Job Description

Job Posting Title

Toolmaker Technician

Legal Entity

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc

Job Description Summary

The Dauch Corporation has immediate & exceptional opportunities for Production Operators at our Three Rivers, MI facility (Located approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes from Detroit). This opportunity will provide the candidate hands-on, day-to-day technical interaction within automotive manufacturing. Dauch associates enjoy an attractive benefit package including health care, profit sharing, retirement plans, paid vacation, paid holidays, life insurance, disability protection and much more. Applicants are required to successfully complete a criminal and education background review and a pre-employment physical and drug screening.

Job Description:

• Basic operating and programing Zeiss CMM hardware and software (qualifying, probe setting, diagnostics)
• Basic Calypso operating and programing knowledge (fixturing, dimensioning)
• Knowledge of blueprint reading and GD&T to interpret complex engineering drawings, technical schematics and 3D CAD models.
• Understanding of ASME standard to calibrate gages
• Able to properly conduct comprehensive dimensional evaluations according to ASME Y14.5 (manual and digital instruments – Including micrometers, calipers, height gages, surface plates, indicators and bore gages)
• Enters and Tracks plant wide gauges in internal Quality System (IQS)
• Repairs floor gauges as needed.
• Identifies low inventories for floor gauges / digital probes and escalates to supervisor as needed.
• Cleans and repairs plant wide digital gauges
• Sterling, AG Davis, Tarpin, Marposs, VGAGE, Hommel, P26 P40 Gear system, and Floor DC, Kleco, and Atlas Copco Torque guns
• Maintains Gauge lab cleanliness and cabinet locations
• Maintains backroom inventory – spare gauges from stores.
• Maintains gauge inventory.
• Able to travel to offsite location to support ROMF & ATDC locations
• Ability to communicate with engineering team regarding gage and print tolerancing
• Supports improvement ideas to reduce / eliminate scrap

Required Skills and Education

• Possess a certified journeyperson’s card or be able to provide documentation of a minimum of eight years of experience in the Tool Maker from previous or current employers on company letterhead.
• Available to work overtime and flexible schedule as required within union facility agreement.
• Available to work any shift as required.
• Ability to pass pre-employment physical including drug testing.

About Dauch:

Dauch Corporation is a premier Driveline and Metal Forming supplier serving the global automotive industry with a powertrain-agnostic product portfolio that supports electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles. The company is headquartered in Detroit, MI, with operations that span 24 countries and more than 175 locations. Formed through the acquisition of Dowlais Group plc and its subsidiaries - GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy, Dauch unites deep engineering roots with global manufacturing capabilities and an entrepreneurial spirit to move mobility forward. Visit www.dauch.com to learn more.

Dauch will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. Dauch will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. For the Disabled Job Seeker: We offer reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled individuals who are applicants for employment. To request assistance or accommodations, please e-mail TalentAcquisition@aam.com. Dauch is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.