Summary
Grinds, sands, cleans or polishes objects or parts to correct defects or to prepare surfaces for further finishes using power tools. Breaks excess gating and risers from castings as they pass by on the shaker pan. Verifies the quality of finished workpieces by inspecting them, comparing to templates, measuring their dimensions, or testing them in working machinery. Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds for the duration of the shift. Assists in other mold line duties as assigned.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- 1st Responsibility - Ensuring personal safety and the safety of your team members.
- Assists supervisors and managers in maintaining a safe and healthy work environment.
- Wears appropriate PPE which may include fall protection, respiratory protection, hearing protection, foot, hand, head, and eye protection.
- Uses proper lifting and ergo techniques.
- Reads work orders or receives oral instructions to determine work assignments, material, or equipment needs.
- Performs precision smoothing and grinding of iron castings to move particles of metal to produce desired product to ISO quality standards.
- Operates various high-speed grinders to finish ductile iron castings according to design specifications.
- Moves controls to adjust, start, or stop equipment during grinding and polishing processes.
- Removes completed workpieces from equipment or worktables, using hand tools, and places workpieces in containers.
- Measures and marks equipment, objects, or parts to ensure grinding and polishing standards are met.
- Maintains awareness of hot and vibrating parts.
- Inventories and records quantities of materials and finished products, requisitioning additional supplies as necessary.
- Maintains inventories of materials.
- Notifies supervisor of errors or equipment stoppage.
- Clears equipment at end of operating run and reviews schedule to determine next assignment.
- Records problems that occurred, such as downtime, and actions taken.
- Transfers equipment, objects, or parts to specified work areas, using moving devices.
- Trims, scrapes, or deburrs objects or parts, using chisels, scrapers, and other hand tools and equipment.
- Repairs and maintains equipment, objects, or parts, using hand tools.
- Files grooved, contoured, and irregular surfaces of metal objects, machine parts, to conform to templates, other parts, layouts, or blueprint specifications.
- Inspects, feels, and measures castings to ensure that surfaces and dimensions meet specifications.
- Checks quality of work in progress to pass audits while maintaining a continuous output.
- Marks defects, such as knotholes, cracks, and splits, for repair.
- Sharpens abrasive grinding tools, using machines, and hand tools.
- Loads and adjusts workpieces onto equipment worktables.
- Records product and processing data.
- Meets or exceeds hourly production rates every hour.
- Maintains cleanliness of the production area.
- Proactively promotes The McWane Way Principles.