Position Overview: Participate in the Furnace Operator Training Program to learn set-up, operation, maintenance, and control of furnaces to melt metal to specified temperatures. Learn how to adjust controls to regulate the furnace and to maintain specified temperature. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: * Learning how to operate furnace to heat aluminum slabs and fabricated forms to specified temperature for rolling or processing: Learn how to sets furnace controls to regulate temperatures and heating time. * Learn how to start conveyors and open furnace doors to admit slabs, plate, sheet, and coil, or signals overhead crane operator to uncover soaking pits and lower ingots into them. * Learn how to observe pyrometer and adjust rheostat controls to maintain temperature between specified limits. * Learn how to measure temperature of product to determine necessity for adjusting furnace temperature or timing cycle, using thermal instruments and charts. * Learn how to remove material from furnace, using crane, or signals OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR to transfer it to next station. * Learn how to record time and production data * Learn how to weigh or measure specified amounts of ingredients or materials for processing, using devices such as scales and calipers. * Learn how to press and adjusts controls in order to activate, set, and regulate equipment according to specifications. * Learn how to monitor equipment operations, gauges, and panel lights in order to detect deviations from standards. * Learn how to read and interpret work orders and instructions in order to determine work assignments, process specifications, and production schedules. * Learn how to record gauge readings, test results, and shift production in log books. * Confer with supervisors or other equipment operators in order to report equipment malfunctions or to resolve productions problems. * Learn how to examine or test samples of processed substances, or collect samples for laboratory testing, in order to ensure conformance to specifications. * Learn how to clean, lubricate, and adjust equipment, using scrapers, solvents, air hoses, and oil and hand tools. * Learn how to transport materials and product to and from work area, manually or using carts, hand trucks, or hoists. * Learn how to stop equipment and clear blockages or jams, using fingers, wire, or hand tools * Learn how to load the untreated product in an oven or a tank * Learn how to adjust temperature controls for a particular treatment * Learn how to monitor the process, and adjust times and temperatures according to the instructions * Learn how to remove the products from the oven and air drying, or air conditioning in water baths, oil or chemicals * Learn how to clean oxides and scale parts or sprinkler using steam-cleaning or chemical cleaning solutions * Learn how to sample for testing hardness and other properties to ensure they meet manufacturer's specifications * Carrying out minor maintenance work * Learn how to test parts for hardness, using hardness testing equipment, and stamp heat treatment identification mark on part, using hammer and punch * Learn how to remove parts from furnace after specified time and air dry or cool parts in water or oil brine or other baths * Learn how to reduce heat and allow parts to cool in furnace * Learn how to position part in fixture, press buttons to light burners and tend flame hardening machine, according to procedures, to case-harden metal part * Learn how to adjust speed and operate continuous furnace through which parts are passed by means of reels and conveyors * Learn how to set up and operate die-quenching machine to prevent parts from warping * Learn how to activate and tend electric furnace that anneals base sections of hardened parts for subsequent machining * Learn how to set automatic controls, observe gauges, and operate gas or electric furnace used to harden temper, or anneal metal parts * Learn how to load parts into containers, close furnace door, and insert parts into furnace when specified temperature is reached * Learn how to determine flame temperatures, current frequencies, heating cycles, and induction heating coils needed based on degree of hardness required and properties of stock to be treated * Learn how to reduce hear when processing is complete in order to allow parts to cool in furnaces or machinery * Learn how to move controls to light gas burners and how to adjust gas and water flow and flame temperature * Learn how to repair, replace, and maintain furnace equipment as needed, using hand tools * Placing completed work pieces on tables, using cold rods, tongs, or chain hoists, or examining parts to ensure metal shades and colors conform to specifications, utilizing knowledge of metal heat-treating * Learn how to heat billets, bars, plates, rods, and other stock to specified temperatures prior to forging, rolling, or processing, using oil, gas, or electrical furnaces * Learn how to set and adjust speeds of reels and conveyors for prescribed time cycles in order to pass parts through continuous furnaces NOTE: This list presents only the principal duties of the position and is not intended to be comprehensive. The duties and responsibilities listed above may be changed or supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions. Education and Experience: * The Furnace Operator Trainee needs basic knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance. * The Furnace Operator Trainee needs knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. * High School/GED, prior experience working in a manufacturing environment Competencies and Skills: * Lean manufacturing experience is preferred. * Must have proven ability to safely operate various manufacturing production machines * Must be able to follow verbal and written multi-step directions for semi-complex machine operations * Ability to multitask and resolve problems quickly * Able to work effectively in a team environment * Visual acuity and depth perception is required * Must have working command of the English language * Must be able to read, write and interpret the English language * Must be able to communicate in English verbally and in writing (basic verbal instructions, simple written memos and instructions) * General computer skills required in Microsoft Office Physical Demands: * Must be able to sit, stand, walk, climb, bend, stoop, push, pull, carry, reach, twist * Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds NOTE: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work Environment and Personal Protective Equipment: Within the Smith & Wesson manufacturing facility, employees may be exposed to manufacturing noise, airborne liquid chemicals, fine particulate dust, ambient temperatures, and industrial lighting. Work environment is similar to most manufacturing operations. May be exposed to excessive noise, temperatures, hazards associated with working around moving machinery, work in confined quarters, exposure to vibrations and shop lighting, continuous exposure to hot temperatures, may be humid, odors, dust, continuous exposure to mechanical hazards, and occasional exposure to chemical hazards. The following Personal Protective Equipment is required: * Safety glasses with side shields and hearing protection required when on manufacturing floor The use of additional personal protective equipment (PPE) may be required when a job task(s) is being completed in or around your assigned department or in another department, this includes safety eyewear, hearing protection, and safety footwear. Revised 05/09/2021 Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled