Job Description

Machinist (Tooth Grinding & Bevel)

Machinist (Tooth Grinding & Bevel)

Job Summary:

Set up, adjust and operate internal and/or external grinders to grind surfaces of exacting dimensional and finish requirements. Select wheels, feeds and speeds. Dress wheels to obtain desired contours.

Personal Characteristics:

Results oriented with the ability to pay strong attention to detail. The successful candidate needs to be a pro-active self-started that can work independently. Excellent analytical and organizational skills are required for this position.

Principal Areas of Responsibility:

As Tooth Grinding Machinist, this position is to:

• Loads and unloads own machine, assists and instructs others per supervisor’s request
• Operate, adjust and upload equipment as necessary
• Meets quality standards and does setups on all assigned jobs
• Ensure all projects/parts comply with required specifications and meet quality standards
• Checks own work to insure it is meeting process and blueprint requirements
• Maintain equipment and cleanliness of working area
• Preform quality checks daily and assist with duties as needed

Specific Duties:

Position must possess the following skills, qualifications and capabilities:

• Edit and proof new tapes and programs
• Develops program tapes to produce product as specified
• Informs supervisor of damages supplies and need for replacement
• Completes routine inspection to ensure quality product
• Complete duties as assigned in a timely manner
• Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety
• All other duties and activities as assigned or necessary

Education:

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)

Work Experience:

• Must have 5+ years related experience/or training: or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical and Mental Demands:

• Incumbent must physically and mentally perform the job demands as listed above.
• The ability to handle high stress associated with high activity with tight deadlines.
• Handle multiple projects (multi-task) in a fast-paced organization with shifting priorities.
• Resourceful, “hand-on”, “roll-up sleeves” approach to work while maintaining professionalism, positive demeanor and quality-focused manner.
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About Overton Chicago Gear: Overton Chicago Gear is a full-service manufacturer of open gearing and gearboxes. For more than 130 years we have delivered high performance, mission critical gearing and gearboxes.

We design and build custom gearboxes to meet each customer’s specific application and requirements. We build to print, reverse engineer a single gear or deliver a complete gearbox. We rebuild and upgrade gearboxes from any manufacturer and create upgraded designs that drop into existing spaces. When you choose Overton Chicago Gear, you get a reliable supplier that delivers quality product, on-time and at a competitive price.

Work Location:

Must be able to be in person and onsite in Addison, IL.

What we offer:

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• 401K
• Holidays
• PTO
• Yearly Bonus Structure

Manufacturing and Quality Processes:
ISO9001 Registered, Computer Controlled Manufacturing Overton Chicago Gear uses leading-edge computer-controlled equipment and tight process control to design and manufacture gearing and gearboxes. Large or small gearing, we turn, mill, drill, broach, hob, shape, grind, finish and inspect with great efficiency. We have longstanding exclusive partnerships with offshore manufacturers. This gives our customers greater flexibility on delivery and price, along with our full range of engineering, quality and after-sale support. Our facilities have been ISO 9001 registered since 1996.

Our quality policy:
Overton/Chicago Gear is committed to process driven, world class manufacturing and continually improved quality systems that deliver reliable solutions at the best possible value to all stakeholders.

Next Steps: if you are interested in being considered for this position, please send your resume to [email protected].