Manufacturing Machine Operator

Join HGC Industries as an Operator and become part of a team that takes pride in quality, teamwork, and excellence. In this hands-on role, you’ll operate production equipment, ensure parts meet customer specifications, and help keep our manufacturing process running smoothly and efficiently. We’re looking for dependable, motivated individuals who enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, paying attention to detail, and learning new skills.

HGC Industries is a worldwide leader in designing and manufacturing gaskets, sealing surfaces, and stamping. For over 50 years, our customers have trusted us to fulfill their advanced sealing & stamping requirements. We provide technical sealing and stamping solutions to customers around the globe through our excellence in engineering, technology, manufacturing, and customer service. Our mission is to create gaskets and components that satisfy the most complex manufacturing challenges and provide high-quality products and services to the world at a reasonable cost.

At HGC, our employees are the foundation of our success. We encourage our employees to use their strengths, expertise, and determination to deliver on our commitments and achieve individual growth. When you join HGC Industries, you become part of a diverse and collaborative team that drives beyond the ordinary and provides cutting-edge solutions.

As an Operator, your primary responsibility is to support the mission and Core Values of HGC. This involves a continuous learning process, mastering all the presses in each press bank, meeting the needs of our customers as per HGC guidelines, and ensuring the production of parts with 100% quality and timely delivery to all customers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Set up different presses per procedure with minimum downtime (insert die boards, load material, and check for correct material and yield per F.O.)

• Learn all the required functions of presses in the press bank, such as turning the machine on/off, emergency stop, checking the roll stand, and ensuring the material is fitting properly through the feeder

• Must operate the press at maximum speed that allows for safety and consistent, accurate cut part outcome

• Run material through the press, meet quality count and rate requirements according to customer and HGC guidelines

• Constantly monitoring quality results, paying attention to detail and reporting any defects

• Catch and/or move gaskets from the press neatly to avoid distortion

• Finishing parts and removing scrap from gaskets

• Consistently meet efficiency goals per factory order

• Separate box quantities according to customer guidelines

• Fill out the paperwork correctly for each run

• Measure and compare parts for accuracy

• Match all parts with the order blueprint and ensure that parts have all the material branding requirements

• Prepare parts for shipping, pack parts into cartons, and ensure all parts have been packed following the required instructions.

• Other duties as assigned

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and percentages

• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent time management skills and ability to efficiently manage priorities and tasks based on importance

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

• Adaptability skills to effectively manage demands, frequent changes, delays, or unexpected events

• Ability to work self-sufficiently to ensure accuracy and quality of tasks

• Ability to navigate and resolve internal or external situations effectively and resourcefully

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with customers, co-workers, and HGC Industries stakeholders

• Ability to demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness and monitor their work to ensure quality

• Ability to effectively manage both emotional and social intelligence

• A strong willingness to learn new processes and procedures will help the individual be successful at HGC

• Ability to follow HGC safety and security guidelines when operating and using company equipment and materials

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma/GED preferred

• Previous manufacturing experience a plus

• Ability to read and write effectively in English to understand work instructions and complete required documentation.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Standing for extended periods 5-10 hours per day

• Walking for long periods 1-5 hours per day

• Ability to sit (based on position and department) 1-5 hours per day

• Twisting, bending, reaching, and engaging in rapid reflex movements for up to 10 hours a day

• Circumduction, pushing, pulling, reaching, and engaging in rapid flex movements with both arms up to 10 hours a day

• Occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl

• Occasionally lift and carry objects (30 lbs. maximum)

• Occasionally climb/use a ladder

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:

Manufacturing plant and office employees can/will be exposed to noise, dirt, dust, fumes, odors, chemicals, and other airborne particles.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: None

COMPENSATION: $17.75/hour based on experience

CLASSIFICATION: Full-Time, Non-Exempt

SCHEDULE: Monday through Friday, 6:00am to 2:30pm

LOCATION: (On-Site, Indianapolis (Martindale-Brightwood area)

SIGN-ON BONUS: Take advantage of our sign-on bonus opportunity—earn $200 after your first 90 days, $300 after 6 months, and $500 after reaching your 1-year anniversary with the company.

INCENTIVE PAY: Boost your earnings with our performance incentive program and earn up to 4% of your base pay each quarter! Your results in scrap, efficiency, and attendance all contribute to your earning potential.

HGC Industries provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals and in which personnel processes are merit-based and applied without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics protected by federal, state, and local laws.

** This job description summarizes the typical job functions. It is not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible responsibilities, tasks, and duties required by the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and functions may differ from those outlined in this job description and may change at any time.