Location: Grand Rapids,MI, USA
**Job Title: Travel Press Operator (Per diem)**
**Location: OHIO*** Cleveland area. Long term option to go direct for Operators & Setters wishing to stay and do good work.**
**Job Description - Located in Greater Cleveland**
Set up and operate heavy-duty power presses to bend, form, stretch, and straighten a variety of products such as plates, extrusions, and structural shapes as specified by blueprints, layouts, and templates. Plan the sequence of operations by applying knowledge of materials. Perform duties required to assist in setting up and operating multiple automatic and/or multi-slide presses simultaneously for a variety of stamping products. Work from drawings, route sheets, schedules, written, and verbal instructions.
**Pay:** 33 + Per diem (days worked)
**Shifts:** 2nd and 3rd shift + Overtime
**Responsibilities**
+ Check material, load coils, adjust un-coiler and material rollers.
+ Assist with the setup of complicated progressive dies, movable / stationary forming blocks, and adjust stroke and feed as needed.
+ Use micrometers, calipers, scales, and fixed gauges to check work in process and ensure adherence to specifications.
+ Move materials in the performance of duties using a lift truck or crane as necessary. Certification training provided.
+ Install and check safety devices as needed for specific jobs.
+ Report faulty equipment, defective materials, and unusual conditions to the supervisor.
+ Observe all prescribed safety rules and regulations and maintain the work area in a neat and orderly condition.
+ Perform other related duties as assigned or directed, which may require more than the normal shift hours or work week to meet company needs.
+ Any experience with Minster or Schuler presses is relevant but not required. Presses are 100-800 ton.
**Essential Skills**
+ Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
+ Experience in machine operation, specifically as a Press Operator OR Die Setter (Progressive or Transfer).
+ Proficiency with calipers, micrometers, thread gauges, go/no-go gauges, and other measuring tools.
+ Skill in punch press operation, inspection, machine operating, production, and press brake.
+ Ability to use hand tools and tape measures.
+ Experience in blueprint reading and forklift operation.
+ Mechanically inclined.
+ 3 years of manufacturing experience with some experience operating general manufacturing machinery.
**Additional Skills & Qualifications**
+ Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment and meet operational deadlines.
+ Self-motivated with strong troubleshooting skills.
+ Analytical and problem-solving skills.
+ Physical ability to bend, squat down, and reach above your head.
+ Innovative and adaptable.
+ Dedicated to absolute integrity.
+ Focused on the customer first.
+ Respectful and team-oriented.
+ Optimistic and energizing.
**Why Work Here?**
Our company is team-oriented, big company, offering lots of opportunities for growth. We are an innovative and forward-thinking organization, dedicated to integrity and customer focus. We value our employees and offer a supportive and energizing work environment.
**Work Environment**
Must be open to working Saturdays and Sundays (Sundays are double-time if it's the 7th day worked), two weekends a month. This is primarily a stamping facility where products for the Electrical construction, HVAC, Sustainability, and steel industry are manufactured. The work environment includes the use of forklifts, heavy-duty power presses, and other machinery in a fast-paced setting. Safety is a top priority, and all prescribed safety rules and regulations must be observed. The facility has seen positive changes and offers long-term career opportunities with a stable and innovative company.
**About Aerotek:**
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.