Bead Room Ceramics Press Operator

The Company:

Pacific Aerospace & Electronics (PacAero) is seeking a Press Operator to join our Ceramics team. A successful candidate is committed to pushing the boundaries of technology, performance, and innovation. Join us and connect your career to the future!

PacAero’s core businesses include an array of electronic connectors and housings for the world’s most extreme environments. PacAero is primarily located in Wenatchee, WA with a remote manufacturing site, Bonded Metals, located in Sequim, WA. Working together, we employ proprietary technologies, best practices engineering, and specialized manufacturing techniques to produce hermetic connectors and electronic packaging that perform in the world’s most extreme environments. PacAero’s products are hard at work in medical components, such as cardiac-function devices, on key aerospace & defense programs, in space and deep below the earth's surface.

The Position:

An individual in this position will learn to manufacture ceramic preforms using proprietary materials per training and work instruction through on-the-job training. This job requires extreme attention to detail. Operators spend a large portion of their day on their feet checking samples and manually adjusting the presses. This is a highly skilled position that requires extensive training. This position is specific to day shift operation of the Pentronix Press. Work load permitting, the operator may also be trained on other press equipment or to complete other duties as assigned.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Be willing to take on challenging new tasks when needed
• You are required to work cooperatively and effectively with all employees
• Be reliable and able to work with minimal supervision
• You are required to participate in the Lead Hygiene Program, including regular blood testing
• Set up and swap out tooling sets
• Have excellent manual dexterity for making careful adjustments by touch
• Collect, measure and log frequent and regular samples and make adjustments as necessary based on logged information
• Exercise proper handling of powders and other materials
• Be willing to be cross trained in powder sifting and sorting

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• High School graduate or General Education Degree (GED Equivalent)
• Zero to 1 year of related work experience

Essential

• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Write routine reports and correspondence.
• Speak effectively before managers, supervisors or employees of organization.
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Compute rate, ratio, and percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Work with Micro Soft Outlook, Excel and Word
• Be regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently required to talk and hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Be regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• Frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals, and to be able to properly follow and use safety controls to during the course of the workday.
• The noise level in the work environment is low to moderate, but constant.
• Seek out duties to ensure you are consistently productive.

The employee is required to follow all safety procedures and use all safety equipment as appropriate for the task at hand. This includes, but is not limited to, appropriate eye protection, ear protection, respiratory protection, and proper lifting techniques.

PacAero provides equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law. If you are looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic team at a company that values its employees, please apply today! We celebrate diversity and welcome candidates of all backgrounds.

At PacAero, we strive to create an inclusive and supportive work environment, and our benefits package is a reflection of this commitment. Our benefit offerings include:

• Insurance Benefits: We provide our employees with access to a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and long-term care to ensure they can prioritize their health and well-being.
• Paid Time Off (PTO): We believe in the importance of work-life balance, so we offer generous PTO allowances that accrue with each pay period so that our employees can rest and recharge, spend time with family and friends, or pursue personal interests.
• Paid Holidays: We recognize the importance of spending time with loved ones during holidays, so our employees receive paid holidays to celebrate and enjoy these moments.
• Growth Participation Units (GPUs): We provide growth participation units (GPUs) to our employees, which represent a share of the company's growth and success. Our GPUs are issued to all employees and as we increase the value of our business, they grow in value as well. When our current private equity firms sells the company, GPUs will be paid out, with all employees sharing in the profits from the sale.
• 401(k) Matching: We offer up to 4% 401(k) matching to help our employees save for their future.
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurances: We want to ensure that our employees are protected in case of unexpected circumstances, and provide short-term & long-term disability insurances, entirely employer paid.
• Tuition Reimbursement: We believe in continuous learning and development and offer tuition reimbursement to support our employees' educational goals.
• Additional Perks: Our employees enjoy a range of additional benefits such as dependable work schedules, overtime opportunities, term life & AD&D insurance, corporate gym membership discounts, and more.

Due to ITAR Requirements, all PacAero employees must be classified as US Persons and are required to show proof upon hire. *U.S. Person as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.15 of the ITAR: U.S. Person means a person who is a lawful permanent resident as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). It also means any corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other entity, organization or group that is incorporated to do business in the United States.