Polisher - 3rd shift

Biomet Manufacturing, LLC•Warsaw, IN

About The Position

The Polisher performs hand polishing and buffing operations to specifications, using contact wheels, buffs, abrasive belts, greases, compounds, gauges, and measuring devices to achieve the required finish. The role includes preparing and performing setups, selecting materials according to polishing setup sheets, and carrying out finishing operations. The Polisher verifies container identification, production routers, and blueprints against part numbers; records production and job steps in the required systems and documentation; inspects parts dimensionally and cosmetically; and identifies and records product, process, or quality-system issues. The position also involves minor preventative maintenance on polishing lathes, maintaining a safe and clean work area, caring for fixtures, tooling, and gauges, and communicating quality or productivity problems to a supervisor. Nonconforming product must not be processed further until the issue is corrected.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
One year of experience polishing or buffing using a variety of metals.
Good knowledge of blueprints and math.
Intermediate knowledge of metals and materials processed through the department.
Ability to read measuring devices, micrometers, calipers, depth gauges, and rules.
Basic knowledge of polishing lathes for routine preventative maintenance.

Nice To Haves

Teamwork and customer-focus orientation.
Good interpersonal relationship skills.

Responsibilities

Perform hand polishing and buffing operations to specifications.
Prepare and perform own setups.
Select wheels, belts, compounds, and greases according to the polishing setup sheet and perform the associated finishing operations.
Confirm that container identification and the production router correspond, and that the blueprint matches the part number.
Report production in the current information system daily.
Perform minor preventative maintenance on the polishing lathe and maintain a safe, clean work area.
Communicate to the supervisor any problems affecting quality and productivity.
Take responsibility for care of fixtures, tooling, and gauges.
Inspect parts dimensionally and cosmetically during processing.
Identify and record problems relating to the product, process, and quality system, and stop further processing of nonconforming product until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition is corrected.
Record job steps in the PDR and any other information required for documentation of the product and processes.