1st Shift - Brake Press Set-Up Operator
•6 days ago
| Verified Pay check_circle | Provided by the employer$20.00 - $25.00 per hour |
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| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
| Location | Hartford, Wisconsin |
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About this job
Position: Brake Press Set-Up Operator
Location: Hartford, WI
Shift: 1st Shift - 7:00am - 3:30pm, M-F
Pay range: $20.00 - $25.00 / hour
Job Summary:
The Brake Press Set-Up Operator involves preparing parts from metal using a press brake, a computer numeric controlled (CNC) piece of equipment that makes precision bends, punches, or cuts into metal.
Responsibilities:
- Identify why machines are not at peak performance, how to increase output and how to fix errors
- Use attention to detail to ensure precision
- Read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, and work orders to determine tooling, bend sequence, and part specifications
- Select, install, and align dies, punches, and tooling for each job
- Set up and program CNC or manual brake press controls (back gauge, tonnage, bend angles)
- Perform test bends and adjust setups to achieve required tolerances
Qualifications:
- Experience and use of press brake equipment or within a manufacturing environment
- Positive work ethic
- Aptitude for math, problem-solving and computer skills
- Accurately read a tape measure and micrometer
- Ability to interpret and apply blue prints to make parts to customer specifications
- Knowledge of simple operations in windows based computer environment; preferred in JobBOSS
- Must be able to understand and read written instructions and or directions in work related documents
- Ability to handle physical workload
- Stamina: Press brake operators often work long hour doing repetitive movements.
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