Fisher Barton

Machine Operator 1 – 1st Shift, Mill Form Press Operator

Fisher Barton
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeWatertown • Wisconsin • United StatesJuniorWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates proficiency in operating, setting up, and maintaining presses, mills, and auto-forming machines while adhering to safety and quality standards. Capable of performing basic math for analysis and maintaining accurate records of production.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Machine Operating ExperiencePress OperationMilling Machine SetupQuality InspectionBasic Math Skills

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Operate, set up, program, maintain, and troubleshoot presses, mills, and auto-forming machines
  • Adhere to Fisher Barton safety and quality procedures, regulations, and business code of ethics
  • Lift and load parts
  • Insert blanks manually into presses and perform hot or cold form operations
  • Measure parts
  • Keep accurate records of quantities milled and formed
  • Inspect finished parts for quality and compliance
  • Package customer parts
  • Perform general maintenance and housekeeping of working areas
  • Set up equipment within required time according to control plan specifications
  • Verify dimensions, type, and characteristics of raw materials
  • Load coil, strip, or blanks
  • Set tension on slack loop
  • Adjust and operate forming press/straightener to produce parts according to specifications
  • Set up milling machine and perform manual mill operations
  • Replace milling heads
  • Remove and isolate scrapped/non-conforming parts
  • Perform operator maintenance, including lubricant changeouts
  • Train Level 1 team members

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Basic Math skills
  • Basic computer skills
  • 1 Year Machine Operating experience or successful performance as a Fisher Barton Machine Operator 1 team member
  • Proficient in all Machine Operator 2 skills, as defined on the site Training Matrix
  • Able to operate presses, mills, and auto-forming machines
  • Able to use basic math to analyze information
  • Experience with computer systems
  • Preferred: High School Diploma or Equivalent
  • Preferred: 3 years of Machine Operating experience
  • Ability to stand 8-12 hours a day
  • Ability to sit, stand, squat and bend
  • Reach overhead with one or both arms
  • Repetitive movement of lifting and placing parts on machines / up to 15 pounds
  • Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds
  • Ability to occasionally push/pull up to 75 pounds
  • Availability to work 1st shift, Monday to Friday, with overtime

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Fisher Barton is an ESOP company, a qualified defined contribution plan that allows employees to become shareholders
  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Company Paid Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Company Paid Employee and Dependent Life Insurance
  • Employee, Spouse and Child Life Insurance
  • Critical Illness Insurance
  • Prescription Drug Benefits
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
  • 96 hours (12 days) Paid Time Off to start
  • 10 Paid Holidays per year
  • Health Savings Plans (HSA, FSA and Dependent Flexible Spending Accounts)
  • Eligibility to participate in the ONE Fisher Barton Quarterly Bonus Plan
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Wellness Programs
  • Apprenticeship Programs
  • Off-Site Team Building Events
  • On-Site Cookouts and Celebrations
  • Birthday and Anniversary Recognition
  • Holiday parties
  • Safety footwear
  • Prescription safety eye glass benefits

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Hard Skills
Machine OperationPress SetupMilling Machine OperationHot FormingCold FormingQuality Compliance InspectionRecord KeepingBasic MathLubricant ChangeoutsManual Handling
Soft Skills
Team TrainingAttention to Detail
Certifications & Qualifications
High School Diploma or Equivalent
Industry Keywords
Safety ProceduresQuality ProceduresControl Plan SpecificationsGeneral MaintenanceHousekeeping