Gear Tooth Grinding

**General Machinist 2-Gear Machinist**

Heligear Canada Acquisition Corporation d/b/a Northstar Aerospace Windsor is a fully integrated and leading manufacturer of components and assemblies to the global aerospace industry.

Northstar has operating subsidiaries in Canada and the United states. The Company's corporate office is located in Chicago. Northstar has a strong foothold in the defense and commercial aerospace sectors of the global industry. The Company's customers include some of the world's leading aerospace original equipment manufacturers.

**SKILLED TRADES**

Industrious and detail-oriented are a few of the qualities that you will bring with you as a highly skilled Gear Machinist. Applicants must have a certificate of qualification or have at least 3 years experience in areas covered by an apprenticeship within this skilled trade. Aerospace and experience with Lean Manufacturing is an asset.

**General Machinist 2-Gear Machinist**

Number of Positions: 1

Machine Time: 3 years and up
- This job is located in Windsor, Ontario.
- Excellent blueprint reading ability including thorough understanding of geometric, dimension and tolerancing.
- Fully capable of all aspects of CNC cylindrical grinding skills and practices.
- Fully capable of machine cycle and tool optimization.

**Responsibilities**:

- Sets up and operates two or more types of gear-cutting and finishing machines, such as gear shapers, hobs and spiral bevel grinder/generators, to machine spline or gear teeth on metal blanks according to machining instructions and knowledge of gear types and gear machining. Reads process sketches to determine gear dimensions/specifications, tooling requirements and machine settings.
- Verifies conformance using micrometers, gear measuring wires, master gears, and special gear inspection equipment.
- Maintain, repair and calibrate precision measuring instruments such as dial indicators, fixed gauges, height gauges and other measuring devices.
- Report deviations from specifications and tolerances to supervisor.