Artazn - Plating Machine Operator

Jadex•Greeneville, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Artazn is offering direct hiring opportunities for a Plating Machine Operator due to new business. This role is responsible for starting up, maintaining, and shutting down the plating line to full operation, adhering to Standard Operating Procedures, and optimizing plating efficiencies and the quality of blanks.

Requirements

Certify to operate a forklift.
Be willing to work 8 or 12-hour shifts, evenings, nights, weekends, and overtime as needed.
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
One-year industrial experience.
Must be able, within the probationary period, to fulfill the responsibilities for starting up, maintaining, and shutting down the plating line as per assigned work Instructions.
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 other employees of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Skills to drive forklift as required.
Ability to use standard repair tools including but not limited to hammers, wrenches, sockets, nippers, tin snips, drills, and disc grinders.
Ability to properly use a calibrated caliper and micrometer.

Nice To Haves

Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs is preferred.
Industrial experience preferably in a heavy manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Monitor and maintain the plating line and process, including but not limited to solution levels, temperatures, voltage, amperage, feed pumps, pressure gauges, agitation and pumps, metering flow and other process controls.
Ascertain that all mechanical and electrical functions are operating correctly (i.e., worm gears, shoe alignment, cathode rails).
Make chemical additions; make-up chemical process tanks including cleaners, pre-dips, and plating solutions as per ISO work instructions and lab recommendations.
Perform specific maintenance functions including but not limited to changing, emptying, and refilling anode baskets as required; cleaning plating line tanks and exhaust ducts; transferring solutions; changing anode cables and baskets; cleaning washer nozzles; and handling waste.
Make up KCN mix and brightener day feed tanks.
Relieve plater helper position for breaks and lunch as needed.
Make up Pennwalt and maintain feed rate as per ISO work instructions.
Set up special coinage production runs (i.e., uncirculated, proofs, Singapore's).
Maintain a safe and clean work area.
Change and maintain filters as per ISO work instructions.
Segregate waste materials for proper waste treatment.
Perform hydrogen peroxide and carbon treatments of plating solutions as required.
Incorporate problem solving techniques regarding problems and improvements in plating quality, operating efficiencies, process control, etc. and communicate these ideas to supervision.
Pose no direct threat to the health or safety of himself/herself, of others, or to property. Defined as a significant risk of substantial harm that cannot be eliminated or reduced to an acceptable level by reasonable accommodation.
Require regular attendance to perform essential elements as contained herein between the assigned start and end times for work.
Perform such individual assignments as management may direct.
Establish and maintain effective work relationships within the department, the Corporation, and the community; and maintain the professional competence, knowledge, and skill necessary for the satisfactory performance of all assigned responsibilities.
Act as Primary Emergency Responder, completing all emergency response tasks as directed by either the Department Supervision or the Emergency Coordinator, including assessing, stopping, and repairing minor chlorine leaks, within the scope of training received.
Be successfully fit tested in the use of company supplied respiratory protection equipment (air purifying respirators and Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)) unless medically disqualified by the company physician.
Maintain freedom from any facial hair that would interfere with the fit of respiratory protective equipment during an emergency response situation.
Start, operate, and shut down Inside & Outside Waste Treatment, including emergency shutdowns.
Identify chemicals used in waste treatment process, re-stock as required.
Perform daily checks on the waste treatment process.
Clean sand beds, clarifies, and presses as needed.
Perform all other duties as assigned.