Lovejoy Multi Machine Operator

The Timken Company; South Haven (MI); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in the motion industry as a Multi Machine Operator. This role involves setting up and operating various production machinery, ensuring quality standards, and contributing to the efficiency of industrial equipment. With opportunities for career advancement, you can make an immediate impact and grow within a global team.

Qualifications

• Ability to stand for long periods of time.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Sets up and operates production machinery.
• Reads blueprints or job orders for product specifications.
• Maintains quality standards, checking and recording dimensions.

Skills

Basic blue print reading

Ability to read/write in English

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Lovejoy, a company within the Timken family of brands, is hiring Multi Machine Operators.

What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.

A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

The Multi Machine Operator is responsible for the set up and operation of equipment involved in performing operations such as Sawing, Broaching, Stamping, Drill and Tap on items similar in nature, but varying in size by performing the following duties:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Sets-up and operates production machinery, and other items similar in nature.
• Reads blueprint or job order for product specifications such as dimensions and tolerances, and tooling instructions such as fixtures, feed rates, cutting speeds, and determines sequence of operations
• Selects, positions, and secures tool in tool holder (chuck, collet or tool post),
• Positions and secures work piece in holding device, machine table, chuck, centers or fixtures.
• Moves controls to position tool and work piece in relations to each other, and set specified feeds, speeds and depth of cut.
• Changes holding fixtures, tools, and tool holders. Sets up fixture or feeding device, starts machine, and turns handwheel to feed tool to work piece or vice versa, and engages feed.
• Adjusts speeds and feeds
• Changes dull or broken tooling
• Load and unload parts from machinery.
• Turns valve handle to direct flow of coolant or cutting oil against tool and work piece.
• Replenish coolant reservoir
• Observes operation of machine and verifies conformance of machined work piece to specifications. Maintains quality standards, checking and recording dimension and or specifications as needed; notify supervisor of any defective product or processes.
• Moves materials, parts, tool and containers.
• Notifies supervisor regarding difficulties with tool and materials or malfunctions of equipment.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs
• Basic blue print reading
• Ability to read/write in English
• High school diploma or GED
• Authorized to work in the US without sponsorshi

Physical Requirements:

• 95% of the time on feet and running multiple machines
• Ability to lift up to 25lbs
• Ability to lift over 50lbs with proper lifting devices
• Repetitive movement such as twisting/bending, hand gripping is required

This position may require access to United States export controlled technical data (“CTD”) and hardware under the Departments of US State (ITAR) and/or Commerce (EAR). Eligible candidates are; US Citizens, Green Card holders, Asylees or others eligible to receive US export license authorizations. Candidate must be authorized to work in the US.

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.