Solar Turbines
Metal Forming Machine Operator
San Diego, California · Part-time
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About the role
- Set up and operate various types and sizes of hydraulic piercing machines, drop-hammers, hydroforming machines, hydraulic presses, punch presses, spinning lathes, and trimming tools to form and pierce sheet metal, extruded, and other production parts.
- Make open and closed molds and cast tooling and parts.
- Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
Responsibilities
- Perform cold and hot forming operations
- Perform hand peening and operate other machines such as saws, lathes and nibblers for trimming preformed parts or planishing hammers for finishing parts
- Perform such typical operations as placing pattern in position to flask, placing cores, screening and cutting sand, ramming sand around pattern to proper consistency, removing pattern, placing vents, cutting gates and pouring metal into mold.
- Perform rework of the same level of difficulty as described herein
- Compile necessary records such as production logs and maintain setup charts
Requirements
- Maintain required hydraulic pressure and temperature of oil according to hardness or gauge of metal
- Adjust air pressure of punch when required
- Perform peening of preformed parts as required
Nice to have
- Piercing machines
- Hydraulic presses
- Expander- shrinker machines and trimming tools
- Precision measuring
- Able to read production blueprints
- Precision measuring tools
- Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
- This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O.
Compensation
- Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
- Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience.
Benefits
- This is a summary list of benefits.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
- Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
- Health Savings Account (HSA)*
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
- Health Lifestyle Programs*
- Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
- Incentive bonus*
- Disability benefits
Company info
- When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other.
- We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities.
- We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live.
- Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
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