Production Parts Cleaner
About The Position
The Production Parts Cleaner is responsible for cleaning and preparing manufactured components throughout the production process. The role ensures parts are free from oils, chips, residue, debris, and other contaminants before they proceed to inspection, assembly, finishing, packaging, or other manufacturing operations. The position works in a manufacturing environment and involves operating parts-cleaning equipment, performing manual cleaning, handling components carefully, and following work instructions, safety requirements, and quality procedures. The job description provides a general outline of the work and responsibilities, not an all-inclusive list. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned, at any time with or without notice.
Requirements
- Ability to follow written work instructions and safety procedures.
- Ability to identify part numbers, job travelers, and production documentation.
- Ability to work with cleaning solutions and industrial cleaning equipment.
- Ability to stand for extended periods and perform repetitive production tasks.
- Ability to safely lift and move production parts within established facility requirements.
- Must follow applicable safety procedures and use required personal protective equipment.
Nice To Haves
- High school diploma or GED.
- Previous manufacturing, production, aerospace, machine-shop, or parts-cleaning experience.
- Experience in an aerospace or precision manufacturing environment.
- Experience with parts-washing or industrial cleaning equipment.
- Experience cleaning machined metal components.
- Experience handling aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, or other precision-manufactured parts.
- Basic understanding of contamination control and foreign object debris (FOD) prevention.
Responsibilities
- Clean manufactured parts and components according to established work instructions and production requirements.
- Remove oil, coolant, metal chips, residue, dirt, and other contaminants from production parts.
- Operate approved parts-washing and cleaning equipment.
- Perform manual cleaning using brushes, wipes, compressed air, and approved cleaning solutions as required.
- Load and unload parts from cleaning equipment while preventing damage to components.
- Handle finished and precision components carefully to prevent scratches, dents, contamination, or other damage.
- Visually inspect parts after cleaning to ensure cleanliness and identify obvious defects or damage.
- Identify and route cleaned parts to the next manufacturing operation.
- Maintain accurate part identification and separation throughout the cleaning process.
- Follow applicable work instructions, safety requirements, and quality procedures.
- Handle and store cleaning chemicals and other materials in accordance with facility requirements and Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area.
- Notify supervision or Quality of damaged, contaminated, or nonconforming parts.
- Assist with other production and material-handling activities as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
