Blaster Operator - 2nd Shift
About The Position
Blasts pipe to remove rust, contamination, and poly coating to prepare pipes for coating. Performs taping & coating procedures and prepares pipe for shipment. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts or moving objects. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The work is done both indoors and out. It involves much standing, bending, climbing, crawling and working with arms over the head.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED
- A minimum of one to two years of related experience to include tape and coating
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Ability to speak effectively with Team Leader and other employees.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Knowledgeable of Microsoft Programs
- Ability to read, write and effectively communicate in English.
- Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.
- Frequently required to reach with hands and arms.
- Occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.
Nice To Haves
- Tape and coating experience preferred.
- In House Forklift Certification
Responsibilities
- Maintains blasting, taping and coating machinery by performing preventive maintenance, and reports repair or extensive maintenance requirements to Team Leader.
- Breakdown, fix and reassemble ID blaster
- Change out nozzles on blasting holes, gaskets on hoses pipes, ID hose to OD hose on the pots
- Check levels on the silos for the shots/black beauty (media).
- Fill the pots.
- Set up bunks for different pipes.
- Set up ID blaster.
- Clean ID blaster.
- Maintains protective abrasive hood with respirator.
- Confers with department Supervisor to determine progress of work and to provide information on changes in processing methods received from production control or engineering departments.
- Positions pipe for blasting, positions shrouds for protection, operates blasting control console to perform blasting operations per drawings and specifications.
- Applies primer, coating, or tape per customer specifications by operating machinery and monitoring application of tape or coating.
- Reads customer specification and drawings to determine type of coating, position of holdbacks and other specifications for setting up pipe for taping and/or coating operations.
- Reads, understands and interprets specifications from psychrometer to determine the dew point and humidity before blasting
- Places end caps on pipe.
- Removes pipe from work area and stages it for removal to yard, shipping area, or fab finishing area.
- Performs other tasks as instructed by supervision.
- Cross training and housekeeping.
- Attention to safety according to all safety rules.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
