Sandblaster

PURPOSE

Under general supervision, follows established safety and operating procedures to clean metal castings in accordance with quality standards. Ensures that documentation, tooling and parts are correctly matched to paperwork.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Adjusts equipment to obtain optimum running condition.
• Inspects own parts for surface distortion and imperfections such as flow lines, cracks, breaks, sinks, excess flash, non-fill and porous condition.
• Loads blast material of proper size and type in all machines.
• Maintains equipment in a safe manner.
• Consistently notifies supervisor when workload is low.
• Display a willingness and interest to learn through on-the-job training.
• Know and understand all general plant and department safety rules and policies.
• Have the physical ability to perform function.
• Demonstrate the ability to recognize and communicate production problems to supervisor.
• Maintain above average production efficiency.
• Display proper procedures for signing off all department documents.
• Have necessary eye to hand coordination to perform sandblast operations to meet surface finish requirements.
• Pass a practical test which consists of at least the following steps:
• Demonstrate ability to log on main computer system, extract information, log time, enter inventory amount and forward to next operation.
• Must be able to clean all types of castings using sandblast, shot blast or chemical methods.
• Adjust nozzles and pressure properly.
• Turn dust collector on and off.
• Maintains all production and quality standards.

BENEFITS

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

Precision Castparts Corp. is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.