Brake Press Operator - All Shifts, Training Included (DOE)

Dakota Bodies; Watertown (SD); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Dakota Bodies is hiring Brake Press Operators for day, night, and weekend shifts in Watertown, SD. Starting pay is $20.00 per hour, DOE, with a night differential of $2.00 per hour. The role involves setting up presses, changing dies, aligning components, and inspecting parts to ensure quality.

Candidates may have prior brake press experience; however, training is available. Lifting up to 50 pounds is required, and mechanical aptitude with reading blueprints and tape measures is important.

Qualifications

• Experience preferred but will train.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Mechanical knowledge of machines and tools, their designs, uses, repair and maintenance.
• Ability to read blueprints
• Ability to read a tape measure

Responsibilities

• Sets stops on machine bed, changes die, and adjusts components when making multiple or successive passes.
• Operates power press, power brake, apron brake, swaging machine, foot-powered press, hydraulic press, or arbor press according to specifications.
• Installs, aligns, and secures gears, holding fixtures, dies to machine bed using gauges, templates, feelers, shims, and hand tools.
• Plans sequence of operations, applying knowledge of physical properties of metal.
• Inspects workpiece for defects.
• Measures workpiece and verifies dimensions and weight using micrometer, template, straightedge, and scale.
• Selects and positions flat, block, radius, or special purpose die sets into ram and bed of machine, using hoist, crane, measuring instruments and hand tools.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Tape measure reading

Mechanical knowledge

Education

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Job description

Dakota Bodies is hiring Brake Press Operators for day, night, and weekend shifts in Watertown, SD. Starting pay is $20.00 per hour, DOE, with a night differential of $2.00 per hour. The role involves setting up presses, changing dies, aligning components, and inspecting parts to ensure quality.

Candidates may have prior brake press experience; however, training is available. Lifting up to 50 pounds is required, and mechanical aptitude with reading blueprints and tape measures is important.