Press Operator Trainee (85181)
$49,858–$60,070 year
On-site · El Monte, California, United States
Job Summary
Press Operator Trainee at The Gill Corporation responsible for troubleshooting, replacing defective components, monitoring press systems, reading guides, ensuring panel quality, and assisting in setting up pressing conditions. Works under Production Supervisor and collaborates with Press Operators to meet deadlines. Tasks include inspecting panels for correctness, recording material usage and traceability information, identifying each panel with serial numbers, reading micrometer measurements, maintaining clean and safe work area, following PPE safety policies, and learning to operate multiple press machines (2, 6, 11, 15, 30, 31) while complying with ITAR/EAR requirements. Requires high school diploma or GED, willingness to work any shift with overtime/weekends, able to lift up to 50 lbs, and ability to communicate across the organization in a manufacturing environment.
Required Qualifications
- Must have a high school diploma, GED or equivalence
- One or two years of related experience and/or training a plus but not required
- Acceptable Spirometry Test results (full/ half respirator use)
- Must be available to work any shift, over-time and weekends
- Must be able to work in a team environment, i.e. follow instructions
- Bend, Twist, and Stand for 8-10 hours a day in extreme heat or cold
- Use hands for simple and power grasping as well as push/pull and fine manipulation
- Be willing to work in a manufacturing environment
- Basic Math Skills: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
- Accurately uses and understands how to read a measuring tape
- Effectively communicate information and respond to questions from various levels of the organization
- Must be able to lift, push and pull a minimum of 50 lbs.
- ITAR Requirement: U.S. person status; ability to provide documentation to verify status
Additional Requirements
- ITAR/EAR compliance required; U.S. person status (citizen, green card holder, or protected individual such as refugee/asylee)
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