3rd & 4th Shift Dedicated Machines Machine Operator

 Join Pequot Manufacturing as an Operator on our Weekend Shift and become part of a team that takes pride in producing high-quality products for customers across the country. We are currently hiring for both day and night weekend shifts, working Friday through Sunday. This schedule offers the opportunity to work three days per week while contributing to a fast-paced, team-oriented manufacturing environment. Whether you're an experienced operator or looking to start a rewarding career in manufacturing, we provide the training, support, and growth opportunities to help you succeed. 

Following work instructions & under supervision, produces parts according to print and specifications, meeting Pequot Tool work standards.

Basic Tasks

•  Review work orders & instructions to ensure work is performed according to specifications.
•  Follow priorities and assignments as directed.
•  Load work pieces, plastic material, or chemical solutions into machines.
•  Position, align, and secure work pieces against fixtures or stops on machine beds or on dies.
•  Start machines, monitor their operations, and record operational data.
•  Rotate through all the tasks required in a particular production process.
•  Performs deburring operations to skillfully remove excess material or burrs from surfaces; sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone or polish metal or plastic work pieces. Operates tumbler, hand grinding or mechanical/robotic tumbling or straight-lining equipment. Applies solutions to surfaces to clean materials.
•  Measure completed work pieces to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers, gauges, calipers, templates, or rulers.
•  Examine completed work pieces for defects, such as chipped edges or marred surfaces and sort defective pieces according to types of flaws.
•  Record work steps in computer, scanning operations, entering completed piece and scrap information.
•  Assemble various components into a final assembly unit; may require the use of hand tools.
•  Package finished products and prepare them for shipment.
•  Keep work areas clean.
•  Maintain production equipment and machinery per instructions for operators.

Knowledge

Production and Processing — Possess a mechanical aptitude to learn processes associated with basic machine operation and assembly.

Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, able to add, subtract, divide whole figures and fractions.

Attendance Management — Reliable, dependable; can attend work on time with minimal absences allowed.

Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Tools & Technology

Tools used in this occupation:

Calipers — Dial calipers; Vernier calipers

Machines — Insert press, automatic saw, shears, straight liners, punch press, press brakes, drill press; pallet jacks, carts, various hand tools that grind or polish.

Power grinders — Bench grinders; Portable grinders

Physical Demands

Handling / Fingering (Occasionally)

Reach Outward C (Constantly)

Reach Above Shoulder C (Constantly)

Climb Crawl O (Occasionally)

C (Constantly)

F (Frequently)

N (Not

Applicable) N

(Not Applicable)

C (Constantly)

F (Frequently)

O (Occasionally)

N (Not

Applicable)

41-100 lbs.

N (Not Activity is not applicable to this occupation. Applicable)

O (Occasionally) Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5+ hrs./ day)

F (Frequently) Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5+ hrs./day)

C (Constantly) Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs./ day)

Other Physical Requirements

Vision (Near, Distance, Color, Peripheral, Depth Perception); Sense of Sound (Sound of operating equipment, warning sounds, announcements); Sense of Touch; Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Protective Footwear (steel toe) & Safety Eyewear.) Pequot Tool & Mfg., Inc. is a drug free workplace. All offers of employment, direct hire or through temporary agency placement are conditional upon the applicant passing a negative drug test.

Effect of prior Felony Conviction – Pequot Tool manufacturers serialized firearms components, among many other items. ATF regulations prevent our hiring individuals with a Felony conviction that has not been expunged or set-aside by the courts.