Machine Operator-Nights

Job description

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: - Prepare materials for molding, welding, machining, or forging. - Set up and operate machines, such as lathes, millers, grinders, presses, drills, or auxiliary machines. - Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice bit materials. - Set up, operate, or tend furnace machines to melt materials for molds and forms. - Position, adjust, and secure stock material or workpieces against stops or in chucks, fixtures, or automatic feeding mechanisms, manually or using hoists. - Read blueprints or job orders to determine product specifications and tooling instructions and to plan operational sequences. - Observe machine operation to detect workpiece defects or machine malfunctions, adjusting machines as necessary. - Change worn machine accessories, such as cutting tools or brushes, using hand tools. - Set machine stops or guides to specified lengths as indicated by scales, rules, or templates. - Select the proper coolants and lubricants and start their flow. - Remove burrs, sharp edges, rust, or scale from workpieces, using files, hand grinders, wire brushes, or power tools. - Start machines and turn handwheels or valves to engage feeding, cooling, and lubri...