Metal Fabrication Specialist

The Metal Fabrication Specialist will operate various power presses to produce precision metal parts. This role requires setting up machinery, inspecting manufactured parts, and ensuring compliance with company policies and quality standards.

• Prepare and calibrate machinery for production
• Install specified dies into presses, adjust ram stroke, and load coils and start material into tools
• Operate machinery and maintain presses to meet product specifications
• Examine and interpret blueprints and sketches for products
• Perform visual inspection of parts to ensure product meets job specifications
• Identify and report discrepant materials and parts per company Quality Manual
• Calibrate and conduct repairs and modifications on machinery
• Learns standards setup according to ISO 9001 standards, company operating procedures, and Quality Manual and performs all duties and responsibilities accordingly
• Complies with safety regulations and housekeeping requirements as required to ensure an accident-free workplace

• High school diploma or GED
• At least 3 months of related experience or training
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and communicate in writing
• Ability to use programmable devices and operate computers to enter data; basic computer experience
• Ability to receive and understand verbal & written instructions as well as able to communicate information to others
• Ability to work in a diverse work environment where it is necessary to consistently be able to get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes, and respond appropriately to instruction or constructive critique from a supervisor.

• 1-3 years of press operating experience

• Occasionally lifts or moves up to 50 pounds assisted or unassisted
• Sits or stands for 8 hour shifts with or without the inclusion of the following actions: bends, kneels, crawls, stoops, reaches, climbs, and moves
• Regularly uses hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or precision controls
• Occasionally reaches with hands and arms extended or above head
• Work environment is bright, and temperature controlled, and employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts
• The nature of the work involves a high-volume environment which will always require approved ear protection; must maintain ability to talk and hear
• Specific vision abilities (natural or corrected) required by this job include, close, distance, peripheral, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

• Medical/Vision/Dental Plan
• 15 vacation days in first year
• 7 paid holidays (+1 for Veterans and Active Reservists)
• 7 days Paid Time Off per year (in compliance with OR Sick Leave Law)
• 401(k) - 4% employer match & vested immediately after 12 months
• Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Program
• AFLAC Supplemental Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement

Northwest Stamping, Inc., 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.