Job Description
Role overview
Own setups, run production, and keep quality tight on advanced Amada turret punch presses in a high-mix sheet metal job shop.
What you’ll do
- Set up and operate CNC turret punch presses for sheet metal fabrication.
- Pull programs, configure tooling, and validate machine readiness for each job.
- Execute safe start-up and complete end-of-shift shutdowns.
- Drive throughput—produce the maximum number of good parts in the least amount of time.
- Manage frequent changeovers for short-run prototypes and longer production runs.
- Use automation for material loading to streamline flow.
- Edit G-code to fine-tune hit patterns and performance as needed.
- Read prints, rough sketches, and customer samples; hold tolerances using calipers and other precision tools.
- Read work orders/material tags; select correct stock; separate finished parts from scrap.
- Record daily production counts accurately.
- Move material with a pallet jack or forklift.
- Continuously monitor cutting efficiency and adjust parameters to maintain quality and speed.
- Perform basic preventive maintenance and keep the machine and area clean.
- Work with maintenance technicians to diagnose issues when they arise.
- Coordinate with engineering and fellow operators in a fast-paced environment.
- Follow all safety rules and maintain excellent housekeeping.
What you bring
- Experience in a sheet metal job shop/contract manufacturing setting (required).
- Deep familiarity with turret punch press tooling—setup, changeover, and care.
- Blueprint literacy and the ability to translate sketches/samples into accurate parts.
- Comfort making G-code edits and understanding CNC logic.
- Decisive, dependable, and committed to excellent attendance.
- Capable of working in hot or cold plant temperatures.
- Physically able to stand, walk, sit, bend, twist, squat, reach, and perform repetitive hand/finger motions.
- Ability to lift up to 75 lbs during the shift.
Tools you’ll use
- Amada EM3612ZRT 33‑Ton Turret Punch Press with High Capacity Tool Rack and Automatic Tool Changer
- Amada Vipros VPZ3510 PDC Turret Punch Press
- Precision measuring instruments such as calipers
- Pallet jack and forklift for material handling