Press Brake Operator 2nd & 3rd $19.25

Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.•Defiance, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Press Brake Operator responsible for the setup, adjustment, and operation of press brake machines to perform various forming, notching, bending, and punch operations on metal. The operator will work from drawings, patterns, templates, and specifications, and will be expected to write part programs, lay out work, and verify dimensions. A key aspect of this role is the ability to determine proper dies, setups, gauges, and ram stroke adjustments for complex parts without direct work instructions, and to create work instructions once a setup is established. The position requires the use of precision measuring tools and the ability to proceed with minimal supervision.

Requirements

Ability to understand work orders and follow instructions.
Ability to understand and follow at MEC safety policies and procedures.
Ability to lift up to 40 lbs at a time.
This position involves a lot of bending, twisting and lifting.

Nice To Haves

Press Brake experience is preferred.
Mechanically inclined.

Responsibilities

Selects, Positions, and aligns dies in machine ram and bed.
Writes part programs and stores in machine.
Lays out or details layout on work stock from blueprints.
Positions workpiece manually or with crane.
Starts machine to lower ram or depresses pedal to activate ram that bends or cuts metal.
Verifies dimensions of workpiece and make adjustments if necessary.
Determines proper dies, setups of dies, setup of gauges, and adjustment of ram stroke to form all types of parts to proper angle and length without the use of work instruction.
Determines forming sequence of multiple hit parts without the use of work instruction.
Capable of writing work instruction once part setup has been established.
Use vernier, protractor, indicator, radii gauges, etc.
Proceed with minimum supervision and instruction.