Advanced Operator Welding - 2nd & 3rd shifts

AAM - American Axle & Manufacturing•Newton, NC

About The Position

The Advanced Operator Welding supports and sets up all machines in the Machine Centers area. The role coordinates customer and supplier containment activities, machine setups, maintenance, and launch activities, while contributing to quality assurance, continuous improvement, budgeting, and corrective actions. It may also involve machining-process selection, equipment design, and failure analysis where applicable.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED with courses in industrial or mechanical technologies, industrial maintenance, or post-secondary technical training, or an equivalent combination of education and on-the-job experience.
Three to five years of experience in machine technology or operations and routine maintenance.
Career Readiness Certificate.

Responsibilities

Coordinate customer and supplier activities related to containment.
Set up two technologies within established time-study limits.
Create and install CNC programs.
Coordinate setup activities using the department schedule.
Participate in machine runoffs.
Coordinate departmental maintenance activities, including open maintenance work orders.
Perform routine maintenance tasks.
Develop plans and drive improvements to achieve budget targets (CIMS).
Participate in the budgeting process.
Actively participate in program and cell launches for new products and prototypes.
Lead and participate in the continuous improvement process and plan and implement corrective actions.
Lead cell quality-process assurance.
Act on improvement-suggestion ideas.
Participate in defining autonomous maintenance activities, including daily pre-operational inspections.
Identify methods to enhance and share team knowledge and communication.
Contribute to the design and implementation of poka-yoke.
Contribute to equipment design, if applicable.
Identify appropriate machining processes, speeds, and feeds for jobs, if applicable.
Identify repetitive failures and implement corrective actions based on failure analyses, if applicable.
Lead sorting activities in-house or at customer locations.
Troubleshoot and solve problems involving maintenance repairs.
Lead a problem-solving team.