Labor Pool (Clean & Grind)

SUMMARY: Cleans and rough finishes surfaces of forgings by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Other duties may be assigned. 
Positions forging under grinding wheel. 
Grabs grinder handles and pulls wheel down against forging to remove projections such as flash and parting lines, from surface. 
Repositions forging to grind other areas. 
Remove cracks in surfaces of ingots, billets, and forgings. 
Polishes certain forging to a 250 finish using snag grinder and buffing bands for NDT inspection. 
Dye checks mults and blockers to ensure surface is free of cracks when required. 
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. 
The employee must regularly lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and depth perception. 

SKILLS/EDUCATION:
High School Diploma or GED
Minimum 6 months experience in an industrial environment required
Current Forklift license is a plus, but not required

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. 

Hours: Must be available to work any assigned shift. 1st (6am-2pm), 2nd (2pm-10pm), 3rd (10pm-6am)

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.