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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  . Follow @Kennametal: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Manufacturing Chemical Process Operator II

2nd shift- Mon/Fri, 3pm - 11pm 

Job purpose:

• Operates gas heated atmosphere, hardening, and tempering furnaces for the heat treating of a wide variety of products. Receives and stores a variety of forgings and enters them into system. Conducts final inspection of products.
• Accountable for operating automatic and/or manual equipment to process batches of bulk materials/ingredients in accordance with operating procedures including
• Operating chemical or mechanical batch process equipment (e.g., mixers, grinders, filter presses, dryers, filtering equipment, furnaces, coolers, pressure chambers, chemical reaction tanks, etc.)
• Performing quality control analyses as required to complete in-process batches and identifying variations from standards
• Participating in training for hazardous material handling and emergency procedures. 

Knowledge and Experience:

(1) a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma;

(2) completion of basic math, blueprint reading and gauge-reading training; and,

(3) ability to understand written and oral instructions and communicate with supervisors and coworkers;

(4) a forklift operators license;

(5) confined space certification; and

(6) Basic Computer Skills 

Key Job acountabilities: 

• Perform pre-operation checks for machines. Perform safety inspections required for individual machines and associated equipment. (i.e., furnaces, grinder)
• Heat treats and tempers various metal products and parts.
• Monitors Heat Treat furnace safety and operating instruments and control panels.
• Perform grinding, blasting, dipping, labeling, reporting, packing, clipping operations as needed to support production.
• Perform Magnaflux and Rockwell tests as required.
• Operate a fork lift to transport materials from inside and outside the plant to and from work stations and storage areas.
• Receives and stores incoming components, track, handle, and inspect out source heat treating.
• Inspect finished tools visually and with the use of gauges, micrometers, calipers, etc.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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