Finishing Operator

Overview

This role is responsible for all aspects of the finishing operation, including safety, quality, production, and basic maintenance. Operates polishing, buffing, and deburring equipment, performs visual inspections, prepares materials, and ensures a clean and efficient work environment.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate polishing, buffing, deburring equipment, or saws according to production specifications.
• Ensure product quality and meet production goals while minimizing scrap and downtime.
• Perform basic maintenance tasks and adjustments to tooling and holding fixtures as needed.
• Conduct visual inspections to detect defects, burrs, or damage on finished parts.
• Load and unload parts from assigned machines efficiently and safely.
• Prepare raw materials for production processes.
• Monitor machine operations to identify part defects or equipment malfunctions; promptly report issues to the Team Leader or Supervisor.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area in compliance with housekeeping and safety standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 1 year of previous experience working in a manufacturing environment (Preferred).
• Ability to correctly read work orders or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments or material or equipment needs.
• Ability to safely meet or exceed minimum productivity levels established by the company.
• Ability to effectively plan and organize work activities independent of direct supervision; work alone and in a team environment.
• Ability to develop a good working knowledge of product and inventory control techniques and procedures.
• Ability to maintain ongoing inter-department communications related to routing, safety, and customer relations.
• Demonstrate basic math skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide).
• May be required to demonstrate strong customer relations skills.

Other:

Physical Requirements: 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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands/fingers to handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 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 and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock when in the operations or laboratory areas. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but due to open office environment noise level may occasionally be high.

Disclaimer: The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.