OD Operator

ARCH•Little Rock, AR

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The OD Operator is responsible for positioning and securing workpieces, selecting and mounting grinding wheels, operating grinding machinery, and verifying dimensions of ground workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications. This role may also involve dressing grinding wheels, grinding nonmetallic materials, and operating tracer attachments for contour duplication.

Requirements

Equivalent to high school education or related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
May be required to have experience with particular material, product, or precision level, or with machine of particular size, type, or trade name.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Frequently required to stand and walk.
Occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
Occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Strong attention to detail
Process Improvement

Responsibilities

Positions and secures workpiece on magnetic chuck, in holding fixture, or directly to machine table.
Selects grinding wheel, grinding speeds, and feed rates for each operation according to knowledge of metal properties and abrasives, and mounts wheel on spindle.
Moves device to dress wheel.
Moves controls and reads dials to set rotation speeds and feed rates.
Positions and tightens stops to limit table travel.
Moves controls to feed workpiece to wheel or vice versa.
Turns valve handle and directs flow of coolant against wheel and workpiece.
Verifies dimensions of ground workpiece for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments as micrometers, comparators, dial indicators, gauge blocks, and load test equipment.
May dress grinding wheel to specified profile for contour grinding, using special fixtures and tools.
May grind nonmetallic materials, such as plastics.
May operate tracer attachment to duplicate contours from templates or models.