Materials Fabrication Operator

Title: Materials Fabrication Operator

Job Summary:

General operation of metal-forming mill equipment to include 2 high rolling mills, slitters, wire & rod rolling mills, intermediate and fine wire drawing machines, draw benches, straightening machines, shape rolling mills, annealing strip furnaces, batch furnaces, strand annealing furnaces, future equipment and new technology.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Work with Production Control and all other manufacturing departments to produce high quality on-time customer deliveries.
• Have full understanding of company policies, paperwork, and systems to repeatedly produce quality material products.
• Must work well in a “team environment”
• Must follow shop order dates and processes accurately while informing supervisors or engineers of any non-conformances.
• Strive to continually improve processes, equipment efficiency, and quality.
• Be willing to train and operate various pieces of mill equipment as assigned by supervision.
  
  
  

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review job requirements at the beginning of each shift.
• Notify supervision when any job may go “overdue” or yield short and why.
• Inspect and sign off for quality on each operation, complete M2M reporting for each operation, and notify supervision of any non-conformances.
• Maintain material and scrap identity throughout processing.
• Follow operator and maintenance logs as required.
• Notify supervision of any equipment problems.
• Maintain tooling and equipment integrity on a daily basis and notify supervision in advance for potential needs.
• Work with other operators to communicate and coordinate job flow through the Materials Department
• Must maintain a neat and clean workplace.
  
  
  

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Must demonstrate ability to be fully trained on various pieces of metal-forming machinery
• Must show basic mechanical skills and an ability to use hand tools and measuring equipment
• Must be able to effectively communicate with other team members and supervisors
• Must be able to read and interpret work instructions, job routers, quality documents and drawings and use this information to produce high quality material in-line with customer expectations
  
  
  

Experience & Education Requirements:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• Basic mechanical skills
• Basic math skills
• Legible writing skills
• Basic computer skills
  
  
  

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds at times.
• Must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities.