Grinder

Grinder Job Highlights

Company Profile

Howmet Aerospace provides advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. The Company’s primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems, titanium structural parts necessary for mission-critical performance and efficiency in aerospace and defense applications, and forged wheels for commercial transportation.

Job Profile

The company is searching for a Grinder who will utilize a large swing grinder or small hand grinder to condition parts for defect removal.

Grinds and smoothens surfaces of parts, prior to finishing operations.

Educational Qualification

• High School Diploma or Equivalent

Work Experience

• 6-12 Months related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Duties/Responsibilities

• Examines and feels the surface of work piece for defects.
• Maintains a safe and organized workstation and follows all company policies, safety, and procedures.
• Polishes ground areas with finer abrasive to produce a smooth, unmarred surface.
• Removal of defects or sharp edges.
• Replaces worn abrasive disks, wheels, and belts.
• Selects grade of abrasive belt, wheel, or disk according to specifications, knowledge of abrasives, and condition of metal, and attaches to grinder.
• Starts grinder and moves it over the surface of work piece to remove scratches, laminated metal, excess weld material, and burs.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates/Licenses

• Ability to operate a forklift or other powered industrial equipment

Physical Demand

• Regularly required to stand, walk quickly, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk and hear in a loud and hot environment.
• Frequently is required to stoop, kneel, or crouch, and climb onto equipment.
• Occasionally required to sit.
• Must frequently lift or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and extreme heat.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Others

• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which requires U.S. person status. ITAR defines U.S. person as an U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e., ‘Green Card Holder’), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

Employer’s Statement

Howmet Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer.