Machine Operator - Full-time / Part-time

Machine Operator - Northwest Manufacturing Company

Adjust and correct machine set-ups to reduce thicknesses, reshape products, and eliminate product defects. Roll operation experience a must.

• Pyramid Roll, Faccin Rolls, Davi Rolls

• Monitor machine cycles and mill operation to detect jamming and to ensure that products conform to specifications.
• Examine, inspect, and measure raw materials and finished products to verify conformance to specifications.
• Read rolling orders, blueprints, and mill schedules to determine setup specifications, work sequences, product dimensions, and installation procedures.
• Manipulate controls and observe dial indicators to monitor, adjust, and regulate speeds of machine mechanisms.
• Start operation of rolling and milling machines to flatten, temper, form, and reduce sheet metal sections and to produce steel strips.
• Set distance points between rolls, guides, meters, and stops, according to specifications.
• Thread or feed sheets or rods through rolling mechanisms, or start and control mechanisms that automatically feed steel into rollers.
• Position, align, and secure arbors, spindles, coils, mandrels, dies, and slitting knives.
• Direct and train other workers to change rolls, operate mill equipment, remove coils and cobbles, and band and load material.