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Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Set up and operate equipment and fixtures to perform cutting, buffing, bending, punching, spot welding, milling, and assembly.
• Proper selection of tooling, die and punch settings/adjustments, manual programming short runs and special jobs.
• Arrange, mount and secure tooling. Mount/align/secure holding fixtures or locate/support/secure work piece in absence of fixture.  Set stops and calibrate fixture to appropriate reference points.
• Manual cycle machine through operator sequence to check fixture/work positions, tooling, clearances, speeds and feeds.
• Make frequent adjustments, calibrations and recalibrations to various machines to ensure safe and quality operations.
• Assemble parts to order/drawing requirements.
• Assist other operators when needed.
• Equipment care and basic maintenance.
• Monitor various CNC machines and machining centers.
• Monitor Wire EDM Machines (Resolving any machine problems that you would occur when running the EDM)
• Perform regular PM to the Wire EDM machines.
• Edit and Write EDM programs,
• Recognize report and correct errors. Record production deviations and other notations as necessary to produce and improve a quality product.
• Work from detailed/involved part drawings and specs.
• Perform ongoing quality checks on parts produced to ensure compliance with established drawing and specifications.

• Work with production supervisor and other personnel in a cooperative and collaborative manner to expedite orders within the department in a cost-effective manner.
• Hold precise tolerances per specifications on drawings.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies (see Competency Dictionary for specific behaviors):

• Attendance/Punctuality
• Continuous Improvement
• Honesty
• Quality of Work
• Safety & Security
• Housekeeping and Organization
• Teamwork
• Initiative
• Problem Solving
• Leadership

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred
• 3 to 5 years progressive manufacturing experience
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to understand and utilize technical information.
• Read and understand shop orders and blueprints.
• Read and use inspection and measuring instruments (caliper, micrometer, protractor and ruler)

Language Skills

Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Mathematical Skills

• Basic math, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
• Industrial math skills

Reasoning Ability

• Common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills: N/A

Other Skills and Abilities: N/A

Other Qualifications

Previous knowledge of carbon products

Previous knowledge of set up 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. 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 talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.