Machine Operator

Job Summary

Set up, operate, and service machines for cutting, shearing, slitting, drilling, crimping, notching, bending, or straightening metal or plastic material.

General Accountabilities

• Read work orders or production schedules to determine specifications.
• Set up, test, and adjust machines according to product specifications, using gauges and hand tools.
• Load workpieces into machines.
• Position, align, and secure workpieces against fixtures or stops on machine beds or on dies.
• Start machines, monitor their operations, and record operational data.
• Measure completed workpieces to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers, gauges, calipers, templates, or rulers.
• Examine completed workpieces for defects and sort defective pieces according to types of flaws.
• Maintain, clean, and lubricate machines.
• Comply with all OSHA a...