Basic Qualifications:

'         High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

'         Working experience of manufacturing environment.

A minimum of 0-3 years related industrial machine shop experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Salary: $20/hr.-$25/hr.

Position Overview:
The Progressive Die Press Machine Operator is responsible for setting up, operating, and maintaining progressive die stamping presses to produce high-quality parts according to specifications and production schedules.

Key Responsibilities:

'         Operates Komatsu and Maypresses to produce machined parts according to blueprints, router package specifications and/or special instructions.

'         Understands and uses drawings, manuals, and work instructions to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work-piece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements.

'         Starts and observes on-going machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining, and adjusts machine controls or control media as required.

'         Verifies conformance of finished work-piece to specifications.

'         Prepares and verifies production machine operations on trial run to ensure accuracy of machine settings.

'         Selects tooling and fixtures pertaining to the production operation of various types of machines.

'         Checks tooling and replaces as needed to keep machine running.

'         Inspects parts for quality and appropriate tolerance using measuring tools such as micrometers, calipers, and comparators.

'         Works within established feed and speed combinations.

'         Records the piece count and run time of the production times.

'         Verify dimensions and alignment of assembly.

'         Checks parts for conformance to specifications using micrometers, calipers and gauges and perform SPC

Recognizes and remedies minor machine malfunctioning or cutting action of tools. Major discrepancies are reported to lead or supervisor.