Artazn - Plating Machine Operator

ARTAZN LLC, a Jadex Inc. company, is a US-based manufacturer of zinc strip and applied zinc products. Headquartered in Greeneville, Tennessee, we are the largest North American producer of solid zinc strip and zinc-based products, and one of the largest in the world. For over a century, ARTAZN™'s craftsmen and visionaries have fueled innovative solutions and a manufacturing process centered around maximizing the transformative properties of zinc.

ARTAZN™ is one of the leading coin blank manufacturers, with 300 billion coins released into circulation, and also supplies for customers in the automotive, architectural, building, cathodic protection and specialty industries.

ARTAZN™ is committed to: always being customer first; responding to client needs with innovative, high-quality solutions that are efficient and reliable; creating value through performance.

Artazn - Plating Machine Operator

Artazn has secured new business opportunities and is excited to offer direct hiring opportunities for production operators. We provide competitive compensation starting at $20+/hour and a full line of benefits, including medical, dental, vision and life insurance upon hire, 401k with match and immediate 100% vesting, holidays, personal days, and vacation in the year of hire. To qualify, you must certify to operate a forklift, be willing to work 8 or 12-hour shifts, evenings, nights, weekends, and overtime as needed.

Job Purpose/Scope:
Responsible for start
- To start up, maintain and shutdown plating line to full operation, using Standard Operating Procedures, optimizing plating efficiencies and quality of blanks.

Job Duties /Responsibilities:

Essential Functions
1. Must monitor and maintain the plating line and process, including but not limited to solution levels, temperatures, voltage, amperage, feed pumps, pressure gauges, agitation and pumps, metering flow and other process controls.
2. Must ascertain that all mechanical and electrical functions are operating correctly (i.e., worm gears, shoe alignment, cathode rails).
3. Make chemical additions; make-up chemical process tanks including cleaners, pre-dips, and plating solutions as per ISO work instructions and lab recommendations.
4. Perform specific maintenance functions including but not limited to changing, emptying, and refilling anode baskets as required; cleaning plating line tanks and exhaust ducts; transferring solutions; changing anode cables and baskets; cleaning washer nozzles; and handling waste.
5. Make up KCN mix and brightener day feed tanks.
6. Relieve plater helper position for breaks and lunch as needed.
7. Make up Pennwalt and maintain feed rate as per ISO work instructions.
8. Must set up special coinage production runs (i.e., uncirculated, proofs, Singapore's)
9. Must maintain a safe and clean work area.
10. Changes and maintains filters as per ISO work instructions.
11. Segregates waste materials for proper waste treatment.
12. Performs hydrogen peroxide and carbon treatments of plating solutions as required.
13. Incorporates problem solving techniques regarding problems and improvements in plating quality, operating efficiencies, process control, etc. and communicates these ideas to supervision.
14. Poses no direct threat to the health or safety of himself/herself, of others, or to property. Defined as a significant risk of substantial harm that cannot be eliminated or reduced to an acceptable level by reasonable accommodation.
15. Requires regular attendance to perform essential elements as contained herein between the assigned start and end times for work.
16. Performs such individual assignments as management may direct.
17. Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department, the Corporation, and the community; and maintains the professional competence, knowledge, and skill necessary for the satisfactory performance of all assigned responsibilities.
18. Primary Emergency Responder
The employee will be responsible for completing all emergency response tasks as directed by either the Department Supervision or the Emergency Coordinator. These tasks include, but are not limited to, assessing, stopping, and repairing minor…