Furnace Operator - 1st Shift

State Heat Treating Company•Grand Rapids, MI

1d•$17 - $23•Onsite

About The Position

The Furnace Operator is responsible for reading and executing work orders, maintaining accurate documentation, and operating all equipment in their area of responsibility. This includes startup, setup, and shutdown procedures. The role requires maintaining training status, prioritizing safety, and ensuring high equipment efficiency to meet production schedules. The operator will also be responsible for performing part inspections, using a forklift to move materials, keeping their work area organized, monitoring equipment performance, and reporting any issues or required maintenance. Additionally, the operator must be willing 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