Mechanical Forming Equipment Technician

Purpose

To provide advanced mechanical technical support for four-slide, multi-slide, CNC wire-bending, and wire-forming equipment. The technician maintains machine safety, reliability, tooling condition, alignment, timing, setup repeatability, and production readiness through preventive maintenance, mechanical troubleshooting, repair, controlled adjustment, and accurate documentation

Assigned Equipment

• Baird 2

• Baird 324-1

• Baird 324-2

• Baird 4

• Baird 430

• Baird 35-2

• Baird 35-3

• Baird 35-4

• CNC Wire Bend

• Huron 12S

• Huron 8S

• Huron 8S (2)

• Wafios-P

• Wafios-S

• OMCG1

• OMCG2

• Other four-slide, multi-slide, and forming equipment as assigned

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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

·        Provide daily mechanical support to forming operations and respond to machine downtime using safe, structured troubleshooting.

·        Inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain gears, shafts, bearings, bushings, chains, belts, couplings, clutches, brakes, cams, slides, gibs, linkages, feeders, straighteners, cutters, lubrication systems, guards, pneumatic components, and hydraulic components.

·        Perform preventive and predictive maintenance, including lubrication, alignment checks, wear inspection, backlash and clearance checks, fastener verification, filter service, vibration observation, and replacement of worn components.

·        Set up and mechanically adjust feed length, wire straightening, slides, cams, forming stations, transfer mechanisms, tooling clearances, pressure settings, and machine timing within approved standards.

·        Troubleshoot part defects related to feed variation, cut length, bend angle, form location, pitch, twist, burrs, surface damage, tooling wear, timing, material handling, and mechanical repeatability.

·        Remove, install, inspect, fit, align, and support repair of forming tools, dies, cams, slides, guides, feed rolls, grippers, cutters, arbors, mandrels, bearings, bushings, and related machine components.

·        Use mechanical drawings, machine assembly prints, tooling drawings, cam layouts, lubrication charts, pneumatic and hydraulic diagrams, setup sheets, and OEM manuals to diagnose and restore equipment.

·        Use calipers, micrometers, indicators, height gages, pin gages, feeler gages, angle measurement, straightedges, torque tools, and alignment tools to verify machine and tooling condition.

·        Perform precision mechanical work including bearing and bushing replacement, shaft and coupling alignment, gib adjustment, chain and belt tensioning, gear mesh checks, timing verification, and controlled fitting of components.

·        Use HMI alarms, indicator status, sensors, and interlocks only as supporting information for mechanical troubleshooting. Escalate electrical, PLC, drive, and program-related repairs to qualified controls or electrical personnel.

·        Support equipment installation, relocation, leveling, alignment, commissioning, run-at-rate activities, capability improvement, and acceptance of new or rebuilt equipment.

·        Complete work orders, PM records, downtime notes, measurements, parts usage, shift handoff, and repair history accurately.

·        Participate in root-cause analysis, corrective actions, spare-parts planning, and PM improvement for repeated mechanical failures.

·        Follow lockout/tagout, machine guarding, lifting and rigging, stored-energy control, housekeeping, environmental, and plant safety requirements.

·        Coordinate repairs with Production, Tooling, Quality, Engineering, and service providers to protect part quality and minimize downtime.

·        Train operators and less-experienced technicians on lubrication points, inspection checks, basic mechanical fault recognition, and standard recovery methods.

·        Perform other duties as assigned.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education & Experience

·     High school diploma or equivalent.

·     Formal industrial maintenance, machine repair, millwright, tool-and-die, machining, or related mechanical technical training; Journeyman status is preferred.

·     Five or more years of industrial mechanical maintenance or forming-equipment experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

·     Demonstrated experience troubleshooting mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, lubrication, tooling, feeding, timing, and motion-related systems in a production environment.

·     Experience with four-slide, multi-slide, CNC wire-bending, spring/wire-forming, stamping, or comparable cam-driven forming equipment is strongly preferred.

·     Ability to work assigned shift, overtime, weekends, and emergency call-in coverage as required.

Mechanical Competencies

·     Advanced mechanical fault isolation, including wear, looseness, misalignment, backlash, binding, vibration, timing variation, and lubrication-related failures.

·     Working knowledge of machine timing, cam and slide motion, wire feeding and straightening, forming sequence, tooling alignment, and wear-related variation.

·     Ability to inspect and repair dies, forming tools, cams, slides, gibs, guides, grippers, cutters, feed rolls, straighteners, bushings, bearings, and related wear components.

·     Working knowledge of mechanical power transmission, precision alignment, fasteners, fits and tolerances, lubrication, component removal, and safe installation practices.

·     Ability to read mechanical drawings, assembly prints, tooling drawings, cam layouts, lubrication charts, pneumatic diagrams, hydraulic diagrams, and OEM technical documentation.

·     Proficiency with precision measurement and inspection tools required to verify setup, alignment, clearances, and machine condition.

·     Basic awareness of sensors, solenoids, motors, drives, safety devices, and electrical prints for fault identification and proper escalation.

·     Working knowledge of OSHA, ANSI, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, lifting and rigging, stored-energy control, and company safety requirements. Electrical work must remain within the employee’s training and authorization.

·     Computer, math, documentation, and communication skills sufficient for maintenance records, measurements, parts requests, and cross-functional coordination.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities. The technician may provide mechanical technical direction, training, and task coordination during troubleshooting, repairs, and equipment recovery activities.

Work Environment

Work is performed primarily on the manufacturing floor around operating machinery, moving equipment, noise, oils and lubricants, metal components, and varying temperatures. Required personal protective equipment and all plant safety controls must be used.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is frequently required to walk, stand, kneel, crouch, talk and hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.