
Job Information
Klauber Machine & Gear Co Production Machine Operator in Pacific, Missouri
Job Purpose
This position operates machine shop and press equipment to make gear motors and components and subassemblies. This position is also responsible to read prints and use quality measurement gauges.
General Responsibilities
- Report to supervisor any material or equipment related issues
- Perform typical machine shop and press operations to support production
- Detect and report defective materials to supervisor
- Maintain a clean and organized work area
- Perform prescribed preventative maintenance on machines as required
- Must be able to perform but not limited to the following tasks: milling, turning, drilling, tapping, deburring, molding and all bench operations
- Comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures, and report any unsafe situations to supervisor, manager, or human resources
- Participate in team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals
- Perform other duties as assigned
NOTE:The proceeding examples are representative of the assignments and responsibilities performed by this position and are not intended to be all-inclusive.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES (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, skills, and ability required.)
Education
Required: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Preferred: 1+ year at Tech School for machine shop operations Experience Required: 3+ months experience in manufacturing or factory environment Preferred: 1+ years experience in manufacturing or factory environment Special Knowledge and Skills Required: Mechanical ability and desire to operate equipment
Reading and math skills sufficient to operate equipment
Equipment troubleshooting skills Preferred: Able to read prints, operate different types of gauging and operate manual machine shop equipment
Proficient using Microsoft Office Suite and basic office tools and equipment
Must have good management skills, be highly motivated to problem solve, detail oriented, and able to establish priorities. Strong organizational skills, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, customer service focus, technical capacity, as well as the ability to work well in a team environment.
Physical Demands Required: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Work with moving mechanical parts
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Very active, standing, walking, bending all day
- Occasionally kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing
- Use of hands and arms to touch, lift, and reach, etc.
- Talking and hearing for a majority of the time
- Lifting and/or exerting up to 20 lbs. of weight/force frequently and up to 50 lbs. of weight /force occasionally
- Must be capable of remembering, logical, numerical, and verbal reasoning, perceiving, problem solving, and providing output
- Frequently exposed to production floor elements such as noise, dust, fumes, odors, and heat
- Work in factory facility without climate control