1st Shift - Laser Operator I

Manufacturing Company with Career Development Opportunities!

Full Time | 1st Shift | Monday - Friday | 5:00am - 1:30pm

Must be able to read exact measurements on a tape measure without assistance.

Must be able to read blueprints and schematics.

Knowledge of CNC laser operations required.

2 years of CNC operating & troubleshooting experience required.

About Us

Daifuku is the nation's leading independent, U.S.-based provider of intelligent material handling systems. With hundreds of engineers in-house, the company designs, manufactures, integrates, and installs the full spectrum of intra-logistics solutions. We provide leading-edge conveyor and sortation systems, voice and light-directed order fulfillment equipment, controls and software, robotics, mezzanines, and structures.

If you want to join a team of industry leading experts and who want to create an impact on the future of material handling solutions, we want to hear from you!

Position summary:

The laser operator produces laser cuts for fabrication processes by setting up, programming, and operating a computer numerical control (CNC) laser cutting machine in a safe, productive manner, ensuring all quality standards are met or exceeded.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Operating single or multiple CNC laser cutting machine, including loading raw material and ensuring quality by maintaining focal point adjustment, feed rate, power, and other parameters.
• Ensuring machine optics are maintained by performing tests and procedures, including tape shots, lens focusing, lens cleaning, nozzle cleaning, and replacement of any worn items.
• Labeling finished parts accurately and delivers them to designated areas.
• Monitoring laser operations to ensure machine is functioning properly and safely.
• Recording machine code errors and communicates performance issues to the supervisor.
• Using inspection tools such as micrometers, calipers, and tape measures.
• De-burring and cleans parts.
• Maintaining quality, productivity, and safety records.
• Maintaining supplies and performing regular preventive maintenance
• Maintaining departments database, prepares routine reports and files records.
• Assisting other operators with operating, inspecting, and cleaning machines and parts
• Assisting in managing team members work in completion of tasks.
• Maintaining cleanliness of work area.
• Verifying accuracy and quality.
• Performing weekly material cycle counts.
• Performing troubleshooting and reasonable repairs in accordance with safety and OSHA requirements.
• Building table slat frames and replace.
• Assisting with maintenance/outside service personnel on machine repairs.
• Inspecting for damage or defects, recording issues and notifying Supervisor.
• Operating department material handling equipment and assists in routine equipment maintenance.
• Following departmental policies, procedures and objectives, continuous improvements objectives and safety rules.
• Employees are responsible to comply with all requirements of Daifuku's QMS policies and procedures.
• Employees are to ensure sustainable process outputs that drive continuous improvement to provide leading industry performance and exceptional customer satisfaction.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• High school graduate or equivalent preferred
• Minimum of 2 years of CNC operating experience & troubleshooting
• Certificate and completion of CNC Laser operation training program experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:

• Knowledge of CNC laser-cutting operations
• Ability to read a tape measure and micrometer
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Good time management skills
• Ability to work under time constraints and meet deadlines
• Team-oriented and collaborative
• Strong organizational skills
• LOTO certification required
• Crane operation certification required
• Forklift operation certification required
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language

ADA Requirements:

• Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Visual Acuity: The worker is required to: have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.

Job Conditions:

• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.

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