OD Operator

ARCH•Big Rock Township, AR

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves operating machinery to grind workpieces to precise specifications. The OD Operator will be responsible for setting up and operating grinding equipment, selecting appropriate tools and settings, and ensuring the quality of the finished product through meticulous measurement and inspection. The position requires a strong understanding of metal properties, abrasives, and precision measurement techniques.

Requirements

Equivalent to high school education or related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
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.
Work near moving mechanical parts.
Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts.
Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Nice To Haves

May be required to have experience with particular material, product, or precision level, or with machine of particular size, type, or trade name.
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.

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.