Mechanic

The Timken Company • East Haven, CT

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Timken Power Systems, Schulz Electric brand, is seeking a Mechanic for its East Haven, Connecticut service center. The role is responsible for general labor, mechanical, and maintenance tasks, including the assembly, testing, disassembly, inspection, and painting of electric motors. The Mechanic performs assembly work to customer specifications, ensures work sent to the test panel meets quality expectations, and completes related paperwork accurately. The role also uses drawings, sketches, geometric dimensioning and tolerances, and repair manuals, and provides feedback to engineering to help resolve and prevent assembly, test, drawing, and quality problems. Overtime, weekends, and holidays may be required when needed to meet production demands.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Five years of experience.
• Proficiency in multiple craft skills needed to repair and manufacture electrical, mechanical, and rotating equipment.
• Proficiency using calipers, micrometers, and dial indicators to measure tolerances as tight as .0005.
• Proficiency in the care and handling, installation, adjustment, lubrication, and maintenance of anti-friction bearings.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Mathematical skills, including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and computing rate, ratio, and percent.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small-group situations to other employees.
• Understanding of and ability to perform dynamic balancing of rotors and rotating elements.

Responsibilities

• Perform general labor, mechanical, and maintenance tasks.
• Assemble, test, disassemble, inspect, and paint electric motors.
• Perform assembly duties according to customer specifications.
• Ensure the quality of all work sent to the test panel.
• Complete all related paperwork accurately and thoroughly.
• Understand and use drawings, sketches, geometric dimensioning and tolerances, and repair manuals.
• Provide engineering feedback on assembly and test discrepancies, drawing errors, and quality errors to help resolve problems and prevent recurrence.
• Work overtime, weekends, and holidays when necessary to meet production demands.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED