Set Up Technician

Position Summary: Assists machinist in performing any of following duties:

Reports To: Set Up Team Leader

Personnel: Not applicable.

Accountabilities: Ensure that shop paperwork is correct. Follow all safety practices while lifting and rigging. Maintain a clean and organized work area. Ensure machine set ups are done promptly and correctly. All SOP's and WI's must be followed.

Authorities: Not applicable.

Duties:

• Lifts, moves, clamps, and bolts dies and fixtures on machines, using hand tools.
• Study blueprints, router, or layout on work piece to determine sequence of operations and finished dimensions of work piece.
• Lift and position work piece on machine table manually or with hoist and/or lift truck, and secure it using clamps, bolts, or fixtures.
• Fill tanks and oil cups with lubricants.
• Brushes or blows dirt from dies, using air hose.
• Removes work piece and scrap from machines, using conveyor, pallets or hand truck.
• Files, grinds, or scrapes sharp edges, burrs, scales, or rust from work pieces, using portable grinder or hand tools.
• Sorts, marks, or tags finished work.
• Transports material, using jib or hoist, or signals crane operator to move material.
• Cleans machine.
• Compares work piece with straight edge or template to verify conformance to specifications.
• May place work pieces into heating furnace or preheat work pieces, using hand torch.
• May clean dies, using cleaning solution, brushes, and rag.

Job Qualification Requirements:

Educational Experience - HS Diploma or GED

Experience - Fork Truck, crane and lifting and rigging experience

Physical Demands - The employee is required to:

• stand, walk, push, pull, reach overhead, and bend to floor
• exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or
• exert 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or
• exert up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Certification Required - NA

Visual Acuity - Near acuity and accommodation are required for reading machine dial gauges, blueprints, and precision measuring instruments used in the inspection of parts and machinery.

Hearing Ability - Ability to monitor machine sounds to identify and diagnose changes in order to take appropriate action.

Working Conditions - The employee is subject to:

• high noise levels from operating machines
• physical hazards from moving equipment and production components
• breathing fumes, dust and mist
• skin exposure to oils and cutting fluids.

The employee may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws.

Attendance is an essential job function.

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