Responsibilities:
· Uses blueprints, sketches, drawings, and/or job instruction sheets to produce dimensions and tolerances of finished work-piece and setup requirements.
· Cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines such as mills, lathes, grinders, machining centers, drill presses, and drill machines.
· Enters commands to retrieve, input, or edit control information for CNC machines.
· Sets up, operates, and monitors machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining, and adjusts machine controls or control media as required.
· Utilizes a variety of measurement tools and methods to evaluate finished parts against specifications.
· Reworks parts that don't meet specifications.
· Confers with supervisor, engineers, and production personnel to resolve machining problems.
· Follows all ISO procedures and safety rules, including wearing personal safety equipment and performing hoist inspections.
· Routes completed parts to next machine according to the routing sequence.
· Performs data entry on the computer to update part locations.
· Updates work order cover sheets, daily production sheets, status sheets, and quality records.
· Participates in regular communication among peers and Team Leads to maintain productivity and solve problems as they arise.
· Operates with the close attention to detail required to meet print specifications, down to 0.0002in tolerances.
· Maintains 5S standards of organization and housekeeping of work area.
· Participates in improvement efforts for cell layout, process efficiencies, etc.
· Attends monthly departmental meetings and quarterly town hall meetings.
· Other assigned duties
Qualifications:
· High school diploma or GED required
· 2 years machining experience, Associates degree, or training certification preferred
· Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, blueprints, memos, and procedure manuals.
· Ability to effectively share information about job duties in one-on-one and small group situations to supervisor, customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
· Ability to perform basic calculations with numbers between 0.0001 and 0.1
· Ability to convert between metric and US standard units of measure.
· Ability to understand and carry out detailed written or oral instructions.
· Ability to deal with problems involving several variables
· Ability to use standard problem-solving methods (ie. 5 Whys) as trained
· Ability to effectively use tools such as the following: depth gages, bore gages, height gages, feeler gages, micrometers, calipers, deburring tools, die grinders, drill presses, overhead lifting equipment, etc.
· Ability to stand and walk up to 8 hours continuously during a shift.
· Ability to lift up to 35 lbs alone, or 70 lbs with assistance, repeatedly over an 8 hour shift
· Ability to push or pull up to 35 lbs.
· Ability to see or have vision corrected with glasses/contacts to an evaluated level of no worse than 20/35.