Job Description

 A.S. Aerospace Inc. manufactures high strength specialty fasteners, including nuts, bolts, screws, studs, and pins. Our products are of the highest quality and very close tolerances. Our products support the US Government and the most demanding customers in the aviation industry. 

 We offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and a monthly bonus. 

                                                                         Nut Former Operator 

Department:  Machine Shop

Position Summary: Operates automatic nut formers that have 5 forming dies and are equipped with automatic feeding mechanisms to precisely sheared to length and progressively form metal wire into dies and special nut products.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Operates nut forming machines.
• Moves control to cycle machine through settings, stopping the machine and adjusting to positions and machine controls to allow for operating factors such as timing and the clearance between moving parts.
• Positions and secures heading wire onto stock feeding mechanism.
• Adjust specific tooling and transfer fingers at each station.
• Start machine, observes the operation and inspects first run and sample workpiece to ensure machine conforms to specifications.
• Inspects parts using micrometers, gauges, and other measuring tools, to ensure compliance with specification. 
• Reads blueprint or job order for product specification such as dimensions, tolerance, number or parts to be formed and tooling instruction on type tooling required.
• Performs record keeping, data entry, housekeeping and following safety regulations.
• Suggest process improvement ideas.
• Use the 3 pan system through your production run.
• Evaluate and communicate machine condition or concerns to both maintenance and supervision.

Education and/or Experience: 

• Working experience in a fastener manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of nut forming machinery and procedures.
• Ability to inspect parts with variety of inspections instruments. Knowledge in the use of SPC.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience or equivalent combination of technical education and experience. 

Mathematical skills: Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts and calculations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, angles, radius, ratios and standard units of measurements. 

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor. 

A.S. Aerospace Inc. is and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. 

A.S. Aerospace Inc. will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirement of Los Angeles Municipal Code, Chapter XVIII, Article 9. 

A.S. Aerospace Inc. 21095 Centre Pointe Pkwy, Santa Clarita, CA 91350