Entry Level Production

Hydro Extrusions is a world-leading aluminium extrusion business with around 100 production sites in 40 countries, offering a unique combination of local expertise, global network, and unmatched R&D capabilities. As an Entry Level Production employee, you will be responsible for operating various equipment, inspecting work for defects, and ensuring safety devices are in place. You will also be responsible for setting up and operating extrusion press to shape hot, aluminum profiles, and maintaining quality parts.

Requirements

• Operate various equipment.
• Inspect equipment daily to ensure proper safety devices are in place (i.e. guarding) and notify leadership of any safety concerns.
• Visually inspect work for defects.
• Remove billet from furnace, guide it along extrusion press conveyor onto press bed, and into billet container.
• Start ram that spreads billet into container and forces it through press.
• Regulate rate of extrusion to prevent metal rupture and adherence of metal to container walls.
• Start press run-out table and butt shears to guide extrusion from press, and to trim flash.
• Pull extrusion along conveyor to racking table.
• Spray die with lubricant and caustic, and oils blocks and mandrels.
• Record data, such as crew time, number of billets used, and items processed.
• May operate extrusion press equipped with furnace that ejects hot billets into press chamber for ram to force through die.
• Inspect or measure using precision measuring instruments, such as tape measure, calipers, height gage, micrometers, etc.
• Read blueprints to the extent necessary for the job at hand.
• Set up and operate extrusion press to shape hot, aluminum profiles.
• Responsible for quality parts, within the scope of responsibilities and required to visually inspect parts and identify obvious flaws or manufacturing problems.
• Sponsor and support of all Continuous Reliability Improvement standards and practices through implemented predictive measures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental, Disability, Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Retirement Savings Plans with Company Match/Contributions
• Education Assistance
• Bonus Plan Eligibility
• Parental Leave