Machine Operator II

Avail Infrastructure Solutions; Oshkosh (WI); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Avail Infrastructure Solutions is seeking a dedicated machine operator to join their manufacturing team. This role focuses on setting up and operating machine tools and requires commitment to quality and safety. Ideal candidates are self-motivated with technical skills in machining or fabrication, and a drive for collaborative success.

Benefits

Career Growth opportunities

Comprehensive benefits including health insurance and retirement plans

Collaborative working environment

Qualifications

• 1 to 2 years of experience required or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of general shop procedures, including safety precautions.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for setting up and operating machine tools to cut, shape, or form metal.
• Aligns parts per blueprint in preparation for welding and performs welding operations.
• Diagnoses machine tool malfunctions and makes recommendations for improved efficiency.

Skills

Analytical skills

Customer focus

Education

High School Diploma or GED preferred

Job description

Power Up Your Career
At Switchgear Systems, we have been providing customized switchgear systems for over 65 years. At our two US-based facilities, we deliver exceptional services in design, engineering, manufacturing, installation, and field service capabilities, with the proven ability to work with every breaker manufacturer.

As an Avail Infrastructure Company, we're small enough for your ideas to make an immediate impact and large enough to offer you opportunities to grow professionally at any stage of your career.

JOB SUMMARY
Start your career with our team! We value strong work ethic and character. We work hard to ensure that each of our team members has access to a supportive working environment that enables individuals to reach their potential, be productive, and work to the best of their ability.

Responsible for setting up and operates machine tools to cut, shape, or form metal to specifications. Responsible for aligning parts per blueprint in preparation for welding and for performing welding operations.


WHAT WE OFFER

• Career Growth: Opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career through hands-on experience and professional development.
• Collaborative Environment: Join a team that values innovation, teamwork, and quality.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, health insurance, retirement plans, and work-life balance.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Experience:No education required.Knowledge of general shop procedures and rules including safety precautions.Wears approved personal protective equipment such as safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, etc. HS diploma or GED preferred. 1 to 2 years of experience required,or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Skills:Works with a limited degree of supervision and may act as an informant resource for colleagues with less experience. Can be depended upon to be available for wok and to fulfill position requirements. Has basic skills in an analytical or scientific method or operational process.To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Customer Focus:Works within clearly defined standard operating procedures and/or scientific methods and adheres to quality guidelines.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Sets up, adjusts or operates basic or specialized machine tools.
• Studies sample parts, blueprints, drawings or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
• References blueprint and confers with Lead person to determine job requirements.
• Gathers necessary materials and performs layout per specifications.
• Sets up and operates fabricating machines, such as press brakes, shears, iron workers, saws, punch presses, turret presses, and rivet machines.
• Diagnoses machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
• Evaluates machining procedures and recommends changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
• Disposes of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
• Trains junior operators.

CERTIFICATES and/or LICENSES COMPETENCY SUMMARY

• Completes assignments on or ahead of schedule and accomplishes assigned work in an organized, timely manner.
• Looks for ways to improve and promote quality.
• Maintains a level of productivity that is sufficient to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Completes tasks with minimal errors.
• Reports to work on time and communicates schedule changes promptly to supervisor.
• Ability to read and understand measuring tools and equipment such as a tape measure, calipers and micrometer.
• Ability to safely operate forklifts.
• Ability and willingness to cooperate with co-workers and work as part of a production team.

The Electrical Products Group was recently purchased from Avail Infrastructure Solutions by nVent Electric plc (“nVent”) and consists of three business units, Enclosure Systems, Switchgear Systems and Bus Systems. As a part of nVent, theElectrical Products Group is a leading provider of infrastructure solutions, designed to help ensure safe and reliable electrical operations primarily in the infrastructure vertical, including power utilities and data centers.

We are more than a workforce – we are a force at work. We take pride in our craft and come together to ensure our pieces are all part of a bigger impactful picture – creating and servicing the infrastructure that powers the world!

We are an equal employment opportunity employer committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, marital status, military status, nor any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.