Heat Treater - 1st Shift

PCC Talent Acquisition Portal•Groton, CT

About The Position

Under limited supervision, the Heat Treater performs required operations to heat treat a wide variety of company product castings using established methods and procedures, and maintains required records. The role includes training heat treat trainees and guiding heat treat helpers and trainees as needed. Working from route cards, heat treat procedures, and special instructions, the Heat Treater anneals, hardens, tempers, solutionizes, and ages castings made from various materials and alloys. The role requires setting and adjusting specified temperatures, time cycles, quench atmospheres, and other variables; loading and operating furnaces according to established practices; and withdrawing and quenching or cooling parts as directed. The position also involves maintaining operation records and reports, submitting parts or test bars for control checks, performing furnace temperature checks, and checking incoming thermocouples and calibration documentation. The Heat Treater reports improper operation or unusual conditions, keeps the work area and equipment clean and orderly, follows safety regulations, and performs other tasks of equal or lesser complexity as assigned.

Requirements

At least 2 years of experience.
Ability to use ordinary arithmetic, charts, and tables.
Ability to interpret tests and use or check reports, forms, records, specifications, and comparable data.
Ability to use judgment to plan work and load furnaces and trays to avoid part distortion.
Ability to maintain records and perform heat treating and related operations.
Continuous mental or visual attention and alertness while loading and operating equipment, running tests and checks, and maintaining records.

Responsibilities

Heat treat castings by annealing, hardening, tempering, solutionizing, and aging according to route cards, procedures, and special instructions.
Set and adjust furnace variables, load furnaces according to established practices, and operate furnaces to comply with procedures.
Withdraw and quench or cool parts as directed.
Maintain required operation records, change recording instrument charts, and prepare related reports.
Submit parts or test bars for hardness, tensile strength, elongation, and other control checks.
Perform periodic furnace temperature checks using test thermocouples and potentiometers.
Perform acceptance checks on incoming thermocouples and calibration documentation.
Detect and report improper operation and unusual conditions to the appropriate supervisor.
Maintain the work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition and follow prescribed safety regulations.
Train heat treat trainees and guide heat treat helpers and trainees as needed.
Perform other tasks of equal or lesser complexity as assigned by the supervisor.