Entry Level Production

What we offer you

• Medical, Rx, Dental, Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts
• Retirement Savings Plans with Company Match/Contributions
• Education Assistance
• Bonus Plan Eligibility
• Parental Leave

Starting rate of pay:

$20.09/hour plus $1.50 shift diff on night shift.

Shifts Available and Hours:

Day and Night 12-hr shift continental schedules - (7.00AM - 7.00PM) or (7.00PM - 7.00AM).

What you will be doing

• Operate various equipment.
• Inspect equipment daily to ensure proper safety devices are in place (i.e. guarding) and notify leadership of any safety concerns.
• Visually inspect work for defects.
• Remove billet from furnace, guide it along extrusion press conveyor onto press bed, and into billet container.
• Start ram that spreads billet into container and forces it through press.
• Regulate rate of extrusion to prevent metal rupture and adherence of metal to container walls.
• Start press run-out table and butt shears to guide extrusion from press, and to trim flash.
• Pull extrusion along conveyor to racking table.
• Spray die with lubricant and caustic, and oils blocks and mandrels.
• Record data, such as crew time, number of billets used, and items processed.
• May operate extrusion press equipped with furnace that ejects hot billets into press chamber for ram to force through die,
• Inspect or measure using precision measuring instruments, such as tape measure, calipers, height gage, micrometers, etc.
• Read blueprints to the extent necessary for the job at hand.
• Set up and operate extrusion press to shape hot, aluminum profiles.
• Responsible for quality parts, within the scope of responsibilities and required to visually inspect parts and identify obvious flaws or manufacturing problems.
• Sponsor and support of all Continuous Reliability Improvement standards and practices through implemented predictive measures.
• Other duties as assigned.

What will make you successful?

• Prior knowledge of extrusion department desired.
• Prior machinery experience a plus.
• Manufacturing experience a plus.
• Ability to lift up to 50lbs unassisted.
• High school diploma or G.E.D equivalent preferred but not required.
• Basic computer skills required to maintain tolerances where gauges or test equipment are provided.
• Must have ability to communicate.
• Work well with all employees at all levels.
• Willingness to learn new processes.
• Work with limited supervision.