Technical Process Operator
Kennametal NA

About Kennametal

With over 80 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Every day approximately 8,700 employees are helping customers in nearly 100 countries stay competitive. Kennametal generated $2.1 billion in revenues in fiscal 2023. Learn more at www.kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Technicial Process Operator

Responsibility:

• Load and unload the furnaces.
• Monitor computerized controls involving temperatures, pressures, chemical flow rates, and gas flow rates to critical process parameters.
• Perform and document the operation of the furnaces.
• Ensure the integrity of the vacuum systems by conducting vacuum leak checks and performing periodic preventative maintenance.
• Troubleshoot furnace problems, rebuild, or replace furnace components as needed.
• Ensure adequate gas and chemical levels, according to procedures, for correct operations.
• Replace tanks as needed.
• Will be responsible for setting up and separating product.
• Enter quality data by furnace and heat results and monitor graph results.
• Act as Emergency Responder within the Coating Department.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Understand oral and written procedures and instructions.
• Is able to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Can use 30X scope.
• Ability to use a personal computer and various software such as SAP MII, locate information in QMS, and on the Kennametal Intranet for Procedures and work instructions.
• Is able to handle inserts with fingers without chipping.
• Communicate effectively with supervisors and co-workers.
• Possess mechanical skills to rebuild and replace furnace components as needed.
• Can read and understand operating procedures, defect criteria and routing information.
• Knowledge and ability to perform necessary actions in emergency situations, such as gas leaks. Proficiency reached through on the job training in twelve (12) to eighteen (18)months.

Work Environment: Potentially dangerous environment involving combustible chemicals and high temperature furnaces. Employees are required to become Hazmat trained. Room is temperature and humidity controlled. Dust collection and system in place. Safety glasses with side shields and Safety Shoes required. Self-contained breathing apparatus available in case of furnace malfunction. Environment monitored for hazardous gases. Noise levels not over eighty-five db for more than eight hours on a time weighted average. Hearing protection recommended and incumbent placed in a hearing preservation program.

Physical Demands: Frequent standing, 8+ hours per 12-hr hour period of intermittent walking, occasional reaching, bending, kneeling, and squatting with break opportunities. Climbing a three-footstep stool and stretching in awkward positions. Normal strength required to assemble and disassemble furnace sections, as well as lifting objects weighing an average of twenty pounds (some reaching as much as, but not more than, thirty-three (33) pounds). Will be required to pass a Respirator Medical Evaluation and participate on the Plant Emergency SCBA response team for responding to gas emergencies. Must also obtain clearance from the Department of Homeland Security to work in CVD department. Self-contained breathing apparatus required for specific tasks. Environment monitored for hazardous gases.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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