Job Purpose:

The Fabrication Operator will operate various fabrication machines, including a deburring machine, press brake, laser, saw, and more. This is an opportunity to learn many areas of the fabrication shop.

Job Description:

• Sets stops on machines, changes dies and adjusts components when making passes
• Installs, aligns and secures holding fixtures to machine bed using gauges, templates, feelers, shims and hand tools
• Inspects work piece for defects
• Measures work piece and verifies dimensions using micrometer, template, straight edge and scale
• Selects and positions die sets into the machine and secures them
• Performs routine maintenance on equipment and determines when and what kind need to performed
• Reads blueprints for specifications to determine the dimensions of the product
• Marks identifying data on workpiece
• Troubleshoots and corrects operational and quality issues
• Maintains coolant levels and grease levels in the press break
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Skills:

• High School Diploma and 3 years of working experience
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of Mathematics
• Must have fabrication experience

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.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.