Laser Operator
Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
Join Our Team: Laser Operator Opportunity!
About Us
JFE Shoji Power Canada (JSC) is an electrical steel products manufacturer located in Burlington, Ontario. As the largest producer of transformer cores in North America, JSC specializes in wound, amorphous, and step-lap cores for power generation and distribution equipment. Its electrical steel products and magnetic materials are also used in electric vehicle motors and charging station infrastructure, data centres, audio equipment, and other industrial applications.
Since 1972, JSC (formerly Cogent) has grown from a small niche manufacturer to an integral part of the North American electrical steel supply chain with multiple facilities and over 500 employees. JSC is dedicated to meeting the growing demand for electrical energy by providing strategic, innovative, and sustainable solutions to its clients.
What Sets Us Apart?
At JFE Shoji Power Canada, we are more than just a company—we are a community that embraces safety. We have a proactive safety attitude where every team member is empowered to care for each other and take responsibility for keeping everyone safe. By embodying the ICare principles, we ensure that safety is not just a priority but a core value of our culture. Each employee plays an essential role in shaping a workplace where safety is embedded in every action we take, and where incidents are prevented before they happen.
How you’ll make an impact
Vital in optimizing production by ensuring efficient and precise laser cutting, reducing material waste, and improving product quality. Your expertise helps maintain equipment reliability, meet production targets, and customer satisfaction.
Job Responsibilities
The Laser Programmer is responsible for cutting steel using various types of laser cutting processes. The operator will load, run, program, and maintain flatbed laser machine according to the production schedule while ensuring productivity and efficiency targets are met. This role requires specialized skills to operate and maintain laser equipment effectively.
- Set up, operate, and monitor machine in a safe manner
- Load and unload material from machine, checking steel before running it through machine
- Use safe lifting devices to ensure material is prepped and ready to feed the machine
- Read work orders and production schedules to determine specifications
- Ensure correct materials used cutting steel are clean and positioned correctly in machine
- Perform tests on machine and adjust settings and speed according to product specifications
- Follow all safety regulations and maintain a work area that is clean and organized
- Troubleshoot errors and perform minor maintenance of machine to improve cut quality
- Measure completed work pieces to verify conformance to specifications
- Maintain accurate record keeping
- Maintain process quality assurance by examining completed work pieces for defects
Qualifications
- 1-3 years experience operating an Amada and/or Mitsubishi laser cutting machine is required
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Experience with operating a Press Break
- Experience operating CNC machines (Mill or Lathe)
- Overhead crane and forklift certified
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints
- Ability to work in a team environment or independently
- Self-motivated and takes initiative to identify problems, opportunities and solutions
- Prior programming experience
- Exceptional attendance
Why JFE?
Competitive wage
Competitive extended healthcare, vision and dental benefits
EAP
Production Bonus Plan
Company Pension
RRSP Match
On the job training
Boot Allowance
Employee Events
Please note: JFE Shoji Power does not accept agency resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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