Set Up Technician

Position Title: MACHINE SET UP

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.

Employees will operate in compliance of all recognized standards that Major Tool adheres to (such as AS9100, ISO 9000), including all supporting policies and procedures.