Material Production Operator

Shift and Schedule Requirements

Condition of Employment:
This position is for Second Shift, with a regular schedule of 2:00PM – 10:30PM
, Saturday – Wednesday, with days off on Thursday and Friday.

As a condition of employment, the selected candidate must be available to work First Shift, Monday – Friday, for the first four (4) weeks to complete required training. Upon successful completion of training, the role will transition to the regular Second Shift schedule.

Perform material production tasks without any close supervision, using complex equipment and tools, preparing and testing of production/research samples for routine analysis. These activities primarily include the manufacturing of extruded ingot materials and secondarily including various sub steps in a supporting role for additional ingot manufacturing processes. Employee will follow written procedures and established instructions.

• Preparation and Production of Extruded Ingot Materials
  • Ingots are manufactured and delivered on time to internal and external customers by set-up and operation of ingot production steps
  • Loading and unloading of ingots from furnaces for alloying and quenching of compounded raw materials in sealed containers.
  • Heat Treatment Furnace operation for sintering and post extrusion process steps, with material prepared and heat treated with correct processing programs called out from various equipment controllers by logging in and recalling the correct program
  • Operation of Sand Blasting Cabinet to remove surface layer of material, including changing of abrasive media at regular intervals.
  • Equipment preparation including the cleaning of growth chambers and extrusion dies, with the use of power tools required.
  • Extrusion equipment operation including chamber to ram alignment and use of human machine interface controller.
  • Use of sliding table wet cutoff saw for sectioning extruded materials for post extrusion processing.
  • Consumables and supplies used in relevant ingot manufacturing steps are continuously monitored and supervisor informed for lack of such supplies to maintain sufficient levels
  • Clean up and storage of set ups to be done in a timely fashion upon completion of kits
  • Ensure tools used in processes are calibrated and sent to repair/calibration on time
• Removing, cutting, testing and grading of Ingot Materials
  • Prepare ingots and ingot samples for testing of ingot properties and performance evaluation.
  • Removal of ingots/billets from tubes and cut to correct lengths.
  • Correctly mark and label ingots per established specifications and documentations.
  • Measurement of ingot resistance properties and grade against the established specification.
  • Prepare TE material samples through FE element processing steps to plate, dice, dismount to get them ready for thermoelectric property measurement using established procedures and grade against documented specification.
• Produce and support of other ingot production
  • Cross train for preparation of Bridgman ingot compounds as required by the schedule and delivery to alloying process
  • Cross train and support sealing of quartz using Hydrogen—Oxygen torch, heat treatment and profiling aspect of Bridgman ingots when needed
  • Ingot test samples are prepared and analysis completed for material performance and evaluation
  • Prepare ingots and pack for external and internal customer shipment per established procedure
• Support of the product realization processes
  • Help R&D perform new ingot product development projects by performing some of the tasks related to the required processes
  • Train other production personnel for his/her own primary responsibilities as well as be willing to train for other processes in the area as back up personnel to run production in case of urgent needs
  • Coordinate with Maintenance group to perform accurate periodic profile verification of the ovens and document the results in formats set up by the Process Engineer
  • Provide help to ingot production supervisory to perform accurate monthly material count and inventory for reporting to production control
  • Help to stock raw material supplies from the warehouse as coordinated by the line supervisor
  • Package and…