Mill Cutoff Operator

PTC ALLIANCE LLC • Fairbury, IL

8d • $22 - $22 • Onsite

About The Position

The Mill Cutoff Operator Group 2 assists the mill operator with mill changeovers, monitors tube quality, makes equipment adjustments, and performs basic maintenance. The role also supports inspection, documentation, and training activities to help ensure consistent product quality. Employees must follow applicable quality management and plant safety procedures while working in a manufacturing environment and understand that all employees share responsibility for product and service quality.

The work environment can be hot during summer months, with mill coolant running from tubes and cutoff. The position involves exposure to moving mechanical parts and potentially high noise levels in manufacturing areas. Employees must follow plant safety rules and personal protective equipment requirements. The position has no direct reports.

Requirements

• Complete all applicable QS/ISO procedures and plant safety procedures and policies.
• Meet the qualifications for all levels of production duties listed for the role.
• Reason through problems involving equipment adjustments.
• Have an average background in math.
• Be able to lift, push, or pull up to 100 pounds.
• Be able to walk, stand, or climb for the entire shift.
• Be able to bend, squat, and use all limbs through their full range of motion without restrictions.
• Be able to meet the position’s physical demands, including regularly standing, walking, handling objects, reaching, and talking or hearing.
• Have the vision abilities needed for the job, including close, distance, and color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

• Assist the mill operator with mill changeovers.
• Continuously monitor tube quality, including surface condition, inside-diameter flash, outside-diameter size, gauge, length, end condition, and straightness.
• Adjust or replace cutoff tooling as needed.
• Lubricate the cutoff, grease bearings, and oil gear boxes as time permits.
• Assist with eddy current setup and maintain the painting unit.
• Help the mill loader when possible.
• Keep heat numbers separate.
• Document the weld mill final inspection sheet as needed.
• Aid in training new employees.
• Clean plant areas when not directed to perform other work.
• Perform miscellaneous duties as directed.
• Follow applicable quality management system procedures, policies, work instructions, and plant safety procedures.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401K plan with company match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Referral bonus
• Annual college scholarship available for children and grandchildren of PTC employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed