The Manufacturing Associate will perform a variety of tasks throughout the Pageland plant and acquire skills on the shop floor through cross-training and job rotations. Associate will perform the summarized jobs listed below.

• Material Handling

Furnace Operator

• Operate all anneal and leveler furnaces associated with the facility. Work from schedules, mill orders, written and verbal instructions to operate furnaces to heat material for conversion in a safe and economical manner.
• Must be capable of performing every aspect of operating furnaces such as lighting, fuel selection, minimum/maximum controllable temperature, maximum rate of rise, maximum furnace load, minimum clearance from floors and walls, etc.
• Acquire and maintain general working knowledge of the deviation limitations of particular materials and use judgment in operating furnaces, so these limitations will not be exceeded.
• Maintain all required work and material identification.Verify data collection to maintain logs, records and other paperwork that is required.
• Operate as many furnaces as required to meet the production requirements, maintaining the same degree of control and monitoring as required on each furnace.
• Responsible for staging and marking material for loading.
• Detect and report any improper operation, defective material, or unusual conditions to proper supervision.

Grinder Operator

• Operate automatic grinders to finish grind, spot grind, and grind plate to desired dimensional tolerances.
• Work from mill orders and procedures to obtain specifications such as dimensions, tolerances, and other instructions to grind material to meet customer specifications.
• Set-up and operate the grinder, grinder feed, and rotating table and auxiliary equipment.
• Set-up includes proper setting of grinder wheel speed, feed rates, and head pressure control, holding fixture, clamps and turning apparatus.
• Manually operate feeds and speeds to perform spot grinding operations.
• Maintain logs and records covering starting weights and finish weights of materialground.
• Change worn grinding wheels as necessary or for various grits and/or grades of alloy being ground.
• Detect and report improper equipment operation or defective material to supervision.

Pickling Line

• Schedules and assists with operation of pickling line to pickle, clean, coat, desensitize and/or de-copper material as required to meet specified requirements.
• Maintains operating temperatures, concentrations and levels of solutions as required per operation specifications.
• Operates valves and/or control devices to make up and maintain solutions according to specifications and to drain weak and /or dirty solution from tanks.