Heat Treat Operator - 1st Shift

Alcast Companies
Alcast Companies

Full-time

Peoria, IL, USA

USD 18-18 / hour

Posted on Sep 12, 2026

Heat Treat Operator - 1st Shift

8821 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61615
$18 an hour - Full-time

Job details

Pay

  • $18 an hour

Job type

  • Full-time

Shift and schedule

  • Weekends as needed
  • Monday to Friday
 

Benefits

Pulled from the full job description

  • 401(k)
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Life insurance
 

Full job description

1st shift Weekends - Monday - Friday 7am - 5pm

Set up, operate, or tend heating equipment, such as heat-treating furnaces, flame-hardening machines, induction machines, soaking pits, or vacuum equipment to temper, harden, anneal, or heat-treat metal or plastic objects.

Job Duties

· Read production schedules and work orders to determine processing sequences, furnace temperatures, and heat cycle requirements for objects to be heat-treated.

· Adjust controls to maintain temperatures and heating times, using thermal instruments and charts, dials and gauges of furnaces, and color of stock in furnaces to make setting determinations.

· Determine flame temperatures, current frequencies, heating cycles, and induction heating coils needed, based on degree of hardness required and properties of stock to be treated.

· Load parts into containers and place containers on conveyors to be inserted into furnaces, or insert parts into furnaces.

· Record times that parts are removed from furnaces to document that objects have attained specified temperatures for specified times.

· Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

· Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).

· Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.

Abilities

· Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

· Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

· Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

· Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Experience And Education

High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate

Experience in heat treat department or similar manufacturing background strongly preferred

Pay: $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Work Location: In person