1st Shift Press Brake Operator

Job Summary

Daifuku is the nation’s leading independent, U.S.

-based provider of intelligent material handling systems. With hundreds of engineers in-house, the company designs, manufactures, integrates, and installs the full spectrum of intra-logistics solutions.

The Brake Press Operator uses press brakes and miscellaneous equipment to create, shape, and customize materials into a variety of forms dictated by Fabrication plans. Reads and interprets detailed and complex instructions to produce the desired forms.

Position:
Full Time, 1st Shift, Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 1:30pm.

• Following the Safety policy, including PPE
• Setting up and operating press brakes and other equipment on a variety of parts of all shapes and sizes
• Checking products against standards for conformance to specifications
• Following specifications in job orders, verbal instructions, and blueprints
• Observing machine operation to detect workpiece defects or machine malfunction
• Performing minor machine maintenance such as oiling machines, dies, or work pieces
• Employees are responsible to comply with all requirements of Daifuku’s QMS policies and procedures.
• Employees are to ensure sustainable process outputs that drive continuous improvement to provide leading industry performance and exceptional customer satisfaction.

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
• Minimum of 2 years of related experience

• Math skills
• Ability to read blueprints
• Knowledge of standard and metric measurements
• Knowledge of quality assurance and self-inspection techniques
• Self-motivated and detail-oriented
• Team orientation
• Crane operation certification required
• Forklift operation certification required
• LOTO certification preferred, but not required
• Availability to work on Saturdays as needed
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language

• Medium work Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Reaching Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Grasping Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Hearing Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Visual The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.

• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is subject to hazards including a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.

USD $16.00 – $21.00