Machine Operator - Hot Mill Technician 2nd Shift
Skana Aluminum
- Manitowoc, WI
- $20.00-26.25 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 1st shift (5:00am-3:00pm)
- 2nd shift (3:00pm-1:00am)
- Shift Premium - $1.00 for Night Shift
- Holiday Pay available DAY 1
- BONUS - Our Company's success is shared with employees - and that may equate to one extra month of pay
- 401(k) with company match - don't leave money on the table! Invest in your future.
- Health, Dental and Vision insurances offered and available
- Uniforms provided and cleaned by company at no charge to YOU!
- Safety Shoe Reimbursement - two hundred dollars every two years
- Safety Glasses paid 100%
- Wellness reimbursement for participation
- Fundation - employee engagement opportunities throughout the year!
- Responsible for replacing Hot Mill Operator or Upcoiler for continuous operation
- Must be able to perform the duties of Hot Mill Operator, which are reducing the coils of aluminum by running them through the mill
- Must be able to perform the duties of Upcoiler, which prepare coils for finishing
- Assist with all roll changes and coolant tank cleaning
- Assist with cleaning run-out table rollers and changing felt roller pads when necessary
- Inspect coils/metal for quality defects
- Ability to keep the mill going at all times, which produces higher quality metal
- Responsible for manipulating controls to shave metal from sides of slabs
- Transport slabs from saw exit conveyor to machine bed with overhead hoist
- Adjust machine to proper settings
- Activate machine (by pressing buttons)
- Turn slab to reverse side with overhead hoist, activate machine
- Transport slab from machine bed to storage with overhead hoist
- Keep track of production and make out daily time cards
- Load slabs on saw table by operating overhead crane hoist
- Adjust saw cut to either a 36" or 42" cut & 47" slab
- Cut off top of slab, middle, and bottom
- Replace scrap box as needed
- Keep different alloys in separate boxes
- Clean up around saw at the end of each shift
- Help scalper operator when needed
- Load reheats when needed
- Starts-up and inspect all upcoiler, sheet cooler, shear motors and equipment
- Operate equipment to bring metal through sheet cooler
- Operate equipment and shear to cutback metal to proper width
- Operate equipment to coil metal to proper ID
- Band and mark coil with F.O #, Coil # and heat #
- Operate forklift to properly store coils in floor racks
- Complete shop paperwork as coils are being rolled
- Assist with all roll changes and coolant tank cleaning
- Assist with cleaning run-out table rollers and changing felt roller pads when necessary
- Inspect coils/metal for quality defects
- Notify supervisor if quality concerns are noted
- Responsible for general and preventive maintenance of Rolling Mill equipment
- Follow and improve a program of lubrication for all Rolling Mill equipment, including frequency and specific lubricant to use
- Change Hot Mill table roller pads as needed
- Oil and sand Hot Mill table rollers as needed to eliminate roller marks
- Maintain proper levels of all hydraulic fluids and Hot Mill coolants
- Investigate, adjust and make minor repairs on any one of approximately 45 automatic lubrication systems
- Change and replace any of approximately 5 Fuller's Earth filters
- Replace all remaining filter cartridges when necessary
- Maintain proper supply of lubricants and reorder when necessaryAdvocate for continuous improvement projectsWillingness to cross trainPerform miscellaneous duties as assigned