Job Details

First Inspection / Lpc-T

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Job Description

Mission: To identify and record casting defects, severity, and the responsible department in order to assist engineering and process control in resolving processing variations. To verify alloy type in each casting and visually inspect castings before release for further processing.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Inspection. Objective: To visually inspect and verify part quality through instrumentation tests prior to routing for further processing.
• Documentation. Objective: To record defects and process control problems for timely analysis by process control and engineering.
• Interfacing. Objective: To work with engineering, process control and other plant departments to identify and resolve problems found during inspection.
• Safety. Objective: To take responsibility for and demonstrate safe work practices.

Training is provided on the job. May be required to complete Hazardous Waste Management Training.

Entry Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of one or more of the stages of the investment casting process is preferred OR an equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Ability to follow instructions, read, write, and perform arithmetic calculations.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others.
• Ability to attend to details.
• Ability to lift and or maneuver objects weighing thirty to fifty pounds and occasionally up to seventy five pounds.
• Ability to work in difficult working conditions, which may include exposure to noise, dust, temperature extremes, awkward positions and other elements for extended periods of time.

Major Plant Differences:

• LSBO First Inspectors complete scrap assignments; collect scrap parts, complete paperwork to assign responsible departments and route scrap to