Forge Helper (1st Shift)

Position Summary:

The Forge Helper assists production personnel engaged in the fabrication of forged products by supporting forging operations, material movement, equipment preparation, and general production activities. This position plays a critical role in maintaining safe, efficient, and productive forging operations while developing knowledge of forging processes, equipment, and materials.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Forging Operations Support

• Support press and hammer crews during forging operations and understand the responsibilities and relationships of crew members throughout the forging process.
• Assist with preparation of dies, tooling, and equipment required for forging operations.
• Sweep dies, clean and lubricate tooling, and perform scale blowing activities as required.
• Operate furnace controls, including doors, hearths, and furnace cars in accordance with training and established procedures.
• Set up and utilize impression stamps and associated forging tools.

Production & Material Handling

• Read and follow shop travelers, work instructions, operating procedures, and daily production reports.
• Develop a working knowledge of forging materials, forging practices, and production requirements.
• Safely operate floor manipulators and other production equipment following completion of required training.
• Assist in maintaining continuous production flow while minimizing downtime and production delays.

Safety & Housekeeping

• Maintain clean work areas, machines, tools, equipment, and production spaces.
• Follow all company safety policies, procedures, and safe work practices.
• Utilize required personal protective equipment and comply with all environmental, health, and safety requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of plant operations.

Required Skills

• Ability to safely work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to read and understand production documents, operating procedures, and work instructions.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality and safety.
• Experience operating a two-way radio communication system.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a production team.
• Strong work ethic, reliability, and willingness to learn forging operations.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Forklift operation experience highly preferred.
• Ability to safely operate material handling equipment in a manufacturing environment.

Experience & Education

• High school diploma, GED, or Technical College education required.
• Previous manufacturing, forging, industrial, foundry, or production experience preferred.
• Mechanical aptitude and experience operating industrial equipment are beneficial.
• Forklift certification and/or prior forklift operating experience is highly preferred.
• Experience working in a manufacturing and or forging industry is preferred.

Precision Castparts Corp. is an equal opportunity employer commit ted to recruit, hire, train and promote in all job categories without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or other status protected by applicable law.

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.