times on heat sheets and staged castings for shakeout.
Pouring Skills
Ladle pouring & flow controlPour temperature controlDuctile iron treatmentInoculationMold inspectionLadle refractory careAluminized PPE & spill safety
Equipment
Immersion thermocouples
Automatic pour ladles
Monorail & bull ladles
Overhead crane
Microsoft Excel
Training
OSHA 10-Hour General Industry
OSHA Outreach Training Program
Overhead Crane Operator Qualification
Employer (OSHA 1910.179 compliant)
Forklift Operator Certification
Employer (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178)
Education
High School Diploma
2014
Hillsboro High School
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Skills to list
- Molten metal pouring
- Ladle operation
- Mold filling
- Temperature monitoring
- Safety procedures
- Quality inspection
- Casting defect identification
- Material handling
Software and tools
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Temperature logging software
Duties to describe on a metal pourer resume
- Poured and regulated the flow of molten metal into molds and forms to produce ingots or other castings, using ladles or hand-controlled mechanisms.
- Read temperature gauges and observed color changes, adjusting furnace flames, torches, or electrical heating units as necessary to melt metal to specifications.
- Removed solidified steel or slag from pouring nozzles, using long bars or oxygen burners.
- Examined molds to ensure they are clean, smooth, and properly coated.
- Collected samples, or signaled workers to sample metal for analysis.
- Loaded specified amounts of metal and flux into furnaces or clay crucibles.
Titles along the way
- Pourer Trainee
- Metal Pourer/Caster
- Casting Lead
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