Pipe Bender A

Responsibilities

• Follow or create detailed instructions or blueprints, select tooling, set up and operate the bender.
• Assist in tool design and provide tooling modifications as needed.
• Create and maintain detailed job instructions.
• Check first runs and subsequent pieces to ensure products meet company and customer specifications.
• Layout parts, compare them against blueprints or templates, and measure according to inspection reports.
• Provide quality feedback to appropriate personnel when necessary.
• Diagnose and remedy operating and tooling problems, notifying appropriate personnel as needed.
• Run all manual benders in the department.
• Maintain machines according to preventive‑maintenance schedules and manuals.
• Maintain an organized work environment based on 5‑S principles (Sort, Scrub, Standardize, Set in Order, Sustain).
• Maintain a safe working environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and experience typically include a high‑school diploma plus three to five years of experience operating bending equipment. Strong mathematics skills in geometry and trigonometry are required.

Skills

• Accurately scan labor, check labor, and provide corrections.
• Operate overhead crane, aerial lift, forklift, hand trucks, and various bending machines.
• Strong understanding of mandrel selection and positioning.
• Strong understanding of wiper selection and positioning.
• Ability to bend thin‑wall material on tight radii (e.g., 1.0‑1.5 in. radius with a wall factor of 30‑40).
• Measure accurately using rulers, tapes, height gauges, calipers, and micrometers.
• Read and write English, follow verbal and written instructions, and perform basic math including fractions and arc‑length calculations (centerline, outside of bend, developed length, vertex‑to‑tangent, etc.).
• Identify material sizes, lengths, dimensions, metal type, etc. (typically acquired after 9‑12 months of experience).
• Operate CNC, induction benders, or roll benders (usually 3‑5 years of experience).
• Follow oral and written instructions.
• Work independently and prioritize tasks.

Physical Demands

The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, talk, and hear; regularly uses hands and fingers to feel, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reaches with hands and arms. Occasionally the employee must bend, stoop, climb ladders, balance, and move about the facility. Vision requirements include close, distant, peripheral, and focus‑adjusting abilities. The Bender‑A must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 lb frequently and up to 70 lb occasionally.