General Production Worker

General Production Worker

Employer: Aerotek. **Job Title: General Production Worker** **Job Description** Join a full-cycle manufacturing plant that produces PTFE tube and stainless steel braided hose from raw materials for automotive, commercial, and industrial applications. As a General Production Worker, you operate and monitor production equipment across multiple process areas, handle materials, perform measurements and inspections, and help ensure that high-quality hoses and tubes are produced to exact specifications. **Responsibilities** + Operate paste extrusion equipment to form tubing from Teflon powder, including mixing and blending material, adding petroleum lubricant, and creating preform billets. + Handle drums from cold storage, mix powder and lubricant, return material to drums, and move drums between cold and warm rooms as part of the extrusion process. + Use two computer monitors to control equipment, enter production data, and create and print labels accurately. + Work in the billet/preform room with a setup operator to supply material, pour powder into machines, compress it, and create billets for subsequent extrusion steps. + Load billets onto conveyors that feed extrusion machines, select and change dies based on product line or work order, and convert billets into tubes. + Lift billets and related materials, with regular handling of items around 10 lbs and the ability to lift up to approximately 30 lbs as needed. + Monitor tubes as they pass through ovens, cooling stages, and water baths, ensuring proper processing and handling throughout the line. + Measure tubes for inner diameter, outer diameter, and length using spec sheets to verify that all dies, dimensions, and specifications are accurate. + Collect tubes after measurement, cut them to size, perform pressure testing in tanks, and complete secondary testing and inspections. + Conduct dimensional inspections using micrometers and calipers, and perform visual inspections to confirm product quality. + Perform winding