Finishing Technician

About the role

The finishing tech prepares all materials and parts for the necessary operations (weld, grind/polish, deburr, and media blast). Uses grinders, pneumatic sanding tools, saws, and welding machines from time to time. Performs a variety of tasks in the fabricating department.

Responsibilities

• Abrade surfaces of metal to remove any scale, paint, grease, tar, rust, and dirt.
• Prepares work surfaces with masking film, tape, and rubber.
• Reads and interprets blueprints and work orders.
• Shovels or pours abrasives into machine hopper or reclaimer.
• Performs safe loading of parts on racks, pallets, or mats inside the blast booth.
• Turns valves on equipment to regulate pressure and composition of abrasive mixture flowing through the nozzle.
• Examines finished pieces for proper conformance to specifications.
• Performs daily checks and housekeeping of blast booth and corresponding work area.
• Operates a forklift safely.
• Other duties as assigned by team lead or department manager.

Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma / Equivalency preferred
• Experience: 2-year experience in metal fabrication preferred

Core Competencies

• Basic ability to read and interpret blueprints, tape measure
• Basic ability to use computer systems
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to convey information and ideas.

Physical and Environmental Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate.
• The employee is required to wear special PPE including a helmet with compressed air when bead blasting.
• The employee is frequently required to stand, sit, kneel and crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to walk and reach and grasp with hands and arms.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.
• Work environment includes manufacturing.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.

Pre-Employment Verifications

• Must satisfactorily pass background check, and post-offer drug screen, physical and agility test prior to employment.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Marlen International (“Marlen”) maintains a drug-free workplace is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other characteristics protected by law.