Gasketmaker

About the role

Dana is a global leader in the supply of highly engineered driveline, sealing, and thermal-management technologies that improve the efficiency and performance of vehicles with both conventional and alternative-energy powertrains. This role performs typical manufacturing operations to support the press production and assembly operations in a lean manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Actively participates in lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives
• Adheres to all policies and procedures
• Maintains a neat and organized work area
• Set and change dies, adjust components, operate machines to shear, punch, crimp, notch, bend or straighten stainless steel to precise measurements
• Start machines, monitor their operations, and record operational data
• Set, test and/or adjust machines speeds and actions, according to product specifications, standardized work instructions and process cards
• Clean and perform basic preventative maintenance on assigned equipment daily, weekly and monthly
• Examine completed pieces for defects and sort defective pieces according to types of flaws
• Install, align and set specified dies, robotic arms, or other fixtures in machines
• Load pieces or steel coils into machines for production processing
• Measure completed parts to verify conformance to specifications
• Read, understand, and follow work orders and production schedules
• Enter data into computer using MRP system or manual entry
• Detects and reports defective materials and/or questionable conditions to the department supervisor
• Maintains the work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition and follows prescribed safety processes
• Operate industrial power trucks, i.e. forktrucks, etc.
• Complete tasks as directed by manufacturing schedules with minimal supervision
• Bring any discrepancies, production issues, quality concerns, and/or safety issues to the attention of immediate supervisor, or floor manager

Requirements

• High school degree or equivalent
• 1 – 3 years of manufacturing experience
• Must be able to communicate and foster positive work environment with others in his/her department and members of management
• Must be able to work all shifts and weekends and overtime as required
• Ability to perform die set-up
• Ability to follow process and work instructions
• Ability to perform job duties in a safe and responsible manner
• Possess strong mechanical aptitude
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as blueprints, work and safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to problem solve and identify root cause
• Ability to identify, improve, and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness
• Computer proficiency
• Must be able to pass pre-employment physical/drug screen and comprehensive background check