What are the responsibilities and job description for the Straightener - Day Shift position at Precision Castparts?
Straightener
Objective: To manipulate castings by various means (hot and cold) to ensure castings conform to visual and dimensional specifications.
Essential Job Functions
Objective: To manipulate castings by various means (hot and cold) to ensure castings conform to visual and dimensional specifications.
Essential Job Functions
- Follow established housekeeping and safety practices to maintain the quality of the work.
- Demonstrate ability to log on main computer system, extract information, log time, enter inventory amount and forward to next operation.
- Constantly check castings to verify change or angle of dimension using straight edges, calipers, micrometers, height gauges, and fixtures as needed.
- Follow set OPC’s and QCP’s and anticipate expiration of fixture calibration dates.
- Manipulate castings with hammers, presses, and other tools to make castings conform to customer and internal specifications.
- Transport finished pieces to next work station upon completion of paperwork.
- Demonstrate above average value in the department and maintain above average production.
- Possess ability to make cost analysis for decision making, and exercise good judgment.
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of all types of measuring gauges and tools to ensure castings meet required dimensions.
- Demonstrate ability to interpret blueprint to coincide with tolerances called for by customer and/or noted on traveler when needed.
- Design fixtures to straighten castings and, with help of engineering, design heat sizing process and mechanical straightening devises (hydraulic or pneumatic) on complex castings.
- Implement needed corrections of discrepant fixtures and gauges.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the effect of heat on different alloys, thickness, etc. and quenching on casting dimensions and have a minimal scrap rate.
- Able to track and maintain storage locations for all sizing fixtures and shoes for the fixtures.
- Able to hold areas flat within .010".
- Able to use grinding machines, metal removal tools, and sandblast units.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the hydraulic press set up, including programming the large presses, and able to set up jobs on the press.
- Possess a general knowledge of heat treatment and its relationship to straightening.
- Consistently notify supervisor immediately when workload is low.
- Display a willingness and interest to learn through on the job training.
- Demonstrate ability to recognize and communicate production problems to your supervisor.
- Know approximate costs of castings, tools, equipment and supplies used in department, and demonstrate care of company equipment.
- Pass a practical test which shall be composed of a least ten (10) different shop numbers covering the following areas.
- Traveler reading and interpretation.
- Recognition of over and/or undersize castings.
- Straightening castings within an acceptable time.
- Preliminary dimensional inspection.
- Creation of a straightening procedure, straightening parts.
- Final dimensional inspection.
- Proper documentation of the work that has been done.
- Maintain accurate records of work performed.
- Meet all production and quality standards.