Our company culture is built upon YKK’s philosophy called the CYCLE OF GOODNESS™. We believe that providing value and being fair to our customers and our employees is what makes us a successful company in return. Guided by our core values and fundamental behaviors, we strive to foster a caring company, committed employees and challenging work that benefits our employees, customers, and communities. We offer competitive compensation packages, training and advancement opportunities. YKK AP America provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to provide the security they need to enjoy life at home and at work. By providing a high level of benefit coverage at a reasonable cost to the employee, we hope to foster a long and productive employment relationship. **Essential Job Duties:** + Checks production orders and arranges press procedures and drawings. Enters production data into face unit for extrusion. + Checks die assembly and oven times. Loads die into oven by monarail crane. + Operates and adjusts the following equipment as necessary: + Extrusion press. + Billet loader. + Furnace. + Billet shear. + Saw. + Puller. + Head and tail stretcher. + Overhead cranes + Die oven. Adjust equipment when necessary to ensure proper operation. + Responsible for the following variables of extrusion + Checks temperature of furnace, container heat, and die oven heat. + Adjusts extrusion speed. + Adjusts cooling speed. + Puller and stretcher tension. + Carbon blocking for each shape. + Assists with quality assurance through visual observations and makes initial judgment on product quality. + Prepares press for die changes, checks die assembly, and inputs die information into face unit. + Updates press reports with die information, number of billets, weights, number of pieces and performance of each die. + Assist with the training of all new press operator and press crew members. **Education/Experience:** + Must have High School Diploma or GED equivalent. + Must have the ability to read, write and count. + Must be able to read scale calipers and micrometers and understand the metric system. + Must have demonstrated effective communications skills and the ability to be a team player + Must have the ability to learn the job duties within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the supervisor. + Must be able to lift approximately 40-50 lbs. **Pay:** $21.88-$28.86 ​ **Recruiter Contact:** CHRIS WOOD CHRISTINEWOOD@YKKAP.COM **YKK AP America Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to an inclusive workforce.** **YKK AP America Inc. will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants.** **YKK AP America Inc. participates in the E-Verify program as required by law.** **Learn more about the E-Verify program** **(Opens in a new window)** **.** **YKK AP America Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can follow the process outlined below when applying for a position: Provide your name and contact information to YKK AP's Accommodations team at accommodationrequest@ykkap.com (accommodationrequest@apple.com) . Your request will be responded to as soon as possible. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.** **Employment with YKK AP America Inc. is conditioned upon successfully completing a negative drug test for the presence of illegal drugs.** **Notice on Recruitment Fraud** **At YKK AP America Inc., we do not ask for personal financial information during telephone, in-person or video interviews nor do we charge job seekers fees as part of the recruitment process. YKK AP's recruiting correspondence will be sent by a recruiting representative with @ykkap.com (https://careers.ykkap.com/) email address — not @** **gmail.com** **, @** **yahoo.com** **, @** **hotmail.com** **or any other email domain service.** **If you have concerns related to this issue, consider the following actions: 1) Place a freeze on your credit reports:** **https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0497-credit-freeze-faqs** **; 2) file a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ (https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/assistant) ; and/or 3) file a report with your local law enforcement agency immediately.**