Job Description

Job Location: Chicago - Bedford Park, IL 60638
Position Type: Full TimeEducation
Level: High School
Salary Range: $30.58 - $39.36 Hourly

Job Shift: 1st Shift Northstar Aerospace, now part of Avio Aero - a GE Aerospace Company, is a leading independent manufacturer of components and assemblies to the global Aerospace industry. Our principal products include gears and transmissions, accessory gearbox assemblies, rotorcraft drive systems, and other machined and fabricated parts for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. We also provide maintenance and repair and overhaul (MRO) on these platforms.
SUMMARY OF POSITION
The role performs precision deburring, chamfering, touch-up, and finish operations on a wide variety of metal and non-metal parts using hand and power tools. This role requires the ability to work from ordinary prints and drawings, use simple gauges, and apply a high degree of care to maintain specified finishes, radii, contours, and dimensions. Work is performed on materials of various hardness such as stainless steel, carbon or alloy steel, cast iron, brass, bronze, aluminum, magnesium alloys, and similar materials. The position requires sustained physical effort, continuous mental and visual attention, and strict adherence to safety practices.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The essential duties and responsibilities of this position are listed below. This list is not all inclusive and may be amended from time to time.
- Operate hand and power tools including handi-grinders, rotary files, stones, hand files, scrapers, emery cloth, crocus cloth, rubberized abrasives, and similar tools to remove burrs, sharp edges, and to form chamfers and radii to specified finishes on parts of various materials and hardness.
- Perform precision deburring and chamfering on difficult spur gears, helical gears, bevel gears, worms, splines, keyseats, and similar parts where a high degree of skill is required to maintain uniformity of shape and contours and proper chamfers and radii, while avoiding removal of excessive stock or damage to finished surfaces.
- Finish burr and protect thread integrity on difficult screw threads, lead screws, and other threaded forms, exercising extreme caution to prevent damage to thread form, thread angles, and to avoid burning or marring finished surfaces.
- Deburr and blend odd shapes such as cage or pot-type parts, tubes, and parts with difficult contours and “hard-to-get-at” areas, finishing to exacting dimensions and fine finishes while preventing part damage.
- Perform routine rework operations, including those required prior to processes such as shot peening, ensuring parts meet required specifications before subsequent operations.
- Interpret ordinary prints and drawings and apply information using simple fixed gauges, contour gauges, and scales to verify radii, chamfers, and other dimensions as required. 2.
- Maintain quality and uniformity of work by continuously checking dimensions, surface finishes, and contours, and adjusting grinding pressures and tool application as required.
- Follow safety procedures and use required personal protective equipment such as goggles and masks when working in continuous exposure to dust and particles from grinding wheels and workpieces.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- None. This position does not have responsibility for the work of others.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical requirements of this position are listed below. This list is not all inclusive and may be amended from time to time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of the position.
- Sustained physical effort required to hold the grinder or other tools against the work, apply varying pressures, and manipulate both tools and parts in difficult and tiring working positions.
- Frequent handling and manipulation of parts, tools, and gauges, requiring good manual dexterity and grip strength.
- Continuous exposure to dust and particles from grinding wheels and workpieces; goggles and masks are required and may make working conditions somewhat disagreeable.
At Northstar, we understand the importance of Total Rewards and offer varied benefit offerings based upon location.
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Short Term and Long-Term Disability
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Employee Assistant Program
- Employee Service Awards (service and recognition)
- Performance Bonus
This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information
GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: No