Machine Operator I - NC

Our focus at Ellwood City Forge Group- New Castle is to create an environment of opportunity where you can grow your career. Our culture values diverse talents and the contributions of all team members. Our commitment includes competitive compensation, support for your professional growth, and a range of team member benefits that help to protect the health and welfare of our people.

What You'll Get:

1. Competitive compensation - pay range between $20.00- $22.65 plus a schedule adder of $2.60 per hour on top of your base rate.
2. Appealing Schedule- 4 on; 4 off schedule, only working 6 months out of the year, where you can spend more time at home with your family. Overtime opportunities available as well.
3. Two weeks vacation and two personal days available after 90 day probationary period.
4. Excellent 401(k) retirement plan with Employer Match and Discretionary Quarterly Basic Contributions
5. Stability- Ellwood City Forge Group has been an established industry leader for over 100 years!
6. Affordable health care, dental and vision plans offered the first of the month after you are hired
7. Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
8. Company-paid Life, AD&D, and disability benefits
9. Paid Parental Leave
10. Service Recognition Program
11. Wellness benefits including monthly wellness credits to offset the team member contribution towards monthly health care benefits
12. Fitness Center reimbursement

What You'll Need:

• A High School Diploma/GED.
• The ability to manage a very physical job including heavy lifting and pulling.
• A willingness to work a 24/7 rotating schedule (including 12 hour days, weekends and holidays).
• A clean criminal background investigation.
• A clean urine drug screening, performed upon offer of employment.
• Strong work ethic.
• Willingness to learn.
• Commitment to safety.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Observes all safety rules, regulations (including LOTO and CS procedures for entry into conveyor pits) and meets all safety program requirements.
2. Maintains working area in a clean, orderly and safe condition per the housekeeping policy.
3. Completes all daily duties including crane and mobile equipment safety inspections.
4. Receives instructions and necessary information from the ECFG- NC Management Team and Syteline and utilizes various production schedules and reports.
5. Verifies sizes of parts and ensures parts will meet the customer's requirements by properly performing layout operations. Completes non-conforming material reports (NCM) when necessary.
6. Loads and unloads machines with aid of overhead crane. Operates machine and material handling equipment with care to avoid damage. Utilizes a variety of below hook lifting devices as appropriate for the part/task.
7. Assumes ownership of the part once cutting begins
8. Sets up and operates machines to perform required operations. Selects, installs and changes tooling as required to maintain cut quality.
9. Sets up and operate saw/lathe/mill/core tester, etc. selecting proper feeds and speeds. For mills, adjusts speeds and feeds in accordance with the milling calculator to maximize chip removal rate and carbide life. Adjusts saw feeds and speeds per the charts and as per the procedure for blade 'break-in'. Maintains spare cutter(s) ready to install.
10. On saws, ensures all blade guards are in place, blade guides in proper position, coolant is directed at the proper locations, path of saw blade is clear of chips, and chip brushes are in proper place and functioning. Changes saw blades when necessary.
11. Ensures saw coolant reservoir level is adequate and prepares premixed tote at the end of their rotation.
12. Sets up, selects tooling and operates test equipment as necessary.
13. Procures core samples for tensile, impact, grain size, and other tests required by the Customer. This includes longitudinal and transverse tests as required.
14. Performs preliminary Equi-tip tests and final Brinell hardness tests as required.
15. Performs final dimensional inspection of product and completes dimensional sketch as required.
16. Performs final saw cuts to length tolerance.
17. Checks and verifies, and maintains identification on all material handled by stamping or marking with necessary numbers, etc.
18. Enters all required data into Syteline including as-received sizes, final sizes, weights, test data, and saw blade information.
19. Enters accurate delay reason codes and production and delay times.
20. Keeps up with evacuation of chips and turnings to prevent 're-cutting' of chips, damage to equipment, and overloading of conveyors. Removes cuttings, turnings, etc. as necessary to scrap area.
21. Grinds all sharp corners.
22. Moves/transports parts to next area of operation in a timely manner to maintain flow, including unloading transfer buggies and staging parts at the milling CCR's.
23. Maintains necessary work center supplies, tooling, etc.
24. Lubricates equipment and performs all operator PM's at scheduled frequencies.
25. Enters RWO's in MP2 to report equipment issues, safety hazards, etc., and if broke down, notifies the supervisor immediately.
26. Reports all damage on a damage report.
27. Perform work in accordance with ECFG's ISO 9001 Quality Management System.
28. At times the employee may be required to perform testing in accordance with ISO 17025, NADCAP or other Standards. During testing the employee is considered to be a part of Quality and shall not be pressured by outside influences.

Ellwood City Forge Group, who for over 100 years, has pushed the boundaries of precision manufacturing and engineering to make us a leader in open-die forging, rough machining, and heat treating; we will continue to do so long into the future. Our products are used in the most demanding applications-from high performance machine components to nuclear submarines. With state-of-the-art equipment, our engineering and technical teams solve some of the biggest challenges in our industry.