Mechanical Journeyperson (Machine Repair) - Grand Rapids

Description

General Motors has a need for qualified Mechanical Journeypersons (i.e. machine repair, millwrights, pipefitters, and toolmakers.) You will work under minimal supervision with a high level of independent judgement and problem solving. You should be flexible enough to take on and tackle multiple job assignments in a shift.

Preferred Experience Includes:

Experience with planned maintenance systems and predictive technologies

Experience with industrial robotics, automation, and conveyance systems

Primary Responsibilities:

Follow established safety procedures according to OSHA standards and company procedures

Maintain, dismantle, repair, and replace mechanical and hydraulic components (e. g. bearings, seals, details, carriers, etc.) on industrial machinery such as shafting, motors, generators, air compressors, engines, pumps, cylinders, gears, couplings, linkages, ball screws, high speed CNC spindles, coolant systems and filters, and combustion equipment and valves

Layout, assemble, fabricate, maintain, and repair piping systems

Use various hand or power tools for measuring, cutting, threading, grooving, bending, soldering, assembling, joining, and installing pipes, valves, and fittings

Read and interpret blueprints for the mechanical operation and assembly of conveyor systems, material handling systems, robots, and other automation

Operate mobile equipment (e.g. forklifts, vertical lifts, cranes)

Determine loading requirements to rig equipment and material for lifting

Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes

Fabricate punches, tools, steel rule tools and t-sets to exact specifications

Plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools or assemblies using blueprints, sketches, or models

Determine quality of finished products, ensuring defect-free parts, by verifying dimensions, alignment, and clearances for conformance to specifications using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators

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