Senior Forming Equipment Technician (Four/Multi-Slide CNC)

Camaco; Lorain (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Camaco in Lorain, OH is seeking an experienced mechanical technician to provide daily support for four-slide, multi-slide, CNC wire-bending, and wire-forming equipment. You will troubleshoot downtime, perform preventive maintenance, and help keep production running safely and efficiently.

You will inspect gears, shafts, bearings, cams, slides, and lubrication systems, set up timing and tooling clearances, and document repairs.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Formal industrial maintenance training; Journeyman preferred.
• 5+ years of industrial mechanical maintenance or forming-equipment experience.
• Experience troubleshooting mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, lubrication, tooling, feeding, timing, and motion-related systems.
• Experience with four-slide, multi-slide, CNC wire-bending, spring/wire-forming, stamping, or cam-driven forming equipment is preferred.
• Ability to work assigned shift, overtime, weekends, and emergency call-in coverage as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily mechanical support to forming operations and respond to downtime using safe, structured troubleshooting.
• Inspect, repair, and maintain gears, shafts, bearings, bushings, chains, belts, clutches, brakes, cams, slides, gibs, linkages, feeders, straighteners, cutters, lubrication systems, guards, pneumatic and hydraulic components.
• Perform preventive and predictive maintenance, including lubrication, alignment checks, wear inspection, backlash and clearance checks, fastener verification, filter service, vibration observation, and replacement of worn components.
• Set up and mechanically adjust feed length, wire straightening, slides, cams, forming stations, transfer mechanisms, tooling clearances, pressure settings, and machine timing within approved standards.
• Troubleshoot part defects related to feed variation, cut length, bend angle, form location, pitch, twist, burrs, surface damage, tooling wear, timing, material handling, and mechanical repeatability.
• Remove, install, inspect, fit, align, and support repair of forming tools, dies, cams, slides, guides, feed rolls, grippers, cutters, arbors, mandrels, bearings, bushings, and related machine components.
• Use mechanical drawings, machine assembly prints, tooling drawings, cam layouts, lubrication charts, pneumatic and hydraulic diagrams, setup sheets, and OEM manuals to diagnose and restore equipment.
• Use calipers, micrometers, indicators, height gages, pin gages, feeler gages, angle measurement, straightedges, torque tools, and alignment tools to verify machine and tooling condition.
• Perform precision mechanical work including bearing and bushing replacement, shaft and coupling alignment, gib adjustment, chain and belt tensioning, gear mesh checks, timing verification, and controlled fitting of components.
• Use HMI alarms, indicator status, sensors, and interlocks only as supporting information for mechanical troubleshooting. Escalate electrical, PLC, drive, and program-related repairs to qualified controls or electrical personnel.
• Support equipment installation, relocation, leveling, alignment, commissioning, run-at-rate activities, capability improvement, and acceptance of new or rebuilt equipment.
• Complete work orders, PM records, downtime notes, measurements, parts usage, shift handoff, and repair history accurately.
• Participate in root-cause analysis, corrective actions, spare-parts planning, and PM improvement for repeated mechanical failures.
• Follow lockout/tagout, machine guarding, lifting and rigging, stored-energy control, housekeeping, environmental, and plant safety requirements.
• Coordinate repairs with Production, Tooling, Quality, Engineering, and service providers to protect part quality and minimize downtime.
• Train operators and less-experienced technicians on lubrication points, inspection checks, basic mechanical fault recognition, and standard recovery methods.

Skills

Mechanical troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Machine alignment

Reading drawings

Lubrication systems

Vibration observation

Tooling setup

Education

High school diploma

Journeyman status preferred

Tools

Calipers

Micrometers

Indicators

Height gauges

Pin gauges

Feeler gauges

Straightedges

Torque tools

Job description

Camaco in Lorain, OH is seeking an experienced mechanical technician to provide daily support for four-slide, multi-slide, CNC wire-bending, and wire-forming equipment. You will troubleshoot downtime, perform preventive maintenance, and help keep production running safely and efficiently.

You will inspect gears, shafts, bearings, cams, slides, and lubrication systems, set up timing and tooling clearances, and document repairs.