Babbitt Technician

The Babbitt Technician properly cleans, tins, and babbitt ferrous and non-ferrous materials in a wide variety of sizes of bearings. This includes cleaning and preparing bearings and components for babbitting process such as spinning, TIG, and puddling.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Works from routings, drawings, process sheets, setup sheets, and verbal instructions

• Follows babbitting standard operating procedures (SOP) that may include cleaning and acid washing of components, dipping or coating components in molten tin, adding babbitt to components utilizing a spinning method, and/or static pouring of babbitt onto components

• Fill out in-process inspection reports, as required

• Inspects own work making sure tolerances and finishes are as prescribed

• Dissasemble and reassemble bearings

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• A High school diploma or equivalent

• 5+ years of related experience

• The ability to set-up manual machines

The ideal candidatepossessesthe following experience, skills, and abilities:

• Experience machining finish-grade components to tight tolerances

• TIG and/or welding experience

• Experience with ultrasonic testing and dye penetrate testing

• General bearing knowledge

• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved inproductionof precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

• Ability to review blueprints or other instructions todetermineoperational methods or sequences.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand.The employee frequently is required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts.The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

*Note: This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees willbe requiredto follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor. All requirements are subject to change and updates.