What are the responsibilities and job description for the OD/ID Grinding Technician position at FOREST CITY GEAR COMPANY?
Job Details
Job Location: Forest City Gear - Roscoe, IL
Position Type: Full Time
Education Level: High School
Salary Range: Undisclosed
Travel Percentage: Negligible
Job Shift: Any
Job Category: Manufacturing
Description
Set-up and operate CNC OD/ID grinders to meet production and quality requirements.
Essential Job Functions:
- Ability to operate machinery as required
- Verify part quantity with the job traveler
- Make machine adjustments as required to maintain print specifications
- Load and unload machines as per the cycle time noted on the traveler
- Study and determine the part tolerances and methods of measurement for each job
- Ability to run more than one machine maintaining run times as required
- Set-up machines
- Use micrometers, height gages, and optical comparators and visual checks for part inspection
- Maintain clean and organized department and work area
- Communicate with coworkers and supervisor as needed
- Determine when wheels needs replacement
- Assist in determining tooling & fixturing needs
- Take parts to inspection when necessary
- Use inspection methods to determine size changes
- Analyze blueprints & travelers
- Complete all necessary paperwork as required in a timely & accurate manner
Non-Essential Job Functions:
- Train others as needed
- Work on miscellaneous projects as needed
- Conserves energy and organizational resources when possible
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, Prescription, Eye
- Paid vacation and paid personal time
- Life insurance, 401K, FSA
- Education opportunities
Environmental Conditions:
- Noise intensity level exposed with this job Loud
- Exposure to fumes, odors, dusts, and gases Occasionally
- Exposure to hazard of moving mechanical parts Occasionally
Qualifications
- 5 years job shop precision OD and ID grinding STRONGLY PREFERRED (centerless grinding not applicable)
- CNC familiarity strongly preferred
- Ability to reading blueprints
- Ability to think critically and ask questions of others in order to foster continuous learning efforts
- Ability to use micrometers, indicators, and precision gages
- Attention to detail
- Maintain confidentiality
- Develops alternative solutions when needed
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to adhere to 6S and lean standards
- Basic general inspection equipment knowledge and skills
- Basic materials knowledge
- Communication skills to train others as needed
- Basic math & geometry skills
Physical Demands:
- Ability to lift/carry 20-45 pounds
(upward pulling)
- Lift/carry Occasionally
- Stooping Occasionally
(bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist, requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles)
- Reaching Frequently
(extending hands and arms in any direction including upward and downward)
- Walking Occasionally
(with normal breaks) - Sitting Occasionally
(with normal breaks)
- Standing Frequently
(with normal breaks)
