Grinding Specialist/Lead Tooling Specialist

ALIGN PRECISION•Lower Merion Township, PA

7h•Onsite

About The Position

This position involves building fixtures to print for CNC machines and assembly, as well as machining prototype parts and secondary operations. The role requires machining rework parts and ensuring the accuracy of one's own work. The employee will use inspection gauges and equipment to check their work and must be able to wear personal safety gear as required by OSHA regulations, such as goggles, gloves, back belts, aprons, and respirators. Basic blueprint reading and mil spec knowledge are necessary, along with the ability to fill out required paperwork and documentation.

Requirements

Basic blueprint reading
Mil spec knowledge
Ability to wear personal safety gear as required to meet OSHA regulations (goggles, gloves, back belt, apron, respirator)
Ability to fill out required paperwork and required documentation

Responsibilities

Positions and secures workpiece on magnetic chuck, in holding fixture, or directly to machine table.
Selects grinding wheel, grinding speeds, and feed rates for each operation according to knowledge of metal properties and abrasives, and mounts wheel on spindle.
Moves device to dress wheel.
Moves controls and reads dials to set rotation speeds and feed rates.
Positions and tightens stops to limit table travel.
Moves controls to feed workpiece to wheel or vice versa.
Turns valve handle and directs flow of coolant against wheel and workpiece.
Verifies dimensions of ground workpiece for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments as micrometers, comparators, dial indicators, gauge blocks, and load test equipment.
May dress grinding wheel to specified profile for contour grinding, using special fixtures and tools.
May grind nonmetallic materials, such as plastics.
May operate tracer attachment to duplicate contours from templates or models.