Brake Press

• Openings on 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift for Brake Press, pay starting at $20/hr+ BOE
• Set up and operate a hydraulic press or punch press for routine established work.
• Select correct tooling for the job task with setup documents or supervisor/lead assistance.
• Load, install and correctly set up the tools required with some assistance from a supervisor or a lead.
• Perform assigned work to time standards and quality expectations
• Account for time and work completed via online computer data collection system.
• Safely operate a forklift to handle materials and completed work.
• Make routine decisions and use problem solving to resolve basic manufacturing issues or seek assistance.
• Report and document basic material, production and quality control issues.
• Maintain performance log books on assigned area equipment, report deficiencies to the maintenance team.
• Participate in equipment preventative maintenance at the operator level.
• Test and adjust machine speeds or actions, according to product specifications, using gauges and hand tools.
• Load workpieces, plastic material, or chemical solutions into machines.
• Read work orders or production schedules to determine specifications, such as materials to be used, locations of cutting lines, or dimensions and tolerances.
• Install, align, and lock specified punches, dies, cutting blades, or other fixtures in rams or beds of machines, using gauges, templates, feelers, shims, and hand tools.
• Position, align, and secure workpieces against fixtures or stops on machine beds or on dies.
• Position guides, stops, holding blocks, or other fixtures to secure and direct workpieces, using hand tools and measuring devices.
• Lubricate workpieces with oil.
• Turn controls to set cutting speeds, feed rates, or table angles for specified operations.
• Set stops on machine beds, change dies, and adjust components, such as rams or power presses, when making multiple or successive passes.
• Plan sequences of operations, applying knowledge of physical properties of workpiece materials.
• Mark identifying data on workpieces.
• Grind out burrs or sharp edges, using portable grinders, speed lathes, or polishing jacks.
• Place workpieces on cutting tables, manually or using hoists, cranes, or sledges.
• Replace defective blades or wheels, using hand tools.
• Adjust ram strokes of presses to specified lengths, using hand tools.
• Set blade tensions, heights, and angles to perform prescribed cuts, using wrenches.
• Remove housings, feed tubes, tool holders, or other accessories to replace worn or broken parts, such as springs or bushings.
• Scribe reference lines on workpieces as guides for cutting operations, according to blueprints, templates, sample parts, or specifications.
• Turn valves to start flow of coolant against cutting areas or to start airflow that blows cuttings away from kerfs.
• Sharpen dulled blades, using bench grinders, abrasive wheels, or lathes.
• Thread ends of metal coils from reels through slitters and secure ends on recoilers.
• Hand-form, cut, or finish workpieces, using tools such as table saws, hand sledges, or anvils.
• Preheat workpieces, using heating furnaces or hand torches.
• Hone cutters with oilstones to remove nicks.
• Select, clean, and install spacers, rubber sleeves, or cutters on arbors.
• Ensure compliance with corporate and plant safety standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

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