1st Shift Machine Operator

Waukesha · On-site

About this role

Description

Are you looking to start a fun and rewarding career in manufacturing? Then read on!

We are looking for eager to learn individuals to join our 1st shift team. We will provide the training needed to start your career. Our 1st shift runs from 7:00am- 3:30pm.

We are a unique welding job shop that specializes in friction welding or inertia welding. We are one of only a handful of North American companies that provides friction welding services. Our equipment includes over 14 friction welding machines, ranging from 4-ton to 250-tons. Our diverse customer base is comprised of companies from the construction, agricultural, pump, and automotive industries.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Operate CNC machine tools
  • Check produced part for conformance to specifications
  • Ability to follow written and/or verbal job-related instructions
  • Ability to do repetitive machining work
  • May run multiple machines simultaneously in a production cell
  • Basic math skills.
  • Must show capability to come to work every day per company expectations.
  • Report non-conforming material immediately to your Area Lead. If the Area Lead is not available, report it to the Quality Team
  • Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly work area
  • Performs other related duties as assigned

Benefits:

  • Health, Dental, Vision
  • 401K
  • Gain Sharing
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • 10 paid holidays
  • PTO
  • Life Insurance
  • Long and Short-Term Disability

Requirements

Qualified applicants will:

  • Be able to read a tape measure
  • Have the willingness to learn how to use various inspection equipment
  • Be able to covert fractions of an inch into decimals of an inch
  • Have good basic math skills
  • Be able to lift up to 30lbs on a regular basis.
  • Understand the importance of a good attendance record.

American Friction Welding provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Company at a glance

Your Single Source Friction Welding Solution

The largest full service, direct-drive, rotary friction welding shop in North America. Located in the midwest, American Friction Welding (AFW) is an ISO 9001:2008 Certified subcontract fabricator. AFW combines job shop friction welding services with CNC capabilities for finished-to-print production. With a wide range of friction welding equipment, the company accommodates industries with differing application and volume needs. Work at AFW ranges from prototypes to limited lot size production orders to large production runs. Several Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)s are served with fully automated cells running run thousands of parts per month.

AFW leverages 27 years of welding and engineering experience to offer value-added contract services, including welding analysis, application and process optimization, feasibility studies, prototyping, research and development, and in-house tooling.

From its 63,000 sq ft climate-controlled facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin AFW offers on-site warehousing, plus a complete KanBan program to deliver the right parts and the right number of parts to customers just prior to when they are needed.

Specialties
Joining Dissimilar Metals, Creating Near Net Shapes, Full Strength Penetration Weld Bonding, Save Material and Machine Time

Headquarters
115 N. Janacek Road Brookfield, WI 53045 United States

Website
http://www.teamafw.com
Industry
Machinery

Type

Privately Held

Company Size

11-50 employees

Founded
1986

Founded1986
Team Size11-50 employees
WorkspaceOn-site
IndustryMachinery Manufacturing
Location
Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States
LinkedInLinkedIn

Top Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401k
  • Gain Sharing
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Time Off
  • Life Insurance
  • Long-Term Disability
  • Short-Term Disability

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