Manufacturing Associate

ATIRichburg, SC
Onsite

About The Position

The Rotary Forge Manufacturing Associate will perform a variety of tasks in the rotary forge department and acquire skills on the shop floor through cross training and job rotations.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain workplace 5S standards
  • Participate in Standard Work sessions
  • Report all quality concerns to management
  • Follow safety rules, regulations, and procedures
  • Participate in the STOP card program
  • Assist forge operator in loading material.
  • Check billet diameter and ensure material is forged to tolerance.
  • Input billet diameter and hammer IDs used into the PMC system.
  • Verify billet logs accuracy with mill instructions.
  • Assist with hammer changes and chuck jaw gripper changes.
  • Perform daily optical pyrometer cross checks.
  • Use Oracle to start, signoff, and complete the forge operation(s).
  • Ensure the hammer die surface is maintained. Ship out hammers that need repair.
  • Perform a daily hammer inventory and maintain the inventory sheet.
  • Report product deviations using the EDDR system.
  • Ensure paperwork needed for forging is completed and up to date for the floor and the forge operator.
  • Empty forge slag hopper
  • Assist with wear plate changes when necessary.
  • Direct and check the work of the charger crane operator to ensure that the proper material is being forged and that productivity is maintained.
  • Produce material as called for in the Batch instructions.
  • Set up the machine for forging after a hammer change or maintenance.
  • Use the PMC system to reschedule work, and forge material with the proper recipe.
  • Verify that the PMC data collection system is working. The operator will communicate with the floor and generate manual logs in the event of a system outage.
  • Make adjustments as necessary to the forging schedule to meet productivity goals and time limits.
  • Report machine faults, alarms or mechanical problems to maintenance for repair.
  • Operate overhead bridge type cab-controlled crane for the lifting, transporting, and positioning of material.
  • Use cab controls to operate crane bridge, trolley, hoist, and boom to lift, transport and position ingots or billets and other products.
  • Operate service crane utilizing remote and manual controls.
  • Work with the Forge Operator to maintain productivity requirements and communicate piece identity.
  • Detect and report improper operation, defective equipment and unusual conditions to proper supervision.
  • Operate furnace controls.
  • Light furnaces.
  • Operate service crane and fork truck.
  • Use master control.
  • Stage material per T.I. OP-052 and forge schedule.
  • Coat material per forge schedule.
  • Complete furnace logs for material to be loaded into furnaces.
  • Load material in furnace per forge schedule.
  • Monitor and adjust furnaces as needed per M.I.
  • Report and enter all deviations in EDDR system.
  • Use wonder ware.
  • Use MPT billet tracking system.
  • Operate cooling bed control panel
  • Ensure material is delivered to the next operation in a timely manner.
  • Measure bar length and diameter.
  • Maintain product identity by visually inspecting all material before it moves outside.
  • Band product.
  • Operate service crane and fork truck.
  • Prepare, label and weigh scrap barrels.
  • Assist with emptying forge & saw slag hoppers.
  • Change dust hog barrels.
  • Report and enter all deviations into the EDDR system.
  • Navigate saw control panel.
  • Use master control.
  • Use Joe’s Box.
  • Check Batch status.
  • Complete necessary saw documents such as billet cutting maps and sample cards.
  • Measure bar lengths and samples.
  • Debur samples.
  • Maintain product identity.
  • Use Hilti stamp gun.
  • Operate service crane and fork truck.
  • Prepare, label and weigh scrap barrels.
  • Change saw blade and saw cut plate.
  • Empty saw slag hopper.
  • Report and enter all deviations in EDDR system.
  • Material handling.
  • Perform any other duties as required or directed by management.
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