Machine Operator

Texas Connect Staffing•Fort Worth, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The job description outlines the responsibilities of a Machine Operator in a manufacturing or production environment. The role involves a strong emphasis on safety practices and general safety rules. Key duties include assisting a senior Machine Operator with machine setups and changeovers, which involves handling various tooling components. The operator is responsible for safely operating wood chop saws, wood radial arm saws, Jib cranes for coil maneuvering, and metal cut-off saws for scrap or custom cuts. Daily tasks also encompass managing scrap materials, performing routine housekeeping around the machine and workstation, and conducting daily machine and equipment maintenance such as oiling, greasing, and cleaning. The role requires adherence to company standards for gauge identification, product packaging, basic visual and measurable quality control, and inventory control. The Machine Operator is also tasked with safely stacking and packaging finished products, including labeling, applying stickers, and operating banding machines. Precision is crucial, as the role involves effectively reading a tape measure for quality control measurements of products and materials, as well as for assisting with setups. Maintaining necessary production supplies at the workstation is also a responsibility to ensure efficiency. Furthermore, the position involves working on the inline welding process, which includes coil strip alignment, shearing, clamping, and selecting weld qualities. The operator will utilize various hand tools and equipment at assigned workstations. Regular attendance, punctuality, and the ability to work overtime as needed are essential requirements for this temporary position.

Requirements

Ability to apply all safety practices and general safety rules.
Ability to assist the Machine Operator in set ups and changeovers.
Ability to safely operate wood chop saws or wood radial arm saws.
Ability to operate Jib crane.
Ability to safely operate metal cut off saws.
Ability to safely remove all scrap from machine.
Ability to remove punch out bins from presses.
Ability to follow daily housekeeping procedures.
Ability to perform daily maintenance of machines and equipment.
Ability to apply company standards for gauge identification, product package standards, basic visual and measurable quality control standards, and basic inventory control standards.
Ability to safely stack product by company pallets standard.
Ability to apply necessary packaging requirements, including writing pallet descriptions, applying stickers, spray painting gauge colors, and safely operating banding machines.
Ability to effectively read a tape measure and apply it for measuring products, slit coils, and tooling components.
Ability to maintain necessary production supplies at the machine or workstation.
Ability to work on the inline welding process, including coil strip alignment, shearing, clamping, and selecting weld qualities.
Ability to work at assigned workstations using hand tools, screw guns, paint rollers, shop vacuums, razor knives, hammer, pressurized air, carts, dollies, brooms, mops rags, spray bottles.
Regular attendance and punctuality.
Ability to work overtime as needed.

Responsibilities

Apply all safety practices and general safety rules while performing daily tasks.
Assist the Machine Operator in the set ups, changeovers of machine. Involving the removal and replacement of tooling rolls, cut off dies, punch dies, table spacers, die springs, excess materials left behind, die blades, shims, spacers, embossing stamps, unipunches.
Safely operate the wood chop saws or wood radial arm saws to cut wood blocks to custom lengths.
Operate Jib crane to maneuver slit coils onto the machine uncoilers.
Safely operate the metal cut off saws to cut up scrap or cut materials into custom lengths when needed.
Safely remove all scrap from machine and place it in designated scrap bins.
Remove punch out bins from presses to designated area.
Follow daily housekeeping: sweep the perimeter of the machine and/or work area.
Pick up all strapping, trash, debris, etc., around the machine’s perimeter and work benches surfaces.
Wipe down all painted surfaces on machine.
Daily maintenance of machines and equipment; oiling, greasing, adding water, cleaning, blowing, spraying, adjusting, etc.
Apply company standards to be an effective Machine Operator Assistant. Such as color codes and decimal reading for gauge identification, product package standards, basic visual and measurable quality control standards. Basic inventory control standards.
Safely stack product as it exits machine by company pallets standard.
Apply all the necessary packaging requirements: writing pallet description on exterior of pallets, apply the necessary pallet stickers, spray paint gauge colors on pallet edges, safely operate banding machines to secure strapping and wood blocks to pallets.
Effectively read a tape measure and apply to the following: measure all products lengths, widths, heights, etc., for quality control purposes.
Measure slit coils widths, ID, OD, for proper identification for weight calculations.
Measure tooling roll spacers, knives, etc. for setups/ changeovers assistance.
Maintain the necessary production supplies needed at the machine or workstation, as to not run out and cause possible inefficiencies.
Work on the inline welding process, including spinning the uncoiler turn-stile for coil strip alignment, shearing off strip ends for squareness, clamping strips in position for welding, selecting proper ranges for weld qualities.
Work at assigned workstations. Requiring the use of hand tools, screw guns, paint rollers, shop vacuums, razor knives, hammer, pressurized air, carts, dollies, brooms, mops rags, spray bottles, etc.
Regular attendance, punctuality and ability to work overtime as needed.
Other projects may be assigned as needed.