Grayhill designs and manufactures intuitive human interface solutions that make life simpler, safer and more efficient. Standard products include optical encoders, rotary switches, keypads, joysticks, displays, touchscreens and pushbuttons. These components are sold to thousands of customers around the globe. Grayhill also incorporates these standard products into control panels to support a range of major customers in the Healthcare, Agriculture, Construction Equipment and Military markets. Our headquarters are in LaGrange, IL with manufacturing facilities located in McCook and Carpentersville IL, Iola WI and Shenzhen China. We offer opportunities for talented professionals seeking challenging careers with a proven industry leader.
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- Excellent Benefits and Training
- Generous Vacation, Paid Holidays and Paid Personal Time
- Clean, Air Conditioned and Well-Maintained Facilities
Hours: 2nd or 3rd shift
Location: Iola, WI Facility
Summary Analyzes specifications, lays out metal stock, sets up and operates machine tools, and fits and assembles parts to fabricate and repair metalworking dies, cutting tools, jigs and fixtures, gauges, and machinists' hand tools by performing the following duties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Study specifications such as blueprints, sketches, models, or descriptions, and visualizes product to determine materials required and machines to be used to fabricate parts.
- Compute dimensions, plan layout, and determine assembly method and sequence of operations.
- Measure, mark, and scribe metal stock for machining.
- Set up and operate machine tools such as lathes, milling machine, shaper, and grinder, to machine parts, and verify conformance of machined parts to specifications.
- May occasionally act as lead on a given tooling or mold making project, assigning work to Tool Room associates specializing in various areas of machining and bench operations.
- Perform critical bench and assembly operations to fit, align, calibrate, adjust, assemble and finish work.
- Perform development and experimental work as required.
- Create fixturing and tooling for Manufacturing Engineering.
- Monitor the work efforts of apprentices in specialized phases of work as assigned and reports progress of apprentices to Tool Room Supervisor.
- Train apprentices as needed.
- Maintain machines used in conformity with proper operating and maintenance procedures.
- Examine standard or previously used dies, tools, and jigs and fixtures, and recommend design modifications regarding construction and function of part.
- Develop specifications from general descriptions for specialty tools and draw or sketch design of product.
- One-year certificate from college or technical school or
- Three to six months related experience and/or training or
- Equivalent combination of education and experience in addition to Journeyperson designation.
We value diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of gender, color, race, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or national origin.
This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.
