What are the responsibilities and job description for the Machinist position at The Duracell Company?
Responsibilities
Duracell is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline batteries, complemented by a portfolio of high quality, market leading specialty, rechargeable and professional batteries. Duracell’s products power numerous critical professional devices across the globe such as heart rate monitors, defibrillators, telemetry devices, smoke detectors, fire alarms, automated valves and security systems. As the leader in the professional power category, Duracell has a rich history of innovation, continuously introducing batteries that are smaller, thinner, with more energy and longer lasting than competitive brands. Since March 2016, Duracell has found its permanent home within Berkshire Hathaway (ranked #4 World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune Magazine and #3 in the Fortune 500), and will continue to focus on sustainable growth, industry-leading innovation while creating long-term value for our customers and consumers. At Duracell, integrity, end-to-end accountability across all levels, fast decision-making and a “can do” attitude is highly valued.
- Maintains a safe and clean working environment, ensures safe behavior in all actions, adheres to all established safety rules and recognizes that safety is the highest priority in the plant.
- Uses considerable independent judgement and technical knowledge to manufacture complex/unique machine parts from blueprints or rough sketches. Uses CAD/CAM software to generate CNC code necessary to produce complex parts.
- Maintains precision tolerances and required specifications. Checks and verifies the accuracy of work performed by utilizing gauges, micrometers, calipers, surface plates, hardness testers and other precision measuring instruments including computerized measuring systems.
- Sets up and operates a diverse range of machine shop equipment. Calculates feeds and speed rates, to ensure proper machinability of a wide range of materials.
- Selects proper cutters, grinding wheels, and other tools in accordance with the hardness, machinability and other properties of parts or material to be machined. Analyzes performance of tooling to prolong or increase tool life.
- Calculates and determines dimensions, tapers, and indices, exercising knowledge of shop mathematics, including but not limited to trigonometry, geometry, and algebraic functions.
- Performs heat-treating process on a variety of tool steels as necessary. Including annealing, hardening, and tempering
- Demonstrates the safe and proper welding techniques for Mig, Tig and stick welding, of cold and hot roll steels, stainless steel and aluminum, while maintaining required specifications. Uses oxygen/acetylene torches for cutting and brazing. Also uses a plasma cutter when necessary.
- Reads and interprets complex drawings and blueprints to perform machinery and assembly operations in connection with equipment to be built or assembled.
- Performs preventive and predictive maintenance on machine shop equipment as needed.
- Works with Engineering Department on machine modifications, project designs or prototype work.
- Performs other related duties as needed.
- Be 18 years of age or older.
- Have a high school diploma, GED or equivalent education.
- Operates machine shop equipment at a level normally acquired in two years of technical training beyond high school, plus three to five years of job experience. Ability to machine complex parts. Capacity to read and interpret complex drawings and blueprints, while performing complex shop mathematics calculations using decimals.
- Three to five years of progressive experience required to fully understand the overall operations of the machine shop and to be able to manufacture complex / unique machine parts from blueprints or rough sketches
- Analytical ability necessary to determine procedures and equipment necessary to manufacture complex / unique machine parts from blueprints or rough sketches. Possess an understanding of a variety of CAD/CAM software packages, used to aid in the machining process.
- Hand writes, analyzes, debugs, and interprets G-code for CNC programs.
- HAAS controls experience is a major plus.
- Ability to Design, Fabricate and Install new equipment or make modifications to existing equipment. Prototype parts from verbal instructions.
- Has a good working knowledge of AutoCad and SurfCam 3-Axis.
- Physical stamina for walking and standing up to 80 percent of work time. Ability to lift objects weighing an average of 20 to 30 pounds for 10 to 20 percent of work time and up to 50 pounds for 5 percent.
- An interpersonal skill necessary to answer questions and provides direction to other machinists.
Duracell is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline batteries, complemented by a portfolio of high quality, market leading specialty, rechargeable and professional batteries. Duracell’s products power numerous critical professional devices across the globe such as heart rate monitors, defibrillators, telemetry devices, smoke detectors, fire alarms, automated valves and security systems. As the leader in the professional power category, Duracell has a rich history of innovation, continuously introducing batteries that are smaller, thinner, with more energy and longer lasting than competitive brands. Since March 2016, Duracell has found its permanent home within Berkshire Hathaway (ranked #4 World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune Magazine and #3 in the Fortune 500), and will continue to focus on sustainable growth, industry-leading innovation while creating long-term value for our customers and consumers. At Duracell, integrity, end-to-end accountability across all levels, fast decision-making and a “can do” attitude is highly valued.
