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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Garland, Texas 75045
Garland, Texas

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1) Sets up and operates extrusion press to shape hot billets into products, such as bars, tubing, structural shapes, and rods: Installs dies, mandrels, containers, heating coils, press tools, extrusion heads, and run-out bridging in press, according to size and type of product, using handtools.

2) Removes billet from furnace when color indicates specified temperature and guides it along extrusion press conveyor onto press bed, and into billet container, using tongs.

3) Starts ram that spreads billet into container and forces it through press.


4) Regulates rate of extrusion to prevent metal rupture and adherence of metal to container walls.

5) Starts press run-out table and butt shears to guide extrusion from press, and to trim flash.

6) Pulls extrusion along conveyor to racking table.

7) Sprays die with lubricant and caustic, and oils blocks and mandrels.

8) Records data, such as crew time, number of billets used, and items processed.

9) May operate extrusion press equipped with furnace that ejects hot billets into press chamber for ram to force through die.

10) May set up and operate extrusion press to shape hot, radioactive uranium fuel elements.

-They must mix thermoplastic materials in the form of pellets or powder with colored dyes before feeding it into the extrusion machine. Extruding machine operators set the dials and controls on the machine to ensure that the created product is the right size, shape and thickness. Extruding machines are commonly used to produce items and shapes such as hoses, wires or tubes. Once the product is created, extruding machine operators measure and test it to make sure that it conforms to the requested specifications.

Shift: Rotating Swing Shift- Will switch from Days to Nights once a month, depending on when the candidate starts. The rotation is on the 3rd Monday of every month.




About Aerotek:

We know that a company's success starts with its employees. We also know that an individual's success starts with the right career opportunity. As a Best of Staffing® Client and Talent leader, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantage for our clients and rewarding careers for our contract employees. Since 1983, Aerotek has grown to become a leader in recruiting and staffing services. With more than 250 non-franchised offices, Aerotek's 8,000 internal employees serve more than 300,000 contract employees and 18,000 clients every year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in talent solutions. Learn more at Aerotek.com.

Aerotek is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.