Tube Mill Operator

Sets up and operates aluminum tube mills by performing the following duties and responsibilities:

• Efficiently start up tube mill and all auxiliary equipment.
• Ability to monitor and adjust tube mill and all auxiliary equipment for maximum efficiency and productivity.
• Follow tube inspection procedures.
• Preventative maintenance on tube mills. Notify department supervisor when regular maintenance is necessary.
• Knowledge and use of safety and personal protective equipment required of everyone working on the tube mill.
• Cleanliness of tube mill and housekeeping of surrounding area.
• Training and ongoing evaluation of Roll-End Operator Capabilities.

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the
following competencies.

• Follows all policies and procedures as established by the company.
• Follows the direction and instruction of the management team.
• Use of Technology-Demonstrates required skills and shares expertise with others.
• Problem Solving-Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.
• Quality Management-Looks for way to improve and promote quality; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, and monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Quantity-Meets productivity standards.
• Dependability-Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.
• Observes safety and security procedures; reports potentially unsafe conditions and uses equipment and materials properly.
• Ensures attendance and punctuality by being at work on time and ensures responsibilities are covered when absent.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or GED; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively give instructions to the Roll-End Operator.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, circumference and volume.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply understanding to carry out instructions given in written or oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Physical Demands: Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to perform various job duties, and reach with hands and arms. Occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. Must lift and/or move up to 25 pounds frequently and up to 50 pounds occasionally. Specific vision abilities include close and distance visions, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Work Environment: Employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and exposed to fumes or airborne particles and risk of electrical shock. The noise level is usually loud.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to perform required quality testing procedures. These procedures may include hardness testing, measuring for length and diameter, and bend and expansion testing. Checking for straightness of tubing and weld seam strength is also required.