Description

2nd Shift - 2:15pm-10:45pm Monday - Friday 

At Anoplate, you will have a secure future with opportunities to move up in our business. We will train you and you will not be working on the same products day after day! Our Chemical Plating Technicians begin by learning how to prepare customer parts for the plating process. From there, your pay & career will continue to grow as you learn more surface finishing skills. There are opportunities to move into more advanced Chemical Plater roles or grow into quality assurance roles, environmental operations roles, on-the-job trainers, or maintenance roles. We value the skills and experience our employees gain on the production floor and promote them from within to other professional roles.

Responsibilities:

• As a Chemical Plater, you will use a variety of chemical solutions and finishes such as copper, zinc, gold and nickel to coat the surface of customers products to change the properties of the parts and enhance their durability.
• Understands and adjusts plating equipment (ex. Rectifiers, pumps, hoists, filters, etc.) when necessary
• Reads and interprets blueprints and customer work orders (Traveler).
• Follow specific procedures to perform routine chemical plate operations on Defense, Medical and Aerospace parts.
• Fills baskets, racks, and/or barrels with parts to be coated or plated and immerse into cleaning solutions, or spray objects with conductive solutions to prepare them for plating.
• Grinds, polishes or rinses parts in water and dries parts.
• Inspect coated or plated areas for defects, such as air bubbles or uneven coverage
• Follow specific procedures to adjust voltage, monitor time, determine thickness of coating etc., in order to brush plate a variety of parts with various metal.
• Remove excess materials or impurities from objects, using air hoses or grinding machines.
• Operate hoists to place workpieces onto machine feed carriages or spindles.
• Operate sandblasting equipment to roughen and clean surfaces of workpieces.
• Plate small objects, such as nuts or bolts, using motor-driven barrels.
• Visually inspects own work for quality of product.

Requirements

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Capable of working diligently around chemicals
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic
• Ability to pass an eye exam including a color-blind test
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Willingness and commitment to wear PPE regularly, including:
  • Long sleeved chemical resistant gloves while changing chemicals
  • Safety goggles while on the shop floor
  • Chemical resistant safety aprons while working on the shop floor
  • Appropriately fitted respirator masks while changing chemicals
  • Chemical resistant gloves while changing chemicals
  • Long sleeved chemical resistant gloves while changing chemicals
  • Chemical resistant safety aprons while working on the shop floor
  • Appropriately fitted respirator masks while changing chemicals

Benefits 

At Anoplate, we believe in the personal success of our employees, which is why we offer competitive pay, performance-based increases, and on-the-job training to ensure that our employees can grow in their careers. Comprehensive medical benefits with zero premium cost dental coverage

• Health Savings Account with company contribution Paid holidays, paid vacation & NY State Paid Sick Leave
• Enhanced long and short-term disability
• 401(K) savings plan with company match and immediate vesting
• Complimentary wellness programs
• Employee assistance program
• Work-life balance - Shifts are Monday through Friday with the option for overtime on Saturday as needed
• Fun Employee Appreciation & Engagement Activities
• Prescription Safety Glasses Reimbursement
• $100 Annual Work Boot reimbursement

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. 

Environmental Conditions

• Exposure to chemicals and solvents
• Extreme heat or cold
• Noise level, which may at times require hearing protection (earplugs or other means)

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)

Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V)

Drug Free Workplace (DFW)