Plating Operator

Job Description

Job Description

Plating Operator 

Full Time + Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with Company Match, PTO)

Job Type: On-site

Shift: 2nd/Swing

Hourly Range: $20.00 - $26.00, DOE

Shift Differential: 10%

Location: Milpitas, CA

Fralock is an engineered solutions provider of specialty components and subassemblies using advanced materials for high reliability, severe environment, and technically challenging applications. We develop and manufacture custom integrated solutions. Established in 1967, we are a critical solutions provider to Fortune 500 corporations, government, and targeted OEMs in a variety of industries including Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing, Medical and Life Science, Aerospace and Defense, Industrial, Electronics, and Energy. Fralock is headquartered in Valencia, CA with manufacturing locations located throughout Northern and Southern California.

VISION

To be recognized by our customers as a leading solutions provider of proprietary engineered advanced materials for high reliability, severe environment, and technically challenging applications.

MISSION

To create value, profitably grow, and share our success with all stakeholders.

CULTURE

• Respect – We treat others the way they want to be treated.
• Integrity – We practice a high standard of ethics in our business dealings with customers, suppliers, and employees.
• Responsiveness – We have a sense of urgency in responding to internal and external requests and work proactively to solve problems.
• Excellence/Competence – We empower our people to continuously improve and execute high quality work.
• Teamwork – We work together to achieve Fralock business objectives by communicating at a high level, by listening and having clarity in our expectations of one another.
• Individual Accountability and Personal Responsibility – We do what we have committed to do when we committed to doing it.
• Continuous Improvement across all segments of the company

This position requires access to information controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the successful candidate must be a "U.S. person" as defined in the ITAR and EAR (which generally means (i) be a citizen or national of the  United States; or (ii) be a lawful permanent resident of the United States; or (iii) have been admitted to the United States as a refugee, or have been granted asylum, as specified under applicable law.

Job Summary

The responsibility of the Plating Operator shall be to perform all aspects of utilization of the following PCB Plating equipment and processes:

Electroless Copper, Electrolytic Copper, Electrolytic Tin, Etching, Resist Stripping, Electrolytic Gold, Electroless Ni/Au (ENIG), Co-bra Bond, Hot Air Levelling Solder (HALS).

Key Responsibilities

• Review product flow and ensure all products are aligned with specifications
• Maintain/clean equipment
• Perform preventive maintenance (PM) as needed
• Be able to operate and maintain the various pieces of equipment within the department
• Measure out the proper quantities and make chemical adds to baths or sumps
• Manually setup and transfer solution between tanks, totes or barrels
• Candidate would be required to work on, in, and around open sumps, plating tanks or mechanical hoists
• Assist lower-level employees in basic set-up and operations, provide relief support on equipment and processes
• Thorough use of a computer interface.
• Able to enter operating parameters, job information and view various screens to decipher proper operating settings
• Follow company policies and procedures.

Required Skills

Competent in reading, speaking, writing, and understanding of the English language.

Experience Requirements

• 3 – 5 years of experience in PCB manufacturing environment
• Operators are required to have Hazardous Communication training covering cyanide safety after accepting job offer. The training must be completed before work assignments are given. 

Education Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent

Physical Requirements

• Able to lift and carry a minimum of 50 lbs.
• Able to manipulate hand cart in moving 55-gallon drums.
• Must be able to stand/walk for a long period of time.
• Must have the ability to wear proper PPE.
• Per OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Standard, 29 CFR 1910.34, employees in positions requiring respirators are required to meet facial hair standards.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of a position.