Heat Treat Tech

Heat Treat Furnace Technician Working with minimal supervision perform scheduled TUS/SAT as well as work with maintenance and outside agencies to maintain and troubleshoot furnaces. Support engineering with the design of new heat-treat tooling, fixtures & combs. Ensure proper equipment calibration and compliance to all internal and external governing documents. Essential Elements: Train and support team members to ensure all work conforms to quality and industry requirements. Overall responsibility for the planning & scheduling of the preventive and routine maintenance of three heat treat furnaces and ultra-low temperature freezer. Responsible for the management and performance of heat-treating equipment pyrometry. Coordinating maintenance schedule with planning and production management to reduce interruption to product flow and equipment down time. Serve as Heat Treat Department liaison with Engineering for all external and internal audits to ensure compliance to applicable procedures. Work with furnace operators to create heat treat and brazing process sheets and submit to Engineering for review and approval. Confer with engineers on the design and implementation of new tooling and improvement to existing tooling and procedures. Consult with suppliers about equipment issues, obtain quotes for new equipment, and repair services. Maintain tooling database (combs and heat treat fixtures) and order replacements as needed. Responsible for maintaining appropriate level of consumables including thermocouples, braze paste, braze shims, and replacement parts for all equipment. Ensure proper record keeping and storage for all created historical documents. Achieve and maintain appropriate Operator Authorizations as required.