Machine Operator

TITLE: Machine Operator

DEPARTMENT: Exhaust

REPORTS TO: Exhaust Supervisor

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Thoroughly understand and adhere to the department goals, objectives, and strategy

• Establish and maintain credibility throughout the organization as an effective developer of solutions

• Present and maintain positive morale amongst employees

• Set up machines to start production

• Control and adjust machine settings

• Feed raw material or parts into semi-automated machines

• Changes tools and inserts

• Detect unusual occurrences during machining cycles

• Perform quality checks and make necessary tool adjustments

• Switch programs and subroutines for parts’ changeovers

• Perform restarts

• Train other operators in the cell

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working as a machine operator

• Knowledge of diverse high-speed machinery and measurement tools

• Understanding of production procedures

• Attention to detail

• Flexible, energetic, forward-thinking, and creative with high moral and ethical standards

• High analytical ability, good judgment, and strong operational focus

• Well organized and self-directed

• Able to relate to people at all levels of the organization in a positive fashion

• Proficient in using gauges and tools for measurement

• Have good mechanical ability

• Lift up to 50 lbs repetitively throughout the day

• Minimum of 2-3 years experience preferred in related field

PHYSICAL AND PPE REQUIREMENTS:

Employee is regularly required to:

• Stand

• Use hands to manipulate objects, tools, or controls

• Talk and hear

• Walk, stoop, crouch and bend

• Reach above shoulders

• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unassisted and up to 100 pounds with assistance

• Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception

• Must comply with safety equipment standards; safety glasses, hearing protection, steel toed shoes