Operator – Die Cast

Position Description:

Performs a wide variety of production and assembly work functions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Follows instruction cards and perform job tasks and responsibilities at various workstations
• Performs quality checks to ensure parts are meeting quality criteria
• Uses gauges to perform quality checks and record results
• Resets, re-starts, and perform minor adjustments to production equipment as directed
• Performs required preventive equipment maintenance on all DC machines
• Operates DC machines at efficiency levels acceptable to meet assigned production numbers
• Operates DC trim presses at efficiency levels acceptable to meet assigned production numbers
• Operates DC shot-blast machines at efficiency levels acceptable to meet assigned production numbers
• Completes production records in a timely and accurate manner
• Re-works raw or machined parts when necessary
• Assembles or re-assembles parts when necessary or as a part of everyday duties
• Learns to identify defects on parts to determine scrap and/or causes
• Learns how to use basic measurement devices to ensure that parts meet customer specifications
• Re-starts machine after down-time and records cause(s) of down-time
• Adheres to 5S principles at the machine and throughout the plant
• Knows and adheres to all safety requirements consistent with OSHA standards
• Performs other duties as assigned

Job Skills Requirements:

• Ability to perform repetitive task at required cycle times
• Fluent in English and primary language used in area of responsibility and/or location

Education:

• High School diploma in equivalent education and experience

Experience Requirements:

• No experience required
• Physical & Environmental Requirements
• May be required to lift or carry products, parts, and/or other materials of various sizes and weights. (Frequently 5 – 25 pounds), (Occasionally 25 – 75 pounds), (Rarely greater than 75 pounds)
• Ability to perform occasional to frequent pushing, pulling, bending, kneeling, twisting, crawling and/or reaching over a full work shift (8-12 hours)
• Ability to stand and/or walk constantly over a full work shift (8-12 hours)
• Ability to use feet for repetitive movement as in operating foot controls over a full work shift (8-12 hours)
• Exposure to noise levels for which hearing protection is required to be worn over a full work shift (8-12 hours)

Benefits Include: 

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-term and Long-term Disability, Paid Time Off (PTO), Holiday Pay, Birthday Pay, Anniversary Pay, and 401K.