Raw Material Processing Operator

Purpose/Summary: 

• Follow and maintain all safety procedures to ensure the safest possible work environment.  
• Some work assignments require special protective clothing such as face shields, aprons, and gloves. Refer to area JHA for specific PPE requirements. All areas require safety glasses and steel toe shoes.  
• Perform housekeeping and other job-related duties as assigned by supervisor.  
• Assistance may be given to other operators on proper operational procedures.  
• Employee may be required to move material within the work area.  
• Maintain acceptable attendance and report to work prepared to be productive.  

Required Qualifications:  

• High school diploma or G.E.D. Certificate. 
• Experience using a band saw and lathe.  
• Minimum of one year of forging experience in a manufacturing environment.  
• Basic understanding of CNC Lathe operation including program selection and tool wear.  
• Knowledge of Lock-out/Tag-out procedures.  

Preferred Qualifications:   

• Mechanically inclined.  
• Prioritize, schedule, and review work.  
• Effectively and safely operate a variety of assigned tools and equipment.  
• Understand and follow oral and written directions; communicate effectively both orally and in writing.  
• Work independently with little direction.  
• Ability to prioritize tasks and follow specified procedures.  
• Meet schedules/timelines and communicate abnormalities.  
• Maintain documentation/records routinely.  
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.  
• Self-motivated, detail oriented and has a positive attitude.  
• Willingness to work overtime as needed.  

Responsibilities:  

• Maintain a safe, clean and organized working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.  
• Ability to read, Interpret and work from blueprints, factory routers, work instructions, sketches and drawings, SDS sheets, and safety related information.  
• Meets compliance requirements of Pursuit Aerospace business conduct guidelines as applicable to this position.  
• Acquire and maintain necessary job knowledge and capability through on-the-job training, training programs, meetings, etc. as required for initial qualification and maintenance of necessary knowledge and skill level.  
• Ability to train other operators in proper procedures, methods and techniques.  
• Take part in audits administered by internal and external (customer) auditors as required to establish the effectiveness of training.  
• Must be capable of acceptable levels of performance after a training period. Consistently achieve target rate based on rate established for work standards.  
• Ability to prioritize in a changing environment.  
• Always maintain traceability of heat codes and billet mapping. Mark/tag material with proper heat code, and other identifying marks as required.  
• A high degree of initiative, alertness and attentiveness to personal safety, process details concerning material conditions and equipment are required.  Deviations to required parameters and procedures as well as equipment malfunction must be reported to the supervisor.  
• Ability to work and communicate both efficiently and effectively with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Production Control in production improvement, problem solving, and product testing.  
• Generate and maintain required paperwork such as logbooks, inspection records, work sheets, and various other paperwork by hand or computer as required by written procedures, Pursuit Aerospace-Cleveland, and its customers.  
• Follow verbal and written Engineering and Quality Control instruction as contained in process procedures, metal finishing sheets, blueprints, operational sketches, tool lists, and other control documents to perform the operation in a specified and quality manner.  
• Unload raw materials from semi-trucks and store material.  
• Perform basic preventative maintenance on saw equipment.  
• Cut material to the cut sketch requirements.  
• De-burr, grind, radius and chamfer billets end as necessary to achieve cut sketch requirements.  
• Intermittently use wrenches, small tongs, and powered hand tools. Periodically transport production materials (i.e. WIP, parts, tools equipment, salvage material, scrap, and waste) to the next operation or designated location throughout the facility utilizing a powered industrial truck, powered industrial walk-behind, or pallet jack.  
• During down time, a secondary job will be performed, which may result in a combination of work performed.  
• Must report to work on a regular and consistent basis and be able to work an entire shift.  

Language Skills:

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively with superiors, visitors, and contractors.

Work Environment:

The characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is moderately loud and hot due to furnace temperatures.

Physical Demands: 

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Must be able to stand, walk, sit, bend, squat, crawl, climb, and reach as needed throughout the shift.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull items weighing up to 50 pounds or more.
• Frequent exposure to moving machinery, fluctuating temperatures, humidity, and airborne dust or particles.
• Must be able to communicate effectively using speech, vision, and hearing in a noisy industrial environment.

Acknowledgement: The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.

Pursuit Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, medical condition, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or any other basis protected by law.