Deburrer

Eaton Corporation•Los Angeles, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position will be responsible for deburring complex parts and visually inspect for defects while maintaining manufacturing productivity and standards. Parts may include multiple manufacturing process steps within the deburr operations. Ensure quality compliance of all parts following customer specifications and internal drawings and procedures. May train more junior staff in deburr procedures. Works with aluminum, steel and titanium parts.

Requirements

Must have a high school diploma or GED from an accredited institution.
Three (3) year experience in deburring complex (multiple cavities) machined parts with tight tolerances.
Must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158.
Familiar with machines tools, production methods and shop practices preferred.
Ability to learn equipment and processes for fabrication of aerospace parts, produce parts in accordance with the production plans, sketches and/or verbal instructions. Ability to maintain close tolerance dimensions on critical parts.
Knowledge of dimensional measuring instrumentations and use of such tools to verify actual measurements of machined dimensions and features.
Ability to read and interpret drawings, sketches, manufacturing routings, procedures, and routers.
Good verbal and written communication skills a must.
Familiarity with Statistical Process Control (SPC) principles and methods.
Ability to logically solve problems and to keep assignments and projects moving in an orderly and structured fashion.
Able to perform basic shop math
Able to demonstrate mechanical aptitude
Strong visual inspection skills
Strong time management skills

Nice To Haves

Technical degree in manufacturing, machining, or related field
Five (5) years’ experience in machining, deburring, honing or lapping parts in a manufacturing environment.
Familiar with Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing techniques such as Value Stream Mapping, 5S, TPM, Error Proofing, Standardized Work, Set up Reduction, Continuous Flow, and Pull
Experience in Troubleshooting Problems using quality tools such as statistics, 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone diagrams, etc.
PC computer skills (Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, etc...) with ability to learn other programs

Responsibilities

Perform complex manual deburring with tight quality tolerances ranging from approximately .001 to .015.
Rework complex parts that have damage from the manufacturing process.
Reworks complex parts that have been damaged and returned from the field.
Deburrs final finish of simple to complex parts
Sandblasts to clean rust, and glass beat
Selects among various deburr tools, knives and equipment to correctly perform prescribed functions on drawing.
Read and interpret engineering drawings, blue prints, customer specifications, internal drawings and procedures for complex parts.
Able to manually generate radius requirements at internal cross hole intersections, blind holes, slots and cast features using required “deburring” tools and microscope.
Checks finish and/or flatness on lapped parts using required tools (Tropel Flatmaster, Profilometer, etc.).
Visually inspect parts determining defects (i.e. machining operations, rust vs. heat-treat scale, etc.), advises lead of issues.
Examine parts for completeness
Perform assembly operations including lee plug, broaching, and helicoils
Performs majority of deburr operations under a microscope.
Train other employees within the Deburr function
Maintain manufacturing productivity and safety standards.
Involvement in successful process definition and re-engineering; working from verbal instructions.
Other duties as assigned.