Senior Machine Operator

Key Responsibilities

• Produces parts from raw materials in bar or flat forms, casting and forging materials, ferrous and non-ferrous metals and plastics using various machine tools, assorted hand tools, measuring devices, tool steels and carbides.
• Operates a variety of machine tools, working from blueprints, sketches, specifications and oral instructions to procure tools, jobs, and fixtures.
• Shapes and threads parts to meet manufacturing tolerances by skillfully using a variety of standard hand tools and measuring instruments successfully.
• Selects feeds and speeds for cutting operations on a wide variety of materials.
• Grinds or dresses own cutting tools, make necessary machine shop mathematical computations as well as utilize charts, tables, standard data sets, and equipment manuals for various machines.
• Completes all proper and necessary steps to set up own machine, working from blueprints and instructions to perform shaping and threading of parts to manufacturing tolerances and self-inspects parts to ensure all specifications are met before sending parts to the next downstream process.
• Performs minor repairs and adjustments to equipment as necessary.
• Follows safety policies and initiatives and is responsible for own safety, reports unsafe working conditions and hazards in a timely manner, participates in Corrective and Preventative Safety initiatives and investigations of incidents as well as maintains a clean, orderly work area, ensuring TDW safety standards are maintained.

Experience

• 3-5 years of pipeline equipment manufacturing role