Sandblaster - 1st Shift

Precision Castparts; New London (CT); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly cash bonus plan

80 hours PTO annually

8 paid holidays

40 hours sick time

Floating holidays

Comprehensive medical dental vision

Company-paid life insurance

401(k) with company contribution

Job summary

Precision Castparts is seeking a manufacturing worker to clean metal castings using sandblast, shot blast or chemical methods. You will follow safety rules, verify documentation, and ensure parts match paperwork.

The role requires the ability to interpret instructions, operate blasting equipment, and log production steps in the system. Responsibilities include adjusting equipment, inspecting for defects, loading materials, maintaining safe operation, and meeting production and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Requires judgment to plan, perform, and decide within standard procedures.
• Requires eye-hand coordination to operate tools with steady attention.
• Physical ability to lift up to 50 lbs and wear PPE.
• Shop math including decimals, fractions, and measurement instruments.

Responsibilities

• Adjusts equipment to obtain optimum running condition.
• Inspects parts for surface distortion and defects such as flow lines, cracks, breaks, sinks, excess flash, non-fill and porosity.
• Loads blast material of proper size and type in all machines.
• Maintains equipment in a safe manner.
• Demonstrates ability to log on main computer system, log time, and forward inventory to next operation.
• Meets all production and quality standards.
• Performs sandblast, shot blast or chemical cleaning as required.
• All other duties assigned.

Skills

Judgment and decision-making

Eye-hand coordination

Physical stamina (lift up to 50 lbs)

PPE usage

On-the-job learning

Education

6 months manufacturing experience

Job description

Compensation

$18/h - $22+/h (dependent on experience) + Quarterly Incentive Bonus + Overtime Opportunities

Department

Mid-Fin

Purpose

Under general supervision, follows established safety and operating procedures to clean metal castings in accordance with quality standards. Ensures that documentation, tooling and parts are correctly matched to paperwork.

Essential Job Functions

• Adjusts equipment to obtain optimum running condition.
• Inspects own parts for surface distortion and imperfections such as flow lines, cracks, breaks, sinks, excess flash, non-fill and porous condition.
• Loads blast material of proper size and type in all machines.
• Maintains equipment in a safe manner.
• Consistently notifies supervisor when workload is low.
• Display a willingness and interest to learn through on-the-job training.
• Know and understand all general plant and department safety rules and policies.
• Have the physical ability to perform function.
• Demonstrate the ability to recognize and communicate production problems to supervisor.
• Maintain above average production efficiency.
• Demonstrate proper procedures for signing off all department documents.
• Have necessary eye to hand coordination to perform sandblast operations to meet surface finish requirements.
• Pass a practical test which consists of at least the following steps:
  • Read and interpret paperwork instructions.
  • Know and understand sandblast cleaning equipment.
  • Demonstrate completion of at least 15 different shop numbers to specifications.
  • Load blast material of proper size in all types of machines.
• Demonstrate ability to log on main computer system, extract information, log time, enter inventory amount and forward to next operation.
• Must be able to clean all types of castings using sandblast, shot blast or chemical methods.
• Adjust nozzles and pressure properly.
• Turn dust collector on and off.
• Meets all production and quality standards.
• All other duties assigned.

Special Skills And Physical Requirements

• Requires the use of judgment to plan, perform, and make decisions within standard procedures.
• Requires eye hand visual and manual dexterity to operate tools along with continuous mental or visual attention requiring alertness.
• Physical demands to lift up to 20 lbs frequently and 50 pounds occasionally.
• Must be able to wear PPE.

Educations & Experience

• Requires the use of shop math plus decimals, fractions, formulas, specifications charts, tables, and adjustable measuring instruments requiring interpretation, preparations and posting.
• 6 months of manufacturing experience.

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in the Company’s Quarterly Cash Bonus Plan
• 80 hours of paid time off annually, 8 paid holidays, 40 hours of sick time, and 2 floating holidays
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage. Employees (and their families) are eligible to participate.
• Company-paid basic life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution.