Company Bio:

Entrepreneurial Leader
Heroux-Devtek, the world’s 3rd largest producer of landing gear, serves the civil and military aerospace markets from production facilities in North America and Europe. The Company’s longevity, flexibility, and track record for the development and implementation of innovative production systems have distinguished it as a leader in the domain. With its most recent acquisitions, Heroux-Devtek is bolstering its status as one of the foremost landing gear, actuation and hydraulic system designers and manufacturers in the global aerospace industry.

Division info:

The Landing Gear Market specializes in the design, qualification, manufacture and repair and overhaul of landing gears and flight critical components to a customer base that extends from the OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) to the Operators in both the commercial and military markets.

Summary of position:

Sets up and operates internal grinding machines to grind internal cylindrical and tapered surfaces of rotating metal workpieces, such as tool, die, and machined parts, usually for limited runs, analyzes blueprints and specifications of selecting tooling according to knowledge of internal grinding procedures.

Main responsibilities:

• Studies blueprint or layout on workpieces to visualize grinding to be done and plans sequence of operations.
• Selects grinding wheel, according to knowledge of metal properties and abrasives, and mounts wheel on spindle.
• Moves controls and reads dial to set angle of workpiece to grinding wheel, following product specifications.
• Dresses wheel manually or with preset device.
• Positions and secures workpiece on faceplate, magnetic chuck, or in chuck jaws, using wrenches.
• Selects as set grinding wheel speed, work surface speed, and workpiece table travel rate, according to knowledge of metal properties and abrasives.
• Positions and tightens stops to set depth of grinding wheel cut and stroke of workpiece table.
• Moves controls to feed wheel to workpiece manually and automatically.
• Verifies dimensions of ground workpiece for conformance to specifications, using such measuring instruments as micrometers, dial indicators, and gage blocks.
• Sizes and micro finish and all related blueprint dimensions.

Qualifications:

You enjoy challenges, teamwork an a quality working environment that evolves continuously? Developing your competencies is a priority for you? Join Héroux-Devtek and "lets grow together".