Heat Treat Operator

From the edges of space to the bottoms of ocean, our materials are proven to perform—and so is our team. We're hiring high performers as proven as our products to join our manufacturing facility in Cudahy, WI.

About the role

As a Heat Treat Operator, you will be an integral part of a successful team producing machined components for military, aerospace, oil/gas, and other applications. You will set up, operate, and tend heat-treating equipment such as furnaces to temper, harden, anneal, and heat-treat metal, impacting physical properties in forgings to meet customer specifications. Training will be conducted on 1st or 2nd shift; permanent shift will be determined after training.

Responsibilities

• Prepare furnace loads in accordance with detailed furnace load maps.
• Prepare and assemble load thermocouples.
• Load forgings into heat-treat furnaces and remove them after required heating using manipulators and forklifts.
• Move completed furnace loads to appropriate cooling stations.
• Set furnace temperature controls to suit material type and process.
• Monitor furnace operation and performance.
• Process forgings through quench and cool operations.
• Work from specifications, charts, and detailed work instructions.
• Generate and update required reports to document process parameters.
• Operate Brinell/Rockwell hardness testing equipment to determine forging hardness after heat treatment.
• Create move tickets after heat treatment processing is complete.

You will have opportunities for continued learning, career growth, and pay increases with successful completion of training milestones. To succeed, you must quickly learn ATI’s customers, products, processes, and procedures.

Requirements

• 1 year of experience in a transferrable industry with transferrable skills.
• Basic reading, math, and measurement comprehension; ability to read instructions and perform simple measurements is critical.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent, Vo-Tech Certificate, or associate degree in electrical, mechanical, or another related curriculum (preferred).
• Experience with AMS 2750 pyrometry standard (preferred).
• Experience with hardness testing (preferred).

Skills

• Knowledge of heat-treating practices and procedures.
• Knowledge/use of industrial heavy equipment.
• Familiarity with industrial furnaces and components.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical skills to analyze and resolve difficult problems effectively and implement long-term solutions.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi-task.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Ability to follow detailed instructions.