CVD Furnace Operator B-Nights

Kennametal, Inc. • Orwell Village, OH

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Kennametal Inc. is an industrial technology leader with over 85 years of experience, providing productivity solutions through materials science, tooling, and wear-resistant products. Customers in aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering, and transportation rely on Kennametal for precision and efficiency in manufacturing. The CVD Furnace Operator role involves operating and maintaining furnaces, monitoring computerized controls, ensuring system integrity, troubleshooting issues, and managing gas and chemical levels. This position also includes setting up and separating product, entering quality data, and acting as an Emergency Responder within the Coating Department. Operators are expected to adhere to safety procedures, follow inspection control plans, meet production goals, and communicate effectively across shifts.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED.
• Commitment to working safely and understand all safety procedures.
• Operator responsible for following inspection control plan, assuring product is processed according to proper routings, specifications and the quantity and style are correct.
• Must be reliable and dependable.
• Communicate safety, quality and product issues with supervisor, team members and across shifts.
• Employees are required to become Hazmat trained.
• Safety glasses with side shields and Safety Shoes required.
• Approximately 12 hours standing with break opportunities.
• Intermittent walking, reaching, sitting and bending.
• Lifting insert trays weighing no more than thirty-three (33) pounds.
• Run orders according to the order selection procedure.
• Assignments and instructions communicated orally and carried out by standing guidelines.
• Routine problems solved by operator using learned knowledge of insert styles and production processes.

Nice To Haves

• 2 year technical degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Load and unload furnaces.
• Monitor computerized controls involving temperatures, pressures, chemical flow rates, and gas flow rates to critical process parameters.
• Perform and document the operation of the furnaces.
• Ensure the integrity of the vacuum systems by conducting vacuum leak checks and performing periodic preventative maintenance.
• Troubleshoot furnace problems, rebuild or replace furnace components as needed.
• Ensure adequate gas and chemical levels, according to procedures, for correct operations.
• Replace tanks as needed.
• Set up and separate product.
• Enter quality data by furnace and heat results and monitor graph results.
• Act as Emergency Responder within the Coating Department.
• Commitment to working safely and understand all safety procedures.
• Handle deviations in routine according to operating procedures and/or work instructions.
• Follow inspection control plan, assuring product is processed according to proper routings, specifications and the quantity and style are correct.
• Work to meet daily departmental production goals.
• Be reliable and dependable.
• Communicate safety, quality and product issues with supervisor, team members and across shifts.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage starts on day one of employment.
• Paid time off (PTO) (accrual prorated based on employment start date)
• 4 floating holidays
• 7 company holidays per year
• Up to 6% company match to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee discounts
• Parental leave
• Other benefits
• Annual safety shoe stipend

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED