Aluminum Extrusion Operator – 2nd/3rd Shift

Nanshan America AAT LLC; Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Nanshan America AAT LLC is seeking an Extrusion Associate to operate and maintain extrusion presses producing aluminum profiles, bars, tubes, and shapes. The role involves setting up tooling, running automated equipment, and ensuring quality while maintaining production flow.

Responsibilities include loading billets, monitoring press performance, applying lubrication, recording process data in EPICS, and safely handling materials with a forklift when trained.

Qualifications

• Able to read measuring devices (tape measure).
• Minimum 1-2 years manufacturing experience.
• Must be able to stand all day.
• Must be able to operate forklift after training.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Lift up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate extrusion press to shape billets into bars, profiles, rods, and angles.
• Install dies, stem/ram, dummy blocks, shear blades, bolsters, and run-out separator; use overhead crane.
• Operate automated equipment by calling billet from furnace to keep production steady.
• Start ram to spread billet into container/die and push through press.
• Regulate extrusion rate to meet quality and production targets.
• Start press, manage run-out table, and operate butt shear to guide extrusion.
• Pull extrusion along conveyor to stretching table.
• Spray die with lubricant to prevent buildup between tooling.
• Record data in EPICS (crew time, billets used, items processed).
• Operate forklift to move raw or scrap material as needed.
• Stretch material to achieve specified temper and properties.
• Saw material to customer-specified length.
• Seek improvements in quality, efficiency, safety, and hygiene.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

Skills

Reading measuring devices

Teamwork

Stamina/standing for long periods

Safety awareness

Quality focus

Tools

Forklift truck

EPICS data entry

Job description

Nanshan America AAT LLC is seeking an Extrusion Associate to operate and maintain extrusion presses producing aluminum profiles, bars, tubes, and shapes. The role involves setting up tooling, running automated equipment, and ensuring quality while maintaining production flow.

Responsibilities include loading billets, monitoring press performance, applying lubrication, recording process data in EPICS, and safely handling materials with a forklift when trained.