Plating Operator Level 1

Job Description

Plating Operator | Precision Castparts

The Tone:
Precision Castparts specializes in manufacturing critical production aerospace parts, components essential for aircraft and other advanced systems. This entry-level Plating Operator role is a foundational position within the Plating department. It is crucial for ensuring that aerospace components undergo meticulous preparation and cleaning processes, directly impacting their quality, integrity, and adherence to stringent industry standards. By mastering these initial tasks, operators contribute directly to the reliability and performance of products vital to the aerospace industry, setting the stage for potential career growth within a manufacturing environment.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Location: In-person
• Team: Works closely with area leadership.
• Mission: Ensure aerospace parts are meticulously prepared and cleaned for plating, passivation, and chemical paint stripping operations.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Operational Preparation: Review and thoroughly assimilate comprehensive work instructions pertaining to racking, unracking, and cleaning operations, ensuring full understanding before proceeding with tasks.
• Part Handling & Inspection: Perform crucial receiving inspections on incoming parts, identifying and immediately reporting any damage or discrepancies, and then gathering all necessary supplies such as racks, tooling, baskets, and carts.
• Core Process Execution: Execute precise racking of production parts for subsequent plating, passivation, and chemical paint stripping operations, followed by meticulous cleaning, including degreasing, manual solvent cleaning, and verification to remove all traces of organic soils, fingerprints, dirt, and dust.
• Post-Process Treatment: Load cleaned parts into heated ovens for essential stress and H.E. bakes, and apply protective oil for corrosion prevention.
• Compliance & Workspace Management: Consistently utilize required personal protective equipment (PPE) like goggles, safety glasses, and gloves, strictly complying with all safety directives and company policies, while also maintaining a clean and organized work area, completing documentation, counting parts, and performing computer scanning.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Entry-Level individual, self-disciplined and self-motivated, possessing strong accountability skills and keen attention to detail. This role requires the ability to learn and master various tasks that are critical in supporting the Plating department’s operations, adapting to a production environment.
• Experience: Demonstrated ability and desire to be flexible and adaptable within a demanding, fast-paced, and ever-changing production environment, effectively managing multiple priorities to meet operational demands.
• Skills: Proficiency in basic mathematics, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Requires the ability to read, write, and communicate clearly in English, specifically understanding complex written procedures and instructions. Physical requirements include the ability to stand for prolonged periods with limited movement and the capacity to lift and carry up to 35 lbs. Additionally, candidates must exhibit good communication skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively as a member of a team, demonstrating strong cooperative skills.