Prototype Technical Associate

Stoughton, WI

The Fountain Group is currently seeking a Machine Operator/Machining/Machinist for a prominent client of ours. This position is located in Stoughton, WI. Details for the position are as follows:
 
Payrate: $21/hr W2
 
 
Job Title: Machine Operator/Machining/Machinist
Location: Stoughton, WI
Duration: 12 months Contract
 
 
Monday - Friday from 6am - 4pm with some overtime as needed.
 
Required:

  • Mechanical aptitude, working with your hands and hand tools.
  • Experience with fabrication shop equipment. (shears, drill presses, hydraulic presses, press brake, band saws, power, and hand tools)
  • Mechanical aptitude, working with your hands and hand tools.
  • Some welding/machining training/background
  • Blueprint/drawing interpretation a plus.

 
Job Description:
Job Summary:
Performs skilled activities which support manufacturing business needs. Selects and uses appropriate tools, machinery and specialty equipment completing work with limited guidance. Learns and understands the protocols of working safely with electricity and other energy sources with industrial equipment.
 
Key Responsibilities:
- Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE)
- Stop work and immediately report any major injury hazards.
- Report any work-related injury, illness, incident or hazard.
- Comply with HSE standards, policies, procedures and regulations.
- Use appropriate personal protective equipment.
- Promote interdependence by looking out for one another.
- Correct hazards within your control and capabilities.
- Recognize how your work may impact the environment and work to minimize the negative impact.
- Engage in HSE Training.
- Quality
- Applies high standards of workmanship and craftsmanship.
- Support equipment uptime and downtime failure analysis.
- Performs work in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operation manuals and specifications using various tools, measuring and testing instruments.
- Provide feedback into the Preventive Maintenance system.
- Follows all process documentation and quality procedures.
- Raises issues to minimize cost and quality exposures.
- Performs quality inspections.
- Delivery
- Performs the skilled activities expected by their roles in accordance with defined roles and responsibilities.
- Demonstrates a high level of competency in core work skills.
- Repairs and maintains equipment.
- Performs and documents preventive, emergency, corrective and predictive maintenance activities.
- Maintains clean and orderly work area, including routine housekeeping and machine cleaning tasks.
- Performs other miscellaneous duties as required to meet business goals.
- Work with peers and support staff to:
- Identify and reduce manufacturing constraints
- Solve problems and improve processes
- Participate in continuous improvement activities
- Teamwork
- Communicates effectively with the assigned team and with all support teams.
- Completes training and personal development in line with business requirements.
- Participates actively with local Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) teams in ways to improve quality, safety, process, material flow, and employee development.
 
Qualifications and Competencies:
Skills:
- Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
- Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
- Decision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
- Nimble learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
- Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
- Demonstrates self-awareness - Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
- Controls Safety - Recognizes controls related hazards in a manufacturing environment (Electrical, Hydraulic, Pneumatic) to incorporate safe practices and procedures as part of the daily work plan to reduce injuries and create a safe machine environment.
- Health and Safety Fundamentals - Champions and models proactive health and safety behaviors by identifying, reporting and participating in actions to improve health and safety in order to build an interdependent culture and contribute to an injury-free workplace.
- Manufacturing Knowledge - Demonstrates the knowledge of manufacturing by correctly implementing changes in current processes, equipment, and applications to meet the function's needs and contribute towards continuous improvement.
 
Education, Licenses, Certifications:
- High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations.
- This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.
 
Experience:
- Requires some work experience or intermediate level knowledge obtained through education, training or on-the-job experience.
 
Additional Responsibilities Unique to this Position:
- Responsible for fabrication processes.
- Has knowledge of fabrication shop equipment. (shears, drill presses, hydraulic presses, press brake, band saws, power and hand tools)
- Strong technical skills in a hands-on fabrication role
- Strong mechanical aptitude
- Work with production machinery and processes
- Troubleshoot production machinery
- Proficient at interpreting technical drawings and specifications
- Proficient computer knowledge/skills
 
Top Skills you are looking for:
1. Mechanical aptitude, working with your hands and hand tools.
2. Some welding/machining training/background
3. Ability to multitask on different projects
4. Good attendance.
5. Work safely and promote a safe working environment.
6. Blueprint/drawing interpretation
 
If you are interested in hearing more about the position please respond to this posting with your resume attached or contact me at 813 444 5839.

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