Straightener Operator

Precision Castpart; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 29,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime Opportunities

Quarterly Incentive Bonus

Job summary

Precision Castparts Corp. is seeking a Straightener Operator in Groton, CT, for a full-time, on-site role. The position focuses on hot and cold straightening of castings to tight tolerances using basic fixtures, gauges, and manual tools.

You will follow shop travelers and ensure dimensional accuracy under supervision, contributing to daily throughput objectives. The role requires basic arithmetic, measurement skills, and the ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Qualifications

• Reads shop travelers and straightening technique cards to meet dimensional requirements.

Responsibilities

• Follow customer specifications to straighten basic castings to size.
• Use fixtures and gauges to verify dimensions.
• Operate mallets, vises, and presses to adjust parts within tolerance.
• Inspect work with dial indicators and calipers for flatness, parallelism and angularity.
• Report defective parts to lead or supervisor.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Dimensional inspection

Hand tool operation

Attention to detail

Safety awareness

Tools

Go/No-Go gauges

Calipers

Micrometers

Dial indicators

Dyer gauges

Hydraulic presses

Acetylene torch

Job description

Job Description

Straightener Operator

Country United States of America

State / County Connecticut

City Groton

Division Structurals

Company Groton

Function Operations

Workplace Type On-Site

Position type Full Time

Opportunity ID 24986

Schedule Monday - Friday 7:00am to 3:30pm

Incentives Overtime Opportunities + Quarterly Incentive Bonus

Purpose

Under close supervision, performs basic hot straightening and cold bench straightening techniques to adjust less complex castings to dimensional tolerance. As a team member in a finishing work cell performs all functions as required to meet daily throughput objective while meeting product quality requirements.

Essential Job Functions

• Reads and follow shop travelers and straightening technique cards detailing customer specifications to straighten basic castings to dimensional requirements using less complex fixtures.
• Apply the use of basic fixtures and straightening dies and dimensional inspection tools such as but not limited to go / no go gages, calipers, micrometers, dyer gages, height stands, dial check indicators necessary to perform dimensional checks.
• Use mallets, vises, kick-presses and other hand and bench tools to flatten, straighten, adjust angles, and other operations as required to bring part within acceptable limits.
• Check work with dial indicators, dimensions and inter-relationships and with a high demand for flatness, parallelism and angularity of features. Exercise care in operation and handling to avoid surface damage, cracking or excessive distortion. Use acetylene torch as necessary or as directed to work specified parts (make metal malleable).
• Apply hot straightening techniques, as required, heating castings in furnace, assembling straightening tools on or around casing and operating hydraulic presses to press casting into tools.
• Detect and report defective parts or unusual conditions to lead or supervisor.
• Maintain work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition. Follow safety regulations.
• Perform other finishing functions to meet daily throughput goals such as but not limited to grit blasting, roto filing, dig out, and weld blending as assigned by lead or supervisor.
• Follow all prescribed safety procedures and wear PPE as prescribed in Hazard Assessment Form for the job.

Special Skills And Physical Requirements

• Ability to work from simple drawings with dimensional specifications and tolerances. Use scale, micrometers, and gauges. Plan and perform all required operations to straighten basic, less complex castings to close tolerances.
• Requires the use of judgment to determine and perform straightening operations on various sizes and shapes of cast parts, check work to close tolerance, avoid over stressing or cracking. Physical effort consisting of frequently lifting or moving heavy weights up to 50 pounds. Continuous mental or visual attention necessary in straightening, check, setting up and performing other related duties involving constant alertness.
• Plan and perform all required operations to straighten a wide variety of cast parts to close tolerances. Requires the use of judgment to determine and perform straightening operations on various sizes and shapes of cast parts, check work to close tolerance, avoid over stressing or cracking
• Moderate physical effort consisting of frequently lifting or moving heavy weight material
• Continuous mental or visual attention necessary in straightening, check, setting up and performing other related duties involving constant alertness and activity.

Reporting Relationships

• Reports to the finishing lead person and the finishing supervisor.

Education And Experience

• Over 6 months and up to and including 1 year
• Use ordinary arithmetic, decimals and fractions. Work from simple drawings, specifications. Use scale, micrometers, and gauges.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Pay & Benefits

For informational purposes only, the range of pay for this role is $20.75 to $31.00 US Dollar (USD) Hourly based on a variety of factors. For informational purposes only, this role is eligible to participate in the Company’s Quarterly Cash Bonus Plan, paid out at the quarterly bonus factor of 1X the Company’s bonus multiple, based on the Company’s performance in the applicable quarter. Employees will receive 80 hours paid time off every year. Employees will also receive 10 paid holidays annually, consisting of 8 fixed holidays and 2 floating holidays. Employees (and their families) are eligible to participate in the company's medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are eligible to enroll in the Company’s 401(k) plan.

National Security And Export Controls

This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To comply with those regulations, this position may require applicants to be U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required export authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Commerce.

About PCC

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.