We are currently seeking a

1st shift AUTOMATED PRESS OPERATOR

for a Sidney, OH manufacturing company 

Job Summary:

Responsible for the operation of the Automated/Robotic Press (Bumper) work cell. This includes die setting, safety, quality, productivity, and customer service internal and external.

Job Responsibilities:

· Coordinate multiple press operations.

· Control operation through complex automation systems.

· Produce daily job assignment using WMS.

· Responsible for all set up, including loading of coil, leveler adjustment, and die alignment for 90 to 1600 ton press.

· Operate tow motor for die changeover, pre-staging of product, etc.

· Be responsible for quality parts, dimensional plus visual.

· Ensure that job and set up is run according to Process Data Sheets (PDS) and/or Documentation Management System (DMS) procedures.

· Follow all of the safety procedures: Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Equipment Safety Analysis (ESA), and Area Safety Analysis (ASA).

· Ensure that job is run in environmental compliance after instructions from supervisor/environmental group.

· Communicate with shift supervisor, tooling engineers, quality engineers and other work cell people on opposite shift concerning production problems, quality and related information.

· Perform SPC in assigned areas.

· Monitor lube to prevent shearing of dies, part location, scrap build up and observe and report problem areas in dies to appropriate tooling personnel.

· Set dies in scheduled time frame to meet customer requirements.

· Organize tool and equipment to make die changes as efficient as possible and make sure next job is pre-staged with dies and material.

· Be capable of running your own operation, responsibility for all reporting (parts completion reports, downtime reports, etc.).

· Be able to align and secure top and bottom die sections, insure the proper operation of safety operating devices and improvise dies for special operations.

· Perform routine housekeeping in work area(s) as necessary.

· And other duties as assigned

HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS POSITION:

* 4-10'S OR 5-8'S schedule

* Monday -Friday

* $16.50/hr

* Some overtime available

* Long term employment opportunity 

Education, Skills and Experience Required:

· High school level reading and writing skills

· Mechanical aptitude, above average dexterity

· Tow motor/lift truck license required.

· Blueprint reading helpful

· Basic math — percentages, decimals (thousandths), addition, subtraction

· Knowledge of press, dies, and set up operations

· Oral and written communication skills

· Be experienced in production environment in meeting schedules and rates and be able to change over dies in the standard time.

Working Conditions:

· Be able to lift 50 pounds on a non-repetitive basis

· Have the physical strength to slide dies across the bolster plates

· Exposure to lubes, oil and grease

· Weekly and weekend overtime required

· Accountability for quality/productivity and safety goals

· Requires standing, walking and/or moving about for periods of time in excess of one (1) hour

· Requires some sort of repetitive turning and/or lifting motion to be performed

· Perform position requirements while wearing eye, ear, foot and/or other protective devices as required