Cold Form Operator

Stryten Manufacturing; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 22,866 - 32,567; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

401(k)

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision insurance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Stryten Manufacturing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin seeks an Operator for the Cold Form Press Lines and Extrusion Line. The successful candidate will maximize production efficiency, ensuring quality and safety standards are met.

This role requires basic mechanical skills, effective communication, and teamwork. Benefits include weekly pay, 401(k), and medical coverage. Candidates must maintain attendance and show flexibility in a dynamic production environment.

Qualifications

• Tenth grade reading and communication skills are necessary.
• Must be a well-motivated self-starter with professionalism.
• Attendance is critical to this position.
• Ability to read and understand engineering blueprints is required.
• Must have basic mechanical skills and use hand tools.

Responsibilities

• Maximizing production efficiency of the Cold Form and Extrusion production lines.
• Compliance with quality control requirements.
• Completing required production documentation.
• Training new Cold Form Operators.
• Reporting unsafe conditions to supervisors.

Skills

Reading comprehension

Teamwork and communication

Basic mechanical skills

Use of basic hand tools

Proficiency with Go/No go Gages

Flexibility and innovation readiness

Education

High school education (10th grade)

Tools

Forklift

Hand tools

Job description

Overview

Stryten Energy manufactures proprietary and custom injection molding products serving the industrial lead battery, automotive and consumer markets. Stryten Energy is expanding battery poly manufacturing and recycling output to help solve industry-wide supply constraints.

Responsible for maintaining operational readiness and maximizing the production efficiency of the Cold Form Press Lines and Extrusion Line production equipment. This will include making production parts, basic troubleshooting, and making basic repairs to the Cold Form equipment on these production lines. This position will also be responsible for maintaining the established quality standards as required by Stryten Energy and customer needs.

Openings on Days, 6:00am - 6:00pm; Schedule - 2,2,3 and Nights, 6:00pm - 6:00am; Schedule - 2,2,3.

Pay rate = $20.12 plus $1.00/hour for Night shift

• Weekly pay
• 401(k)
• Medical coverage through Anthem Blue Cross BlueShield
• Dental coverage through Cigna
• Vision - free annual exams for enrolled employees
• Paid Time Off
• Insurance Plans - Life, AD&D, STD and other optional benefits may be available

Responsibilities

• Embraces and follows the Beliefs and Values of Stryten Energy
• Embraces and follows the work and safety rules and wears all required personal protective equipment.
• Maximizing production efficiency of the Cold Form Presses and Extrusion production lines.
• Compliance with quality control requirements of all parts made on the Cold Form Press and Extrusion production lines.
• Tooling changeover of production parts made on the Extrusion production lines while minimizing downtime of the line.
• Completing all required production and quality control daily paperwork.
• Communicating with Cold Form Technicians, Cold Form Tool and Machine repair person(s), Cold Form Manufacturing Engineer, and Cold Form Manager when problems and issues with production arise.
• Communicating verbally and/or in writing with incoming or preceding personnel on status of all equipment, parts, manufacturing or quality problems.
• Training any new or backup Cold Form Operators.
• Completing preventative maintenance tasks as assigned by the Cold Form Manager.
• Reports unsafe conditions to the Supervisor for immediate action.
• The above list of responsibilities describes normal work but the Supervisor may assign this person to duties not listed when production requirements dictate or when there is not enough work in the regular classification to fill out the workday.

Qualifications

• Tenth (10) grade reading, addition, division, fractions, decimals, and communications skills.
• Must be a well‑motivated self‑starter and works well with others and without supervision showing professionalism in all areas of daily work.
• Proven satisfactory work history (attendance and performance). This must be maintained.
• Attendance is critical to this position.
• Must be able to be trained on how to read and understand engineering blueprints. (Test)
• Has to function well in a team environment and must communicate well with others.
• Willingness to take instructions and/or directions from Cold Form Technician I and/or Cold Form Technician II on operational issues.
• Must have basic mechanical skills and can use basic hand tools. (Test)
• Must be proficient and accurate using Go/No go Gages. (Test)
• Must be able to maintain efficient operation of the Cold Form Press Lines to manufacture quality parts at the standard manufacturing rate.
• Must be able to maintain efficient operation of the Extrusion and Casting Lines to manufacture quality parts at the standard manufacturing rate.
• Must be able to setup the Casting and Extrusion Lines for different production parts. This to include installation of extrusion tooling.
• Must have completed forklift driver training program.Must be able to handle large work. (25lbs. Minimum)
• Must show flexibility and readiness for innovations to move the company forward.
• Other duties that may be assigned by your supervisor.
• Must have own hand tools as determined by Manager, Cold Form.
• Qualifications must be gained six (6) months after training has begun in any skill offered.

EEO

Stryten Energy is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.