Heat Treat Operator Level I-3rd shift

Precision Castparts; South Gate (CA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Shultz Steel Company is seeking a Heat Treatment Operator to oversee the heat treatment processes for open and closed die forgings and related in-house conversions, with supervision as needed.

Responsibilities include loading furnaces, verifying counts and tolerances, performing straightening, and supervising furnace startup and monitoring. Candidates should have a high school diploma or GED, or 3–5 years of related experience, with strong math and reporting skills.

Qualifications

• Read safety rules and operating/maintenance instructions.
• Write routine reports and correspondence.
• Speak effectively before management and employees.
• Perform basic arithmetic and understand rates and ratios.
• Interpret bar graphs and data.
• Follow written, oral, or diagrammed instructions.
• Solve problems with concrete variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

• Control and monitor heat treat furnaces and their limits/capabilities.
• Prepare furnace loads based on material type/quantity.
• Verify piece count, straightness and flatness before/after heat treatment.
• Perform cold and hot straightening as needed.
• Conduct hardness inspections of material.
• Oversee furnace light up and monitoring.

Skills

Read safety docs

Write reports

Public speaking

Basic math

Data interpretation

Follow instructions

Problem solving

Education

HS diploma or GED + 3–5 yrs exp

Job description

Position Summary

Oversees heat treatment of open and closed die forgings, in house conversions of ingots, billets, and rolled rings, with

Oversees heat treatment of open and closed die forgings, in house conversions of ingots, billets, and rolled rings, with minimal supervision.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Possesses thorough understanding of controlling and monitoring all heat treat furnaces as well as their limits and capabilities.
• Prepares furnace loads, dependent upon material type and quantity allowable in furnace.
• Verifies piece count and straightness and flatness of parts before and after material is heat treated.
• Performs cold and hot straightening if necessary.
• Conducts hardness inspection of material.
• Oversees furnace light up and monitoring.

Required Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before management and other Company employees.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Experience & Education

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Shultz Steel Company is an equal opportunity employer. The company's policy and practice is to provide equal employment opportunities and to assure those opportunities, without regard to age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions, gender, race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation including gender identity or gender expression, religion, (including religious dress and religious grooming), mental or physical disability, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, reproductive decision making, or any other status protected by applicable local, state or federal anti-discrimination laws.