Job Description

Job Description
This is a 2nd shift position.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION
Responsible for the daily operations of performing heating treatments on machined parts.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

* Prepare furnace loads, load and unload furnaces, and monitor furnace cycles.
* Verify proper parts treatment using hardness testers.
* Work with the metallurgical lab as required to verify product results and proper furnace atmospheres.
* Operate and monitor high temperature carburizing furnaces, parts washer, tempering furnaces, endothermic gas generator, and cryogenic freezer.
* Load and unload gear deburr machine and operate in a safe, efficient manner.
* Ensure operation quality of belt sand and wire brush process.
* Follow 5S guidelines for keeping department clean, organized, and safe.
* Understand and have knowledge in scheduling furnace loads to support all shifts.
* Perform weekly PM activities on furnaces, generators, washers, temper ovens, and quench tanks.
* Ability to setup/change over belt sand and wire brush machine.
* Ability to recover furnaces from major jam, power failures, chain breakages, switch malfunctions, etc.
* Monitor multiple furnaces and equipment.
* Perform minor adjustments and maintenance as needed.
* Operate and shot blast, straightening, and oil impregnation equipment.
* Understands and follows the Jackson sites environmental policy and the environmental impacts associated with their work activities.

Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
KEY COMPETENCIES AND ATTRIBUTES

* Must be able to push loaded carts loaded with up to 50 lbs
* Must exhibit safe work habits at all times
* Must be capable of following written and verbal instructions at all times including method and setup sheets, heat treat quality checklist, parts traveler, and HT process guarantee sheet
* Must be flexible and willing to work the necessary overtime in order to meet aggressive goals
* Must be able to interpret basic blueprints including hardness specs, run out and straight dimensions
* Should have experience in heat treat record tracking and filing metallurgical lab reports

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Mental alertness and adaptability to office and field area work routines. Equivalent to four years high school, with particular emphasis during high school in office skills, shop skills, or others, plus Not indicated. Or equivalent combination of education and experience.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to stand; regularly required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear; occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously exposed to extreme heat; regularly exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals; occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.