HOURLY PRODUCTION - Fluorescent Penetrant Inspector

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Our state-of-the-art investment casting facility in La Porte, Indiana is seeking Fluorescent Penetrant Inspector's to join our team. Nestled halfway between South Bend and Chicago, along the shores of Lake Michigan - our facility in La Porte, Indiana supplies jet engine components to some of the most trusted names in the Aerospace industry.

Job Summary:

Work as a team member to take a rough casting and condition it to the specifications that meet the customer’s requirements by performing metal cleaning, finishing, dimensional inspection and FPI inspection.

Essential Functions:

• Read and implement PC (product criteria). 
• Operate hand grinding tools (both belt and stone).  
• Operate metal cleaning equipment, water flow and sonic equipment.
• Adjust parts by use of presses, heat or other dimensional tooling.
• Operate hand sandblast and auto blast units. 
• Prolonged gripping standing or sitting and pushing, pulling and lifting. Moderate length of concentration.

Job responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

To become cross trained in order to perform ALL or MOST of the duties listed below, with a main concentration in FPI Certified Level II duties. When necessary, the individual may be required to move castings to designated areas or perform other work-related duties as assigned:

Metal Cleaner:

• Sandblast part by the PC.
• Fill and clean the blasting unit.
• Perform hazeblast operation.
• Inspect castings for possible scrap.
• Maintain the correct pressure and speed of the blast cabinets by the AI’s and PC’s.

Metal Finisher:

• Finish castings to PC using stones, burrs, belts, templates and gauges.
• Sandblast to surface finish.
• Conduct visual operation and primary inspection of casting.
• Input data in computer for collection.
• Use boroscope for inspection and fiber light.
• Perform decap/deburr operation.
• Perform sonic operation.
• Map weld areas.
• Operate comco machine.
• Operate water flow.
• Dimensional Operator.

Operate gauging equipment:

• Use of calipers, micrometer, height gauges, shim stock, scissors, pin, go no/go, step gauges, Arbor presses and sonic equipment.
• Input data for record keeping.
• Adjusting castings for PC compliance.
• Working with engineering on deviant castings and reworking to engineers' instructions.
• Operate glassbead/table clean unit.
• Datum “C” drilling-Stators Cell Only.
• Reroute nonconforming castings.

FPI-Certified Position-Consisting of Level I and Level II:

• Surface preparation-removing contaminants by degreasing or sand blasting.
• Application of proper penetrant and removal of excess penetrant.
• Emulsifying for the specific amount of time.
• Removal of excess water and drying of casting.
• Application of developer.
• Monitor gages on equipment and run daily and monthly test to ensure system is operating within customer specifications.
• Complete routing card.
• Reading FPI defects to insure customer regulations.