Title: Press Machine Operators Location: Chino, CA *Schedule: 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM (Mon-Fri) *

Pay: $9.00 to $9.50 per hour

Summary Responsible for operating press machines, fitting and fabricating products. Complete layout and inspection of finish product.

Primary Responsibilities

• Operate, set-up, and utilize foot press machine.
• Run bend and forming operations using standard and custom punches.
• Adjust ram and back gauge locations per process control instructions and blueprints.
• Checks height, depth and thickness using micrometers, dial indicators, calipers, gauges and other precision-measuring instruments.
• Work with tight tolerances.
• Produce parts for assembly operations.
• Meet customer specifications and delivery requirements.
• Perform spot inspections of parts.
• Perform all required routine and minor maintenance activities according to procedures.
• Complete and maintain paperwork.
• Identify assembly parts.
• Set up light gauge metal.
• Configure bend allowances for sheet metal (stainless, aluminum and regular steel).
• Check machine for defects and inform supervisor.
• Ensure machine is calibrated and cleaned.
• Read drawings and blueprints.

Job Duties

• Measure completed workpieces to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers, gauges, calipers, templates, or rulers.
• Examine completed workpieces for defects, such as chipped edges or marred surfaces and sort defective pieces according to types of flaws.
• Read work orders or production schedules to determine specifications, such as materials to be used, locations of cutting lines, or dimensions and tolerances.
• Load work pieces into machines.
• Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material.
• Set-up machines, monitor their operations, and record operational data.
• Test and adjust machine speeds or actions, according to product specifications, using gauges and hand tools.
• Install, align, and lock specified punches, dies, cutting blades, or other fixtures in rams or beds of machines, using gauges, templates, feelers, shims, and hand tools.
• Clean machines and work area.
• Position, align, and secure work pieces against fixtures or stops on machine beds or on dies.

Job Qualifications

• Preferred: 3-5 years, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands

• Occasionally required to sit.
• Occasionally required to walk.
• Occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to bend, lift or climb
• Occasionally required to lift light weights (less than 50 pounds)
• Finger dexterity required.
• Hand coordination required.
• Specific vision abilities required for this job include: close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust or focus

Work Environment

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