This position exists to support the growth of the Bal Seal Engineering (BSE) through the sustainment and development of BSE automated production and inspection equipment.

This position requires a “Hands On” approach that will involve actively managing day to day production equipment issues, support of continuous improvement initiatives along with projects focused on machine upgrades, and new machine development.

Candidates must have excellent communication skills, good problem-solving capabilities and the ability to work collaboratively across the organization.

The hourly rate for this position will be between $24-$32 per/hour depending upon expereince.

Operating as an independent division of the Bloomfield, CT-based Kaman Corporation, Bal Seal Engineering is “a Kaman company.” This structure allows us to remain agile and entrepreneurial as we leverage our parent company’s scale, resources, and complementary capabilities. We’re proud to be part of Kaman, a company with a past so similar to our own, and a commitment to positively shaping the future.

For information regarding benefit offerings, please visit our site here: https://kaman.com/contact/careers/employee-benefits/

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct Preventative Maintenance (PM) on various machines and automated equipment
• Support ongoing Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives, as well as develop new CI opportunities
• Communicate and interface regularly with stakeholders and employees throughout the BSE organization
• Coordinate maintenance with Operations personnel to minimize machine downtime
• Assists engineers with the integration, testing and deployment of new automated systems into the production environment
• Independently diagnose and troubleshoot various equipment machines and automated equipment to support production operations
• Independently maintain and repair various machines and automated equipment
• Independently set-up precision tooling, robotic/automated systems, PLC’s, and vision systems
• Develop and maintain machine and equipment PM work instructions, and maintain a PM completion schedule
• Assist in the development of tools and fixtures to improve machine capabilities/uptime/yield/process time
• Design and fabricate tools or fixtures needed to maintain and improve equipment
• Assist in the development, updates and maintenance of Engineering documentation, Work Instructions and Tools
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Education:

• Associates Degree or certificated post-secondary coursework in electronics, robotics or electro-mechanical and/or minimum 3 years demonstrated experience in a similar technical environment

Experience:

• Experience in high volume manufacturing environment
• Experience troubleshooting electronic, mechanical and/or electromechanical systems and equipment
• Experience with laser cutting and welding processes and techniques
• Experience with small precision machined components and associated manufacturing processes and tolerances

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to work in a highly collaborative environment
• Must be hands on and interface with plant personnel and operators
• Must have basic ability to identify and solve problems with little direction or assistance
• Basic ability to troubleshoot mechanical and electrical systems
• Basic knowledge of pneumatic and electrical actuators and systems
• Proficient ability to identify and solve problems with little direction or assistance
• Proficient ability to troubleshoot mechanical and electrical systems
• Proficient knowledge of pneumatic and electrical actuators and systems
• Basic knowledge of Robot / Vision / PLC Programming