Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Operates laser, observing safety enclosure procedures.
• Positions metal components in fixtures and places components on fixture-holding table, observing safety enclosure procedures.
• Determines operation and adjustments needed for cutting and welding.
• Learns commands necessary to use control console to retrieve programmed instructions and to tweak programs, if necessary.
• Performs work within acceptable quality and productivity standards.
• Verifies measurements of cut and/or welded materials.
• Counts finished product to determine completion of order when necessary.
• Performs routine machine maintenance.
• Operates routine vehicles and equipment required to complete tasks.
• Moves parts and material, as needed.
• Performs other related, similar or logical duties as assigned or required.

Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge,
skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Knowledge of laser machine operations.
• Basic blue print reading.
• Basic knowledge of and use of hand tools.
• Knowledge of equipment operation to perform routine maintenance.
• Working knowledge of QC tools and gages.
• Working knowledge of diverse materials and basic understanding of metallurgy.
• Ability to move heavy objects (35 pounds or more).
• Ability to use various machine shop tools, including computer console/computer controlled machines.
• Ability to work cooperatively with others.
• Excellent knowledge of safety regulations and the ability to enforce safety, including eye safety.

Education and/or Experience:

• High school diploma (preferred) or GED. Training is usually carried out on the job, supplemented by internal or external courses where required.
• Apprenticeship programs, vocational training, community or technical colleges would be a plus. 
• Advanced levels require 2 or more years of on the job training and/or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

Language Skills:

• Organizational and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Ability to read and interpret commonly used machine shop concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Ability to follow instructions and pre-established guidelines.

Mathematical Skills:

• Solid math foundation. 

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several particular variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• N/A

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.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear, operate objects, tools and/or controls.  The employee is occasionally required to walk and stoop, kneel or crouch.  The employee may be required to
• lift or move heavy objects weighing 35 or more pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

• Warehouse environment, exposed to moving mechanical equipment parts, vapors, fumes, dirt and dust.
• The employee must be able to wear required safety gear.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.