Nexans Fergus classifies all direct manufacturing personnel that run production machines as ‘Machine Operators’. Machine Operators are responsible for all aspects of running production equipment for the purposes of manufacturing electrical cables. They are responsible for the following:
Reading design recipes and cable drawings
Selection of appropriate tooling, and raw materials per the design
Cleaning of equipment
Set-up of tooling and materials in preparation for a production run
Quality checks of in-process and finished goods parts. Checks include visual checks for surface texture, proper winding of cables on a spool, checking for physical defects on cables and measurements that include using the following tools:
Diameter tapes
Micrometers
Microscopes with dial micrometers
Precision scales
Specific Gravity scales
Shadow Graphs
Tensile testing
Supervision of equipment while running product, including:




Decision making regarding when product meets the quality requirements per the design after a startup
Flagging non-conforming product when required
Feeding raw materials into the machine(s)
Taking away finished goods from the machine(s)
Use of walk-behind pallet jacks, standup reach trucks or forklifts as required
Use of overhead cranes
Labelling of in-process and finished goods, including verifying that the order number, part number, description and quantity are correct
Autonomous maintenance tasks including:
Filter changes
Greasing
Checking bearings, sheaves and rollers
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📌 Machine Operator (Manitoba)
🏢 Nexans USA
📍 Manitoba