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Production Operator

Tenneco
Van Wert, OH Intern
POSTED ON 8/1/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/30/2026
Primary Function:

To operate production equipment, manufacture product, fulfill quality and production requirements.

General Duties: 1) Communicate to operators on other shifts regarding production. 2) Operate various machines such as trimmers, presses, greasers, air check, laser N & N, redicoat, etc. and make simple adjustments, such as, touch-up cleaning of cavities while in press.

  • Assembles component parts according to established procedures
  • Grease and oil parts.
  • Review production process sheet and quality drawings to determine conformance of part.
  • Inspect and sort parts visually and with use of simple and precision measuring devices during production to assure quality standards and specifications, record results, and enter quality information into computer.
  • Take and record SPC reading during production.
  • Inform proper persons of discrepancies.
  • Identify defective parts and place defective parts in proper location.
  • Prepare packaging materials and make labels.
  • Pack parts in preparation of shipment.
  • Record necessary information on bin tickets.13) Record production information on bin ticket and place in bin.
  • Clean equipment and work area.
  • Other duties as required.
  • Review scrap rack and/or communication log to determine how press and parts are running.
  • Take new metals to proper persons to be inspected.
  • Place rubber prep around rubber plug.
  • Spray cavities with mold solution.
  • Prepare metal, rubber, and teflon for molding, i.e. filling cement can, dipping teflon, cementing metals, fusing rubber.
  • Load metals and prep/teflon stock onto cavities by hand or by poppet board and cycle press and run production.
  • Remove molded parts from cavities manually or by knockouts.
  • Record defective parts on quality charts and place in proper location and record how press and parts are operating on communication log.
  • Use air gun to remove flash from cavities.
  • Check prep batch number and job number at press against computer print out, record discrepancies, enter discrepancies into computer, and tag sample for microhardness.

Required Skills

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

High school diploma or G.E.D.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

  • Stand and walk on cement for 10 hours/day.
  • Lift approximately 40 lbs. frequently from floor to possibly above head.3) Document information accurately and legibly. 4) Corrected vision must be 20/40 far vision and 20/40 near vision. 5) Continuously work on presses where heat reaches maximum of 410 degrees.
  • Work in area where heat reaches up to 110 degrees, average temperature in work area is 80 to 85 degrees.
  • Must have accurate sensory perception to skin, i.e. to feel burns.
  • Work on platform of 2 1/2 feet.
  • Frequently bend and twist at waist.

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