Machine Operator - 1st Shift

1st shift position

Starting rate: $19/hour

Top out: $26/hour

The Machine Operator performs activities related to the coating of pipe and prepares pipe for shipment by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following: (Other duties may be assigned, including but not limited to cross training and housekeeping. Responsibilities also include attention to safety according to all safety rules.)

• Coordinates priorities for specific customer orders with Team Leader.
• Confers with department Team Leader to determine progress of work and to provide information on changes in processing methods received from production control or engineering departments.
• Maintains blasting and coating machinery by performing preventive maintenance, and reports repair or extensive maintenance requirements to Team Leader.
• Positions pipe for blasting and operates blasting control console to perform blasting operations per drawings and specifications.
• Reads customer specification and drawings to determine type of coating, position of holdbacks and other specifications for setting up pipe for coating operations.
• Safely and accurately install holdbacks and masks on pipe.
• Securely welds and removes push tabs and grinds weld flush with pipe.
• Performs quality checks on pipe to identify any areas of repair; records data and submits appropriately.
• Applies coating, per customer specifications by operating machinery and monitoring application of coating.
• Certified to perform required repairs to cement lining and coated pipe.
• Removes holdbacks and bags from pipe.
• Completes required data collection and paperwork.
• Stencils/labels pipe with appropriate information
• Performs other tasks as instructed by supervision.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1. Must be physically able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations.
2. Must be able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
3. Must be able to write routine reports and correspondence.
4. Must be able to speak effectively with supervisors and other employees.
5. Must be able to calculate add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
6. Must be able to compute ratio and percent and to interpret bar graphs.
7. Must be able to read and interpret linear measurements using tape measures and pi tapes, micrometer.
8. Must be able to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
9. Must be able to read, interpret, and carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
10. Must be able to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
11. Must be able to operate computer-controlled equipment, including reading and interpreting console indicators and gauges.
12. Must be able to read, write, and effectively communicate in English.
13. Must be able to read, understand, and interpret tape measure, pi tape, micrometer, drawings, specification boundary, and digital readouts.
14. Must be willing to rotate to different positions an departments in the manufacturing process as requested by leader.

PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS

• Painting or industrial coating experience preferred.
• Welding experience preferred.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS

• The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear.
• The employee is regularly required to stand; walk & stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands & arms & climb or balance.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Salary : $19 - $26