Customs Manufacturing Technician

Company: Hubbardton Forge LLC
Location: Castleton
Posted on: June 25, 2022

Job Description:

OVERVIEW

The Custom Manufacturing Technician is responsible for developing components and tooling for non-standard products as well as helping fabricate (forge, machine, weld, build) those products when needed. This Team Member must be self-driven with an eye for detail and first-time quality. This position requires creative problem-solving and a good deal of cross-functional communication.

SPECIFIC ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The physical demands listed here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Safety

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• Serve as a role model with regard to never compromising safety for competing priorities.
  
• Develop a safety consciousness among your peers
  
• Follow good ergonomic principles when performing work.
  
  
  
  
  Quality
  
  
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  • Ensure 100% first time quality before new product reaches manufacturing. Understand all aspects custom process to support as back-up
    
  • Ensure tooling is tested, error proofed, user friendly, ergonomic and efficient.
    
  • Verify new components for tolerances, surface quality, etc....utilizing drawing reviews and incoming inspections.
    
  • Verify standards; check gauges and tooling are complete and ready for production. Maintain tooling to standards.
    
  • Follow standard work for Forge, Weld and P&T to ensure flow of process and product.
    
    
    
    
    Delivery
    
    
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    • Work with Engineering and Prototype & Tooling to develop prototype based upon predetermined engineering specifications.
      
    • As needed, develop production-level tooling ensuring ongoing manufacturability of non-standard product.
      
    • Develop crude tools for one-time use for non-standard product and modify existing tooling for custom builds.
      
    • Develop and build components or partial builds on mid-level customs.
      
    • Physically build, forge, weld, machine, high level custom products. Adapt for hand building when tooling is not complete.
      
    • Meet as needed, with Metalcraft & P&T to review custom builds for feedback. Bring feedback to Engineering to be incorporated into the design as required.
      
    • Work with internal customers to ensure that all needs are met in order to build non-standard products.
      
    • Be model and drawing resource for ECO's and RFC's. Provide RFC support to Customs product engineer.
      
    • Develop UL sample products as needed.
      
      
      
      
      Cost Reduction
      
      
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      • As a part of the Custom Team, participate in the process PDCA and contribute to continuing development and improvements in process.
        
      • Engage in CI activities to improve product and process.
        
        
        
        
        People
        
        
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        • Maintain an ongoing dialogue to ensure ongoing alignment of priorities and objectives.
          
        • Respectfully communicate with others, share information, offer support, identify problems, propose solutions, address issues fairly and direct
          
          
          
          
          Other Duties
          
          
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          • Other duties as assigned.
            
            PI177199713

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