About this role
Position Summary
Uses established processes to plate, coat and treat metal items by immersion in a series of chemical or electrolytic solutions, ensuring the required production output to meet customer demand.
Essential Functions Statement(s)
- Maintain a safe and environmentally appropriate workplace, applying good safety habits on the plating line and throughout all processes, equipment and accessories for assigned lines
- Process material through the complete cleaning, activation and plating process
- Execute and monitor the production process according to the specifications in the Traveler
- Ensure documentation is complete and ready before running a job
- Follow processes as written in the Traveler and use it to document the process parameters used during each job
- Watch for possible quality issues while processing and inform supervisor of unusual conditions in the process or material
- Scan process steps as required
- Execute the production schedule to meet customer delivery requirements
- Perform shift-transfer activities such as cleaning tanks, topping off plating tanks, cleaning the work area and communicating status
- Maintain document control
- Participate in daily metrics meetings
- Support Kaizen events and the 5S culture, and provide feedback that allows for improvements
- Work in other processes and methods as needed
- Ability to wear OSHA-regulated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at all times while plating
Skills & Abilities
Education: High School Graduate or GED: Preferred; Plating Operation Good Practices Training: Required
Experience: 0–2 years (entry level) in industrial/aerospace, plating processes or manufacturing processes
Other Requirements
- Knowledge (Basic): barrel plating; gold, nickel and copper plating; rinsing techniques; proper router filling; arithmetic skills
- Equipment (Basic): rectifier, centrifugal spin dryer
- Time management, initiative, creativity, organizational skills, ability to take direction, ability to work well with others and attention to detail; professional, confident and dependable
- Must be able to pass the pre-employment physical, drug screen and background check as required
This position requires access to EAR or ITAR controlled technologies. Applicants are required to be eligible for employment under U.S. export control laws and must meet the requirement of being a “U.S. Persons”