Heat Treater

We’re a company of innovators and makers. Howmet Aerospace is transforming the aerospace and transportation industries. Join our team and help us engineer the next generation of sustainable travel.

Howmet Aerospace , headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. The Company’s primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems and titanium structural parts necessary for mission-critical performance and efficiency in aerospace and defense applications, as well as forged wheels for commercial transportation. Howmet Aerospace is transforming the next phase of more fuel-efficient, quieter aerospace engines and sustainable ground transportation. For more information, visit www.howmet.com .

Our state-of-the-art investment casting facility in LaPorte, Indiana is seeking Heat Treat Operators to join our team. Nestled halfway between South Bend and Chicago, along the shores of Lake Michigan - our facility in LaPorte, Indiana supplies jet engine components to some of the most trusted names in the Aerospace industry.

Work as a team member to provide critical heat treatment for castings per work instructions.

• Must be able to read and interpret Product Criteria (PC) and Activity Instructions (AI).
• Long periods of standing.
• Pushing, pulling and twisting.
• Understanding of computer software applications.
• Vision standards.
• Must be able to function as a member of a team and be able to work under general supervision.
• Must be able to work and function in a fast-paced environment.
• Basic knowledge of computers.
• Must be able to maintain expected quality levels.

Job responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Heat casting to a desired temperature to perform different operations of work, weld, grind, and other various functions to reach final Rockwell hardness requirement.
• Select castings to satisfy production schedules and furnace capacity.
• Verify casting and routing ticket information.
• Monitor operating parameters of furnaces and report malfunctions.
• Complete necessary paperwork, chart entries and traceability reports.
• Operate hardness testing equipment and interpret readings.
• Operate electrical furnaces.
• Load and unload castings into heat treat fixtures.
• Load and unload heat treat fixtures into furnace.
• Perform quenching and cooling operations.
• Perform routine maintenance on equipment.
• Expedite castings between heat treat area and subsequent operational area.
• Communication status of operation with subsequent shifts.
• Hot straightening at extreme temperature.
• Perform other various duties as required.
• Employees are expected to work overtime as needed.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalency is required.
• Must be able to demonstrate 2 years of continuous work experience OR 6 months of manufacturing experience.

Skills and Abilities :

• Capable of doing multiple tasks.
• Capable of doing accurate labor reporting.
• Able of change programs in Controllers.
• Organizational skills to maximize loads.
• Ability to become certified.
• Team Orientation.
• Mechanical Aptitude (TPM’s).
• Able to use calipers and gauges.

Experience :

• This position requires a minimum of six (6) months of on-the-job training for satisfactory job proficiency.

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Employee is required to execute the following:

• Withstand the rigors of a 12-hour shift for 4 days in a row.
• Stand for approximately 70% of the time.
• Occasional bending, reaching, pushing and pulling when retrieving and moving various items.
• Lifting intermittently of various items for approximately 40% of the time. Typically, assistance would be provided for weights exceeding 35 pounds.
• Squatting / crouching when retrieving stored items from lower shelves and file cabinets, making equipment / product inspections, etc.
• Clean work areas and maintain a clean work environment; perform 5S cleaning activities as required.

Equipment Used :

• Heat Treat Furnaces.
• Gauges.
• Caliper.
• PLC-Programmable Logic Control.
• Electrical lift trucks.
• Setters.

Work Environment :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The duties of this position are performed throughout the entire floor space of HLC.

Duties are performed primarily in manufacturing areas where compliance with applicable safety rules is required. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to work near moving mechanical parts and exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level is moderate. The employee will be subject extreme heat during summer months.

Contacts :

This position interfaces routinely with all HLC personnel.

EHS Requirements

• Expected to assist in the implementation of EHS Values and policy statements and accompanying principals.
• Comply with all department, facility, corporate and regulatory EHS regulations.
• Wear all required personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Report all job related illness and injuries (Per Employee Handbook).
• Report all safety, health and environmental concerns to your supervisor in a timely manner.
• Attend all EHS training.

Quality Statement

The products we manufacture are used in important industries - transporting goods and people; the defense of our country; critical energy infrastructure for hospitals and public safety. Livelihoods and lives depend upon the products we manufacture. What we do as an organization is important and the first, and best, “line of defense” against non-conforming products escaping to our customers is you. A simple message: don’t take it, don’t make it, and don’t pass it.

JOB IMPACT

Contribution of Job

This position contributes to the overall performance and profitability of the company through improving techniques and processes. This position is also responsible for contributing to department and company metrics, such as LU and PVA.