Materials Fabrication Operator-Breakdown 1

Title: Materials Fabrication Operator – Breakdown 1

Job Summary:

General operation of metal-forming mill equipment to include 2 high rolling mills, slitters, wire & rod rolling mills, intermediate drawing machines, draw benches, straightening machines, shape rolling mills, annealing strip furnaces, batch furnaces, strand annealing furnaces, future equipment and new technology.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Safely and effectively operate various metal-forming machines with other operators. 
• Work with Production Control and all other manufacturing departments to produce high quality on-time customer deliveries.
• Have full understanding of company policies, paperwork, and systems to repeatedly produce quality material products.
• Must work well in a “team environment”
• Must follow shop order dates and processes accurately while informing supervisors or engineers of any non-conformances.
• Strive to continually improve processes, equipment efficiency, and quality.
• Be willing to train and operate various pieces of mill equipment as assigned by supervision.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review job requirements at the beginning of each shift.
• Notify supervision when any job may go “overdue” or yield short and why.
• Inspect and sign off for quality on each operation, complete M2M reporting for each operation, and notify supervision of any non-conformances.
• Maintain material and scrap identity throughout processing.
• Follow operator and maintenance logs as required.
• Notify supervision of any equipment problems.
• Maintain tooling and equipment integrity on a daily basis and notify supervision in advance for potential needs.
• Work with other operators to communicate and coordinate job flow through the Materials Department.
• Must maintain a neat and clean workplace.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Must demonstrate ability to be fully trained on various pieces of metal-forming machinery.
• Must show basic mechanical skills and an ability to use hand tools and measuring equipment.
• Must be able to effectively communicate with other team members and supervisors.
• Must be able to read and interpret work instructions, job routers, quality documents and drawings and use this information to produce high quality material in-line with customer expectations.

Experience & Education Requirements:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• Basic mechanical skills
• Basic math skills
• Legible writing skills
• Basic computer skills

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds at times.
• Must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities.