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Overview

Dover Precision Components is part of Dover Corporation’s Pumps and Process solutions segment, delivering performance-critical solutions across various markets including oil & gas and power generation. The Babbitt Technician position involves cleaning, tinning, and babbitting materials for bearings, ensuring high-quality standards and safety protocols.

Responsibilities

  • Works from routings, drawings, process sheets, setup sheets, and verbal instructions.
  • Follows babbitting standard operating procedures including cleaning and acid washing of components.
  • Dips or coats components in molten tin and adds babbitt using spinning or static pouring methods.
  • Maintains a clean and orderly work area to 5S standards.
  • Performs work assignments in a safe manner, wearing required protective gear.
  • Fills out in-process inspection reports as required.
  • Notifies supervisor of damaged material and discrepancies.
  • Disassembles bearings as required.
  • Determines areas that need to be repaired.
  • Inspects own work to ensure tolerances and finishes are as prescribed.
  • Reassembles bearings as required.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • 5-10 years of related experience.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
  • Determines the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
  • Ability to set-up manual machines.
  • Experience machining finish-grade components to tight tolerances.
  • TIG and/or welding experience.
  • Experience with ultrasonic testing and dye penetrate testing.
  • General bearing knowledge.
  • Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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