Job Responsibilities
- Coordinate multiple press operations.
- Control operation through complex automation systems.
- Produce daily job assignment using WMS.
- Responsible for all set up, including loading of coil, leveler adjustment, and die alignment for 90 to 1600 ton press.
- Operate tow motor for die changeover, pre-staging of product, etc.
- Be responsible for quality parts, dimensional plus visual.
- Ensure that job and set up is run according to Process Data Sheets (PDS) and/or Documentation Management System (DMS) procedures.
- Follow all of the safety procedures: Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Equipment Safety Analysis (ESA), and Area Safety Analysis (ASA).
- Ensure that job is run in environmental compliance after instructions from supervisor/environmental group.
- Communicate with shift supervisor, tooling engineers, quality engineers and other work cell people on opposite shift concerning production problems, quality and related information.
- Perform SPC in assigned areas.
- Monitor lube to prevent shearing of dies, part location, scrap build up and observe and report problem areas in dies to appropriate tooling personnel.
- Set dies in scheduled time frame to meet customer requirements.
- Organize tool and equipment to make die changes as efficient as possible and make sure next job is pre-staged with dies and material.
- Be capable of running your own operation, responsibility for all reporting (parts completion reports, downtime reports, etc.).
- Be able to align and secure top and bottom die sections, insure the proper operation of safety operating devices and improvise dies for special operations.
- Perform routine housekeeping in work area(s) as necessary.
- And other duties as assigned.
Education, Skills and Experience Required
- High school level reading and writing skills
- Mechanical aptitude, above average dexterity
- Tow motor/lift truck license required.
- Blueprint reading helpful
- Basic math — percentages, decimals (thousandths), addition, subtraction
- Knowledge of press, dies, and set up operations
- Oral and written communication skills
- Be experienced in production environment in meeting schedules and rates and be able to change over dies in the standard time.
Working Conditions
- Be able to lift 50 pounds on a non-repetitive basis
- Have the physical strength to slide dies across the bolster plates
- Exposure to lubes, oil and grease
- Weekly and weekend overtime required
- Accountability for quality/productivity and safety goals
- Requires standing, walking and/or moving about for periods of time in excess of one (1) hour
- Requires some sort of repetitive turning and/or lifting motion to be performed
- Perform position requirements while wearing eye, ear, foot and/or other protective devices as required