Company Overview:
The BILSTEIN facility in Bowling Green, KY is the company’s first United States manufacturing operation and serves the automotive industry as well as, the saw and tooling industry with tailor-made steel grades. We have state-of-the-art technology and are a part of an internationally operating family-owned business with a 100 plus years of steel making DNA. We strive to produce a high-quality engineered product to live up to the BILSTEIN legacy.
Position: Oscillator Operator
Duties & Responsibilities
In collaboration with the Production Team Leader, the Oscillator Operator sets up, operates, maintains and monitors the oscillation of cold rolled steel to specific spools.
Specific duties include:
Operations/Quality
- Reading production schedules and work orders to plan the efficient sequence of operations, applying knowledge of physical properties of slit materials.
- Load steel coils and/or signaling crane operators to move coils to the required position.
- Positioning steel coils on the Oscillator, using crane, chain hoists or grabs.
- Threading the leading ends of metal coils from reels through the Oscillator and securing the ends on the spool.
- Operating the Oscillator and monitoring process information while the product is being slit to ensure that the product achieves the desired specifications.
- Recording data form the operator screen for Quality Assurance purposes to ensure that the steel coils have attained the specified tolerances.
- Cleaning and lubricating the Oscillator.
- Measuring completed slit coils to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers, gauges, calipers, templates, or rulers.
- Testing and adjusting Oscillator speeds, according to product specifications, using gauges and hand tools.
- Installing, aligning, and securing specified, dies, mill rolls, or other fixtures of the Oscillator, using gauges, templates, feelers, shims, and hand tools.
- Positioning, aligning, and securing guides, stops, holding blocks, or other fixtures to secure and direct the finished product, using hand tools and measuring devices.
- Adjusting controls to set the Oscillator speeds, feed rates, or table angles for specified operations.
- Identifying and replacing defective Oscillator mill rolls using hand tools.
- Changing Oscillator mill rolls with hand tools and the crane.
- Removing housings, feed tubes, tool holders, or other accessories to replace worn or broken parts, such as springs or bushings.
- Honing Oscillator mill rolls with oilstones to remove nicks.
- Selecting, cleaning, and installing Oscillator mill rolls, preparing the next set up on the production schedule.
- Placing completed steel coils on conveyors, using crane, chain hoists or grabs, or signal crane operators to transport them to subsequent stations.
- Examining the finished product to ensure that the product conforms to specifications, utilizing knowledge and experience and placing and suspect coils on hold for quality control/inspection.
- Taking samples of finished steel coils for Quality Assurance testing or inspection.
- Signaling crane operators to deposit finished steel coils in storage areas.
- Printing and attaching slitting identification tags on finished product for subsequent processing and traceability.
- Reporting maintenance job orders as necessary.
- Instructing new workers in slitting set up and operation.
Qualifications/Training:
- Education: Completion of High School or Secondary Education, AS or Technical degree with equivalent experience is preferred.
- Experience: 1-3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment preferably in steel/metal manufacturing.
- Knowledge of production and processing of cold rolled steel would be an advantage.
- PC Knowledge (internet/Windows/ERP applications).
- Must be willing to work flexible shifts.
- Clear Interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills.
- Be a self-motivated team player
- Be a change agent