Needs to have setup and programming experience.

Operate Amada® and Safan Darley® press brakes and support the production team by assembling parts, operating machinery, and forming of metal products as instructed by supervisors. In addition, produce a variety of parts, all of which must meet the dimensional specifications of the mechanical engineered drawings.

Duties & Responsibilities

Daily

• Establish and operate sheet metal equipment under minimal supervision to fabricate as well as form products as per engineering drawings and parameters

• Perform loading and unloading of material by changing tools and select required machine programs

• Inspect and maintain press breaking operative equipment’s for conformance with safety requirements

• Ensure to correct issues related to safety before performing operations

• Prioritize production runs to assure customer orders are concluded on time. Maximize machine run time plus productivity

• Work from live schedule, verbal and written instruction, bills of material, routing, samples, blueprints, and control plans

• Operate fabricator, begin machine, and supervise displays plus machine operation to identify malfunction

• Set up tooling, load programs and set machine parameters to ensure optimal performance of the equipment

• Maintain and manage as well as tooling cleanliness and in good physical shape

• Inspects all manufactured parts following work in process inspection methods and ensure to accomplish engineering specifications

• Resolve quality as well as mechanical problems and repair minor issues along with equipment adjustments as required

• Work in a fast-paced environment with fast changing priorities

• Provide a great level of attention to detail and focus on the given task

• Consistently produce usable product that meets the dimensional specifications of the engineered drawings

• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Positive attitude and respect fellow employees

• Ability to perform well as a team

• Self-motivator and must be flexible to accommodate needs of your team

• Safety minded when performing task

• Ability and willingness to learn and be trained

• Outstanding attention to detail

• Must be able to work Monday-Thursday, 5:00am – 3:30pm; To meet the needs of the customer’s occasional overtime may be required. The company will try and give as much notice as possible

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED equivalent

• 2+ years set-up and operating experience, preferably with Amada® HFB-FBD or Safan Darley® equipment

• Solid background working with sheet metal

• Knowledge of tooling and tool maintenance

• Proven measurement and mathematical fraction/decimal and metric conversion skills

• Ability to read blueprints

• Ability to distinguish material types including aluminum, steel and stainless steel