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SUMMARY:

The Conditioning Associate will perform a variety of tasks in the conditioning department and acquire skills on the shop floor through cross training and job rotations. Associate will perform the summarized jobs listed below.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Material handling.

Auto grinder

Essential tasks:

• Operate automatic grinders to finish grind, spot s grind, and grind billet to desired shape and dimensional tolerances for superalloy and titanium billet in a variety of shapes and configurations.
• Work from mill orders and procedures to obtain specifications such as dimensions, tolerances, and other instructions to grind material to meet customer specifications.
• Maintain logs and records covering starting weights and finish weights of material ground.
• Charge worn grinding wheels as necessary or for various grits and/or grades of alloy

Band saw operator

Essential tasks:

• Operate band saw to cut variety of materials following established methods and procedures
• Operate grinder to grind a variety of material to meet requirements of procedures
• Work from mill orders and procedures to cut billets, ingots, bars, shapes and other material to specified lengths, weights, and/or cut material sample from products for metallurgical use
• Stamp or mark and identify all pieces of material following established procedures and practices

Cut-off saw operator

Essential tasks:

• Operate abrasive cut-off saws to cut a variety of high temperature alloy billets, bars, ingots and other shapes as directed to proper length and weight.
• Work from mill orders, schedules, sample requests, verbal instructions, and other data to make calculations per established methods and mark billets, bars and other shape material for cutting to specified size, length and weight.
• Change abrasive discs, maintain adequate coolant supply, remove grindings, perform and assist in maintenance, move materials to designated locations. Identify all scrap material and segregate by alloy for movement to and storage in the proper locations.

Final inspector

Essential tasks:

• Perform a variety of non-destructive testing and inspection duties on high temperature alloys following established methods and procedures.
• Maintain all required records and reports.
• Prepare inspection reports and documents in prescribed form and detail.
• Identify alloy to insure ordered specifications.
• Mark and identify defective items following accepted practices.
• Check completed items for compliance with pertinent dimensional, hardness, material coding and identification, general hardness and other specifications.
• Release accepted materials for packing.

Inspect/spot grind

Essential tasks:

• Inspect material, mark defects and flaws for grinding and remove defects with hand grinder if required.
• Weigh, band, mark, stamp, tag and identify material after re-grinding.
• Check dimensions and surface quality to meet customers' requirements.
• Ensure compliance with established grinding techniques.
• Detect and report defective material and improper operations and unusual condition to proper supervision.

Peeler operator

Essential tasks:

• Operate the peeler to peel billets and bars to the described dimensional tolerances for superalloy, steel and titanium products
• Control and adjust tools, through speeds, and other machine parameters to maintain specified precision tolerances and surface finish.
• Maintain continuous surveillance of material as it exits the peeler to detect defects, determine the cause, and correct by making machine adjustments
• Maintain various operating supplies such as: carbide inserts, bushings, etc. Necessary for the daily operations of the machine

Polisher

Essential tasks:

• Operate polisher to polish a variety of high temperature alloy billets and bars to obtain proper surface finish for ultrasonic inspection or for shipment to customers
• Work form mill orders instructions, schedules, verbal instructions, and other data to polish billets and bars per established methods
• Load and secure proper material on the polisher table
• Change polishing belts, remove swarf, perform and assist in maintenance, and move material to designated locations upon completion of the polish operation
• Detect and report defective material and improper equipment operations to supervision
• Maintain work area in a clean and orderly condition
• Follow all safety regulations

Shot blast/spot grinder

• Essential tasks:
• Operate the shot blast machine to clean a variety of materials following established procedures.
• Work from mill orders to clean billets, bars, ingots, and other shapes of material.
• Check material to be blasted to ensure heat number, alloy and size on mill traveler, tag and billet ends are the same.
• Maintain continuous surveillance of material as it exits shot blaster to determine proper cleaning.
• Inspect material, mark defects and flaws for re-grading and removal; remove defects with hard grinder if required.
• Weigh, band, mark, stamp, tag and identify material after regrinding.
• Ensure compliance with established grinding techniques.

NON-ESSENTIAL TASKS:

• Follow all safety rules and procedures.
• Perform any other duties as required or directed by management.

REQUIREMENTS:

• High School diploma or GED.
• Manufacturing experience preferred.