Heat Treat Technician: Precision Hardening & Forging

ATI; Cudahy (WI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

ATI in Wisconsin is seeking a Heat Treat Operator to join our manufacturing team. You will set up, operate, and monitor heat-treat furnaces to temper, harden, anneal, and/ or heat treat metal forgings to meet customer specs.

Training is provided with placement on 1st or 2nd shift and a permanent shift determined after completing training milestones. This role emphasizes accuracy, safety, and collaborating with a skilled team to ensure performance excellence.

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience in a transferrable industry with transferrable skills.
• Basic reading, math, and measurement comprehension.
• The ability to read instructions and perform simple measurements.

Responsibilities

• Prepare furnace loads in accordance with detailed furnace load map.
• Prepare and assemble load thermocouple.
• Load forgings into heat treat furnace and remove after required heating.
• Move completed furnace load to cooling station.
• Set furnace temperature controls to suit material and process.
• Monitor furnace operation and performance as required.
• Process forgings through quench and cool operations.
• Generate and update reports documenting process parameters.
• Operate hardness testing equipment to determine hardness after heat treatment.
• Create move tickets after processing is complete.

Skills

Heat-treating knowledge

Industrial heavy equipment

Furnaces operation

Attention to detail

Oral and written communication

Analytical problem solving

Multi-tasking

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Vo-Tech Certificate or associate degree in electrical or mechanical

Job description

ATI in Wisconsin is seeking a Heat Treat Operator to join our manufacturing team. You will set up, operate, and monitor heat-treat furnaces to temper, harden, anneal, and/ or heat treat metal forgings to meet customer specs.

Training is provided with placement on 1st or 2nd shift and a permanent shift determined after completing training milestones. This role emphasizes accuracy, safety, and collaborating with a skilled team to ensure performance excellence.