Forge Process Technician — Setup, Inspect & Uptime

Bharat Forge PMT Technologie LLC; Surgoinsville (TN); On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Paylocity in Surgoinsville, TN is seeking a Forge Process Technician to set up a forge press for a variety of forgings and to inspect both visually and dimensionally against customer specifications. You will aim to achieve forge uptime, quality, minimize rework and scrap as directed by the Forging Manager.

Responsibilities include receiving work instructions, following safety and SOPs, reading forging blueprints, ensuring tools and work areas are clean, training workforce to follow procedures,

Qualifications

• Reads forging blueprints and customer specifications.
• Follows safety procedures and SOPs.
• Works from forge shop supervisor instructions.
• Ensures training and enforcement of procedures and safety rules.

Responsibilities

• Set up forge press to produce a variety of forgings.
• Visually and dimensionally inspect forgings for conformance to specifications.
• Aim for forge uptime, quality, and controlled rework and scrap as directed by the Forging Manager.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Safety procedures

SOP adherence

Attention to detail

Quality inspection

Customer specifications

Tools

SPC (Statistical Process Control)

Job description

Description

Setup forge press to produce a variety of forgings. Visually and dimensionally inspect forgings for conformance to required customer specifications and requirements. Achieve forge uptime, quality, rework, and scrap targets that are set by the Forging Manager.

Requirements

• Receives instructions and work assignments from forge shop supervisor.
• Follows safety procedures.
• Follows work procedures and SOP’s.
• Follows work instructions.
• Follows control plans.
• Reads and interprets forging blueprints and written customer specifications.
• Pre-production approval to be signed off by Forge Process Technician and Quality Inspector.
• Ensures equipment and work areas are clean and orderly condition at all times.
• Train, insure, and enforce that workforce is following procedures, work instructions, control plans, SPC, company policies, and safety procedures.
• Review forge tools in order to direct repairs to tool shop.
• Perform minor repairs to tools.