Plasma Operator

Hayes Manufacturing•Pineville, LA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Plasma Operator is responsible for the burning of steel plates on the Plasma Cutting Machine and for operating the equipment at maximum machine efficiency, generating the highest part quality. This role involves the efficient operation of numerically controlled cutting machines, maximizing material utilization, and ensuring quality and customer expectations are met. The operator will confirm order requirements, enhance customer satisfaction through product quality improvements, and perform First Article inspections. Additionally, the role includes assisting in process flow and delivery by managing scrap and debris, operating overhead cranes and forklifts, performing predictive maintenance, and ensuring a safe work environment. The operator will also be responsible for filling out production reports and maintaining a clean work area.

Requirements

High school or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/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 read and interpret prints.
Understanding of material flow and routing
Must understand program editing, basic machine functions, safe operations and machine adjustments
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

Efficient operation of numerically controlled cutting machine through challenging the capabilities of the machine and maximizing the utilization of the material consumed.
Ensuring quality and customer expectations are met on every order.
Confirm order requirements are met, including the proper selection of job priority, material, gas flows, speed, and program loading.
Enhance customer satisfaction by improving product quality through validation of machine positioning, program accuracy and inspection of edge quality.
Make adjustments; edit programs, etc. to optimize production quality and efficiency.
Perform First Article inspection on all production runs to specified tolerances and dimensional check.
Perform sampling of product at designated intervals to ensure tolerances and dimensions are within specifications.
Increase process flow and delivery response by assisting in cutting scrap, removing debris.
Assisting in crane operating and part processing.
Perform regular predictive maintenance of the equipment to ensure maximum up-time.
Participate in insuring a safe work environment through best practices including promoting of all company safety policies, procedures and OSHA guidelines.
Fill out necessary forms and paperwork, including production report.
Handle material with use of overhead crane and forklift.
Keeps equipment and work area clean and orderly.
Other duties as assigned