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Industrial CNC Plasma Operator

at Sabre Industries Inc. in Texas

Responsibilities: Under the direction of the supervisor and his appointed lead person, operates the CNC Shape cutter machine with oxy-fuel and plasma torches to produce pole shaft trapezoids, base plates, and other parts.

Reads daily workloads to determine what parts and shafts are required, and prioritizes according to constraint and shipping buffers.
Determines what materials are needed, checks materials on hand, and orders any other materials needed from stores.
Instructs material handler on what material to load and/or unload, which material to return to stores, how to load table to maximize productivity.
Checks material for grade, thickness, and size.
Color-codes parts as required per routing.
Reads prints, determines tolerances, and checks parts against prints to ensure quality of parts being cut. Based on the appearance and quality of parts being produced, makes appropriate adjustments to the processes, such as travel speed, tip size, tip replacement, gas pressures, kerf compensation, torch height, and other factors as needed to produce the desired quality.
Performs all functions associated with operation of the CNC shape cutting machine. Start-up and shutdown procedures. Transfer of programs to and from the host computer, setting up the programs to produce required parts, originating programs from standard shapes, modifying programs from oxy-fuel to plasma and from plasma to oxy-fuel, adjusting kerf settings.
Understands all functions on CNC, i.e. plasma cutting tips/nozzle size and speed charts, oxy-fuel cutting tips and gas pressures, kerf settings, amperage settings, standard shapes, keyboard to computer, and appropriate instruction manuals.
Performs daily, weekly, and monthly operator preventive maintenance.
Communicates problems with CNC shape cutter or any other equipment to lead man, supervisor, and/or maintenance to ensure problem resolution.
Uses knowledge of the machine and its characteristics to assist maintenance personnel in maintaining and trouble shooting its system.
Uses and understands measuring instruments, i.e. tape measure, level, protractor, and micrometer.
Determines optimum plate utilization to minimize scrap.
Maintains housekeeping in assigned areas.
Responsible for safety and environmental issues regarding assigned area, i.e.material handling of material, crane use, vacuum lift use, cutting torch, hot parts, lifting weight limits, proper eye protection, and proper level in water table to minimize smoke generated during cutting process.

Requirements:

Prior experience operating Peddinghaus 96 a plus
Must have knowledge of basic shop mathematics, addition, subtraction, fractions and decimals
Must be able to read and write.
Must be able to or learn how to read a tape measure.
Must be able to stand 100% of scheduled shift. Lifting, pushing, prying, and dragging heavy materials.
Must be capable of bending, stooping, crawling under or over and occasional climbing. Lifting up to 50 lbs. for males and 35 lbs. for females.
Abnormal amount of heat due to the heating process.
Abnormal level of noise due to grinding, chipping, hammering, requires hearing protection (ear plugs) be worn at all times.
Must possess adequate dexterity and stamina to sustain expected production effectively.

Shift:
2nd Shift

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Published at 17-08-2011
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