Furnace Operator - 2nd Shift

State Heat Treating Company•Grand Rapids, MI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Furnace Operator is responsible for reading and executing work orders and ISO documents, maintaining accurate documentation, and properly setting up and operating all equipment in their area of responsibility. This includes startup, setup, and shutdown procedures. The role requires maintaining training status, performing all job duties with safety in mind, and ensuring high equipment efficiency by following the production schedule and preparing loads for equipment. The operator must understand and use inspection equipment accurately, perform part inspections, and use a forklift to load and unload materials into ovens. Maintaining an organized and clean work area, monitoring equipment performance, identifying quality and productivity issues, and reporting maintenance needs are also key responsibilities. Additionally, the operator must be able to train other employees and maintain a good attendance record.

Requirements

Regularly required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
Frequently required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

Responsibilities

Read and execute Work Orders and ISO documents accurately
Maintain correct, accurate, and complete documentation for all jobs
Properly setup and operate all equipment in area of responsibility. Includes start up, set up of all production, and shut down.
Maintain training status per ISO documents
Perform all job duties with the Safety and Well-being of themselves and others in mind
Maintain high equipment efficiency. Follow the production schedule. Include other work (appropriate to process) to produce full capacity loads. Have properly constructed loads (or individual parts) ready for equipment immediately
Understand the proper use of all inspection equipment and demonstrate the ability to utilize this equipment with accuracy perform all part inspections per ISO documents
Use a forklift to load and unload, baskets of materials into the ovens
Keep area of responsibility organized and clean
Monitor performance of all equipment in area of responsibility. Recognize problems which affect the quality of the work and the productivity of the plant. Notify proper personnel when required; report required maintenance repairs
Able and willing to train other employees in the requirements of this job
Ability to maintain a good attendance record