Gauge and Calibration Technician

Summary

Responsible for ensuring the accuracy and reliability of measuring instruments and devices. Calibrates, tests, maintains, and repairs various types of equipment, including gauges, meters, and test instruments. Ensures that measurements taken using these instruments are precise and consistent.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Setup gauges to support production needs.

• Maintain the Calibration System per all customer and regulatory requirements

• Receive and dispense supplies and tools as required to operations personnel

• Verify needs and requisition supplies and materials to maintain proper inventory levels.

• Verify stock received to order, label with USM part number and stock to shelves.

• Maintain inventories of manufacturing supplies kept outside the crib area such as weld wire.

• Visually inspect tools, gauges and fixtures returned to the crib by plant personnel to verify usefulness before restocking.

• Tag and requisition details for repair or formal inspection if necessary.

• Clean and inspect components of pre-set tools returned to the crib.

• Replace with components, if necessary, tag for disposition details in question.

• Prepare periodic inventory and maintain perpetual inventories of tooling and holders.

• Mark and identify tools and equipment as required.

• Perform entries into the company computer system for withdrawals and receipts.

• Maintain tool supplies to operations.

• Prepare tools/tooling for outsource or in-house repair or grind.

• Maintain tooling pre-set call out sheets. Notify engineering of change required by using the Dimension Change Request form.

• Deliver gauge set-ups to designated areas.

• Identify and prepare incoming gauges for inspection.

• Maintain security of crib at all times.

• Maintain the crib area in a clean, neat and organized manner.

• Perform all other duties as assigned