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…