A Bracing Machine Operator sets up operates and maintains specialized machinery to shape metal coils into specific profiles ensuring production quality and efficiency. Key responsibilities include installing roller dies adjusting machine settings monitoring for defects performing routine preventiv maintenance and interpreting blueprints to meet strict dimensional tolerances.
Machine Setup & Operation: Install and align roller dies (tooling) on spindles load steel/metal coils using cranes or forklifts and adjust settings for thickness speed and shear.
Production Monitoring: Run the roll-forming line ensuring continuous material feed proper lubrication and accurate cut-to-length functionality.
Quality Control: Perform first-off inspections using calipers micrometers angle gauges and tape measures to verify that finished products match blueprints and specs.
Maintenance & Troubleshooting: Perform daily preventive maintenance (cleaning oiling greasing) and troubleshoot issues like jamming roller wear or misalignment.
Safety Adherence: Strict adherence to safety protocols including machine guarding lockout/tagout (LOTO) and PPE usage.
Qualifications :
Experience: 2 years of experience in metal fabrication manufacturing or specific roll-forming machine operation.
Technical Skills: Ability to read blueprints SAP work orders navigate MES system and interpret technical drawings.
Tools: Proficiency in using hand tools (wrenches) measuring instruments (calipers gauges tape measure micrometer) and potentially overhead cranes.
Physical Strength: Capability to lift materials (often up to 50 lbs) and stand for long periods.
Education: High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
Additional Information :
What do we offer you
Quality Safety Health Environment Compliance
Every employee at stow contributes to a safe and compliant work environment. We set the example and motivate each other to work safely efficiently and in a qualitative way. stows standards policies instructions and local legislations are there to guide our decisions.
EEO
stow provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. stow prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race age color sex religion sexual orientation national origin disability genetic information pregnancy or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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