What are the responsibilities and job description for the Header Operator position at Amsted Automotive?
ABOUT THE ROLE
Amsted Automotive, Cold Form & Finishing, business unit is a growing company that embraces the employee experience through driving a positive culture, respecting, and implementing your ideas and providing opportunities for career growth. As an employee-owned company, you will share in the overall financial success of the business.
If this is attractive to you, we are looking to add a Header Operator to our Munith, MI team!
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Set up and operates machine that automatically performs multi-operations.
- Performs first piece inspection of part with optical inspection equipment, or equivalent measurement equipment.
- Adjust controls to synchronize machine actions for various operations on each customized job.
- Read and understand tool layouts and part progressions.
- Will perform developmental set-ups and prototyping on new parts.
- Confer with other workers about machine setups and operational specifications.
- Shall observe operations to detect machine malfunctions and to verify that machine setups conform to specifications.
- Measure and inspect formed parts to ensure conformance to product specifications.
- Read blueprints to determine specified tolerances and sequences of operations for machine setup.
- Position and move work pieces through a series of dies that compress and shape stock to form die impressions.
- Adjust wedges & brass settings to set pressures and depths of ram strokes and to synchronize machine operations.
- Repair, maintain, and/or replace tooling when worn, broken or out of print.
- Remove tooling from machines when production runs are finished.
- Use overhead crane, forklift, and hand truck to bring and remove supplies as needed.
- Use measuring instruments to ensure and record quality information.
- Will train on first shift and then move to 2nd shift after training has been completed.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Incentive Bonus
- Medical, Vision, Dental
- Prescription Drug Plan
- 401K
- Paid Vacation & Holidays
- Short-Term Disability
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Health and Wellness Reimbursement
- Employee Recognition
- Discount Programs
WHAT ELSE YOU'LL NEED TO KNOW
- Work may require extended periods of sitting, standing, lifting, bending, stooping and performing repetitive motion tasks
- Excellent manual dexterity, ability to lift and carry up to 80 pounds frequently
- Work is performed in a manufacturing environment with continuous exposure to noise
- Must be able to work necessary overtime if required
