Water Jet Machine Operator

Water Jet Machine Operator
Walled Lake, MI

Specific Responsibilities:
•  Responsible for operation, loading and unloading material and parts, proving programs, operating controls, setting offsets, deburring and inspection of quality parts for conformance to requirements.
•  Ensure productions rates are met or exceeded.
•  Detects equipment malfunctions or out of tolerance machining and adjusts machine, within capabilities, controls or control media as required to insure quality of productions. Reports all machine malfunctions to Management.
•  Communicates with management, production control, quality and other shop personnel for assignments and to resolve machining or quality issues.
•  Responsible for keeping equipment and work area clean and orderly and perform basic preventative maintenance functions on equipment.
•  Suggest and implement improvements.
•  Communicates all production related items to next shift Water Jet operator or shift supervisors.
•  Completes all required safety procedures prior to and during operations.
•  May perform other duties as assigned by management.
Requirements:
•  Must possess basic math skills to include but not limited to adding, subtracting, multiplication, division, geometry and algebra for the purpose of calculating material fabrication.
•  Understanding in blue print reading/ geometric tolerance interpretation.
•  Knowledge in use of precision measuring instruments and the application of such instruments.
•  Instruments should include but not limited to calipers, ID and OD micrometers, depth gages, indicators and scales.
Qualifications and Physical Demands:
•  High School Diploma
•  Training through a qualified Skilled Trades Course
•  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
•  The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.