Millwright (Machine Repair focused)

Company Description

Bosch St. Joseph Plant

The Bosch plant in St. Joseph has manufactured automotive brake components for more than 60 years. The plant specializes in products such as Hydro-Boost® Booster, Hydro-Max® Booster & Master Cylinder, Driveline Park Brake and Medium Heavy Truck ZOHT Disc Brake.

• Our main customers are Ford, General Motors, FCA and DTNA Freightliner

Bosch Group

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 395,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2020). The company generated sales of $81.7 billion in 2020. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology.

The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiaries and regional companies in some 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to create solutions for a connected life. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with innovative products and services that are “Invented for life" and spark enthusiasm.

Job Description

Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of an establishment in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; millwright work; machine repair; welding; fabricating; repairing machines and mechanical equipment; installing, relocating, aligning, and balancing machinery and equipment; and, repairing building facilities. Repairs and maintains mechanical, and hydraulic components of production machines and equipment such as dial index, linear transfer, computerized numerical control, synchronous and non-synchronous assembly lines, metal fabricating machine tools, material handling systems, and automated lubrication system. Layout, fits, and welds fabricated, cast, and forged components to assemble structural forms such as machinery frames, tanks, pressure vessels, and building parts.

Wage is union negotiated: effective 12/26/22 $36/hr

Qualifications

Essential Functions Statement(s) includes but is not limited to

• Trouble shoots machines and equipment to locate defects.
• Dismantles machines and equipment to gain access to problem area.
• Inspects and measures parts to detect wear, misalignment, or other problems and verify adequacy of repair or maintenance activity.
• Removes and replaces worn or defective parts of drive mechanism or hydraulic systems.
• Realigns and adjusts components such as spindles, gearboxes and clutches.
• Locates damaged air and hydraulic pipes on machine.
• Repairs broken parts.
• Sets up and operates metalworking tools such as lathe, drill press, or grinder, to make minor repair parts.
• Operates Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Assists Manufacturing Engineer to modify sketches or computer generated designs of machine components such as hydraulic system and drive mechanism.
• Identify spare or replacement parts that need to be ordered.
• Move and relocate machinery and equipment.
• Assemble and install equipment such as dials, transfers and automated assembly lines.
• Align machines and equipment in conjunction with approved floor layout.
• Assemble machines and bolt, weld, rivet or otherwise fasten them to foundation or other structures.
• Operate engine lathe to grind, file and turn machine parts to dimensional specifications.
• Operate heavy equipment such as Drott, Eric, etc.
• Selects type and size of pipe, and related materials and equipment, such as supports, hangers according to specifications.
• Inspects work site to determine presence of obstructions and to ascertain that holes cut for pipe will not cause structural weakness.  Relocate, when possible, obstruction with supervisors approval.
• Plans installation or repair to avoid obstructions and to avoid interfering with activities of other workers.
• Cuts and threads pipe, make up compressed air, water, gas and chemical hoses.
• Assembles and installs variety of metal and nonmetal pipes, tubes, and fitting, including iron, steel, copper and plastic.
• Operates Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Understands and completes Preventative Maintenance (PM) procedures.
• Connects pipes, using threaded, caulked, soldered, brazed, fused, or cemented joints.
• Secures pipes to structure with brackets, clamps, and hangers.
• Installs and maintains hydraulic and pneumatic components of machines and equipment