Tool Room Technician (Coil Shop) - 2nd Shift - 3p - 11p

Maintenance Technician Mechanical focused – Tool Room

 

About Us

 

GKN Automotive is the market leader in conventional, all-wheel, and electrified drive systems and solutions. With a comprehensive global footprint, we design, develop, manufacture, and integrate an extensive range of driveline technologies for over 90% of the world’s car manufacturers. 

 

Role purpose

 

Multi-skilled tool room technician for the manufacture, repair, and inspect Induction hardening coils, quench blocks, plant tooling and machine components using tool and die skills to include lathes, mills, and other machine shop equipment. Support manufacture and use of all fixtures, jigs, and measurement tools for the manufacture and repair of coils, quench blocks and machine tooling to hold precise tolerances. Maintain all equipment, tools, jigs, and fixtures. Requires hot work to include torch brazing and soldering.

 

Key responsibilities

 

Coils, Quench Blocks, and Machine Tooling

Safely operate Manual Mills, Saws, Grinders, Lathes, and other tool room equipment for manufacture of components, tooling. Safely use torches to solder components together during tooling assembly. Development and improvement of fixtures to support coil component and assembly manufacture.

Equipment Maintenance and Repair

Maintain all equipment and ensure equipment machanical accuracy to obtain tolerances for precision tools / components manufacture.

Solutions Analysis

Find the most effective ways to respond to routine functional enquiries. Involves following procedures and precedents.

Quality

Conduct complex analyses, quality tests, inspections, and measurements that require a high level of independent judgment. Ensure all work is completed per drawings on CAD system.

Operational Compliance

Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.

Health, Safety and Environment

Follow a range of mandatory procedures and methods of work (including use of personal protection equipment where relevant) to safeguard the environment and the wellbeing of oneself and others.

Work Scheduling and Allocation

Organize own work schedule each day in line with changing priorities.

Personal Capability Building

Develop and maintain excellent process or technical skills by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching.

Internal Communications

Support others by implementing improvements and carrying out simple change management tasks.

 

Values & Behaviours

 

Ingenious: Manages complexity

Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example, looks at complex issues from multiple angles; explores issues to uncover underlying issues and root causes; sees the main consequences and implications of different options.

Ingenious: Driving continuous improvement

Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement. For example, generally follows defined and communicated standards, methods, and procedures. Seeks advice and finds ways to work better within processes. Makes some reasonable suggestions to improve work methods.

Ingenious: Effective decision making

Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. For example, seeks coaching from others to address routine problems; learns to handle these issues effectively. Bases decisions and actions on relevant rules and procedures.

Collaborative: Navigates organisational dynamics

Maneuvers comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics. For example, proactively seeks to understand the organizational culture and adapts fluently to expected behaviors and protocols. Is inquisitive about the workgroup's function and the unwritten rules of the group.

Principled: Accountability

Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments. For example, accepts responsibility for own work, both successes and failures. Handles fair share and does not make excuses for problems. Usually meets commitments to others.

Driven: Prioritisation

Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned