Saw Assistant

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Acts as a helper and back-up operator to the saw operator, performing duties such as cutting extrusions to required lengths and stacking them onto age carts.
• Cuts extrusions to their required length according to customer requirements and properly stacks them onto age carts.
• Records accurate counts of material cut and ensures all material is properly identified and dimensionally correct before transferring it to the tempering department.
• Makes measurements of the length of parts as they are placed on age carts, records these dimensions on the Daily Saw Report (QC-50), and monitors machine fluid levels.
• Ensures quality of parts before forwarding them to the next operation and reports any unsafe conditions to Supervisor/Management.
• Maintains cleanliness of his/her own work area and participates in all established company health and safety training programs, complying with all policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Experience

High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED). Previous manufacturing experience preferred.

Physical Demands

• Frequent mental and visual attention with intermittent checking.
• Specific vision abilities required including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly stands, walks, sits, kneels, crouches, or crawls.
• Regularly lifts and/or moves up to 10 pounds, frequently lifts and/or moves up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 75 pounds.
• Required to work in a hot environment.

Work Environment

• Near moving mechanical parts.
• Exposure to airborne particles and chemicals.
• Noise level is usually very loud.
• Wears safety glasses, hearing protection, and safety shoes.