Manufacturing Production Worker I - Entry-US

About Kennametal

With over 85 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Learn more at kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Job Title: Manufacturing Production Worker I

Location: Bedford, PA

Shift: 3rd: Sunday – Friday, 11pm – 7am

Job Summary:

This position works under the supervision of the Supervisor - Manufacturing, or in his/her absence, the designee. Duties are performed without constant supervision. Assignments are made daily, and results are reviewed daily or as needed.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Transport material from workstation to workstation and from and to storage areas.
• Receive, issue, maintain and inventory raw materials and forgings.
• Coordinate order priorities, resolve quality and production problems, and provide material handling support as needed.
• Operate a forklift to transport materials from inside and outside the plant to and from workstations and storage areas.
• Operate, setup, inspect, and troubleshoot as required to support production.
• Supply components (i.e., carbide, braze, steel-bodies) to operators.
• Coordinate schedule requirements based on requesting department needs and communicate to supervisor the need for additional personnel or support.
• Perform Magnaflux, shear, and Rockwell tests as required.
• Perform grinding, blasting, dipping, labeling, reporting, packing, clipping operations as needed to support production.
• Receives, maintains, and issues from inventory raw materials, forgings, and freight.
• Work as fill-in for machine operators as needed.
• Perform preventive maintenance on fixtures, chains, coils, block washers, saws, dip tank, Jenfab, blaster, grinder, and lathe to assure reliable operation as needed.
• Assist other material handlers as needed.
• Inspect parts to meet established ISO requirements.
• Work with QA to ensure timely release of QA held items and accuracy in the information systems and support planners to ensure correction of material errors for accurate inventories.
• Support functions and changeovers to meet established due dates.
• Prepare shipments and paperwork for outside vendors as required.
• Responsible for tracking and problem solving of the materials used and efficient equipment used to reduce cost.
• Monitor supplies per established Kanban system.
• Perform cycle counts for area.
• Responsible for management of WIP and components.
• Participate in lean events and utilize lean processes in daily duties.
• Perform daily required TPM on forklift and associated equipment.
• Perform daily activities associated with gathering and posting established metrics.
• Accurate and timely recording of required data (i.e. Production, Quality, SAP entry, etc.

Required Experience:

• A high school diploma or general equivalency diploma 3-5 years of relevant work experience.
• Completion of basic math, blueprint reading and gauge-reading training.
• The ability to understand written and oral instructions and communicate with supervisors and coworkers.
• A forklift operator’s license.
• Six months of manufacturing experience is preferred.