FPI Processor

Status: Hourly

Labor Grade: 4

Shift: 3rd

Company: Precision Castparts Corp. is a worldwide, diversified manufacturer of complex metal components and products. It serves the aerospace, power generation, and general industrial markets. PCC is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, and forged components used in jet aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines. The Company is also a leading producer of highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace, and other general industrial markets and supplies metal alloys and other materials to the casting and forging industries. PCC Airfoils, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Precision Castparts Corp. The Airfoils Division manufactures complex highly technical investment casting for turbine engine applications used in commercial jet engines, military jet engines, helicopters and industrial gas turbines.

Reporting Relationship: Reports directly to Finishing Area Manager

Education: A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred, and may be substituted by experience. Must possess basic computer skills.

Work Experience: Must have current (preferred) or previous FPI Level I certification and must document a completed organized training course per NAS-410.

Principal Area of Responsibility: The FPI, Level I will perform the necessary operations and control checks that require investment casting to be processed using equipment and fluorescent penetrant materials in order to prepare the parts for inspection personnel.

Specific Duties:

• Incumbent must handle hazardous waste in accordance with the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and company policy.

• Prepares solutions, cleans parts, applies fluorescent penetrate solution, washes parts, develops them, dries and otherwise processes parts through the FPI line. Complies with standard procedures for checks on equipment and fluids.

• Degreases parts as required.

• Meet the specific requirements of the efficiency standard as established by Engineering.

• Interprets accurately and follows Standard Operating Procedures and Engineering Procedures.

• Records on a daily basis all work performed and correct distribution of work time identifying same by operational codes.

• Maintain all required process records.

• Keeps work area clean, orderly and in safe condition, following all safety rules.

• Maintain positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that gets along with customers, clients, co-workers and supervisors.

• Assure product is properly processed to the applicable method sheets. Perform additional duties assigned by Department Supervisor and/or the Level III.
• Any and all additional responsibilities as required or assigned.

Physical and Mental Demands:

• Incumbent must physically and mentally perform the job demands as listed below.

• The ability to handle high stress associated with high activity with tight deadlines.

• Must be able to work overtime when required on different shifts.

• Pass visual acuity test with corrected or uncorrected vision. Pass the color perception test showing capability to distinguish and differentiate between colors used in the process involved.

• Willing to devote personal time toward the study of all data required to pass the Level I certification.