Grain Reader

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

SUMMARY:  Inspects grain patterns of single crystal, directionally solidified, and equiax castings in order to ensure that the product meets manufacturing, quality, and customer specifications; receives instructions from the Grain Level III and assignments from lead person.

RESPONSIBILITES:

• Inspect castings: Obtains castings from the floor, removes castings from totes, inspects castings for recrystallized grain, high angle grain boundaries, freckles, etc.: determines whether product is acceptable or unacceptable and separates acceptable product from unacceptable product; marks rejected areas with blue indigo pencil; sends castings in need of repair on a repair routing or scraps out castings that cannot be repaired.
• Assures that each casting is accompanied by the correct routing card by confirming that the serial numbers on the castings match the serial numbers on the routing card
• Pushes carts of castings to and from work and storage areas as required to maintain flow of work;
• Signs off routing cards as required and reports faulty products and processes to the Grain Level III.
• Keeps work area clean and orderly.
• Performs other duties related to the job as directed by the Grain Level III or lead person.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedures. Ability to communicate production information both in writing and verbally.  Ability to complete required production reports.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.
• Self-motivated. Must communicate and work well with others.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of one year of manufacturing experience
• Must be certified in Grain; or will be certified within two months of appointment to position.
• Math skills, ability to add/subtract two digit numbers and multiply/divide with 10’s and 100’s.
• Must be computer literate and flexible to work off shifts or overlap shifts when necessary.