SPACER LATHE OPERATOR - Amsted Rail Company Inc

POSITION SUMMARY

Set up, operate and monitor the Spacer Lathe cell to produce quality spacers.  Produce and verify spacers meet the customer's expectations while providing troubleshooting support to maintain equipment uptime. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.

• Measure dimensions of finished product to ensure conformance to specifications.
• Tag and segregate non-conforming parts.
• Mount, install, align, and secure tools, attachments, fixtures on machines, using hand tools and precision measuring instruments.
• Remove and replace dull cutting inserts.
•  Listen to machines during operation to detect sounds such as those made by dull cutting tools or excessive vibration and take appropriate action.
•  Understand operational sequences and dimensions of finished product.
• Perform preventative maintenance and inspection checks on lathe equipment.
• Complete all necessary forms and quality records related to production.
•  Troubleshoot part compliance and equipment problems, enlisting the assistance of leadership or maintenance as needed.
• Work with minimal supervision and consistently produce repeat parts accurately within specifications.
• Perform basic housekeeping to keep area clean and safe, including the monitoring of scrap containers.
•  Perform other duties, as assigned.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)