Combine Operator

Mueller Industries; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Mueller Industries in Kentucky seeks a Combine Operator to run a series of machines that measure, cut, and label copper tubing from stock rolls. You will inspect pieces for label placement, straightness, and diameter, and operate safety controls throughout shifts.

Responsibilities include feeding stock through saws, clearing jams, documenting hourly production, and swapping attachments with basic hand tools. Strong attention to quality and safety is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience operating automatic combine series machines.
• Ability to inspect completed pieces for label placement, straightness, and diameter.
• Ability to use hand or electric saw to cut stock and clear jams.
• Document hourly production and maintain safe work practices.

Responsibilities

• Operate push button, turn key, touch screen controls and adjust knobs for the automatic #8 Combine machines.
• Check pieces for quality: label placement, straightness, diameter.
• Use saw to cut off end of stock, feed through rollers and into exit rollers.
• Clear jams in saw/shear area, may require electric saw and hammer, follow safety limits.
• Document hourly production with paper and pencil.
• Change out saw attachments using crane and wrenches as needed (1-3 times per week).
• Place roll of barcodes in machine.
• Replace wipers.

Skills

Machine operation

Quality inspection

Safety compliance

Documentation

Tools

Pan/payoff/basket

Saw/Shear

Overhead crane

Allen wrenches

Job description

Combine Operator’s primary responsibility is to operate a series of machines that measures, cuts, and labels coiled or straight lengths of copper tubing from a large stock roll. The machines include the pan/payoff/basket, reactor arm, pre-straightener rollers, wipers, straighteners rollers, tester, metal stamp, link counter, ink stamper, saw or shear, exit rollers, blow off table, and discharge rack. The coils and straight lengths range in diameter from 1/4” to 7/8” and the length ranges from 10’ to 20’. The Operator averages completing 12 basket rolls of stock per shift. 70 to 80 percent of the finished products are straight lengths

1. Operate push button, turn key, touch screen controls and adjustment knobs to engage and disengage the automatic # 8 Combine series of machines.
2. Check completed pieces for quality including label or stamp location, straightness, and diameter of wall width. Completed pieces weigh up to seven pounds.
3. Use hand saw or electric saw to cut off end of stock roll. Then, pull end of stock roll out of basket and lead into rollers, through the saw/shear area, and then through the exit rollers.
4. Open door to saw/shear area and remove jammed or lodged pieces of copper tubing from machine. May require use of electric saw and hammer. Opening door requires up to 15 pounds of force. Moving saw requires 25 pounds of force.
5. Document hourly production with paper and pencil.
6. Change out saw attachment to sheer attachment and back approximately one to three times per week. Requires use of overhead crane to lift saw or sheer attachment and Allen wrenches to loosen and tighten bolts.
7. Place roll of barcodes in machine.
8. Replace wipers.