Job Description
Job Description$25.00-30.00/hour
1st Shift
3-Month Contract to Permanent Placement
1st shift Manual Machinist
We are currently seeking highly-skilled Machinists to work in our manual machining department. Will need to be proficient in setting up and operating knee mills and engine lathes.
Skills/Qualifications:
- Conceptual Skills, Process Improvement, Verbal Communication, Functional and Technical Skills, Controls and Instrumentation, Supply Management, Tooling, Coordination, Inventory Control, Attention to Detail, Good Judgment.
- Proficient in interpreting blueprints and creating a plan to machine a part to specifications with little to no instruction.
- Ability to document the process used to manufacture the part to simplify future set-ups.
- Should be mechanically inclined and have the ability to troubleshoot and think on your feet.
- Must be able to use sine bars, offset boring heads, boring bars, and other cutting tools to produce tight tolerance features.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience with manual mills, lathes, etc.
- Must be able to communicate with other shifts and work well in a team environment.
- Jig grinding, honing, and broaching experience is helpful.
- Knowledge of basic shop math and trigonometry.
Duties:
- Plans machining by studying work orders, blueprints, engineering plans, materials, specifications, orthographic drawings, reference planes, locations of surfaces, and machining.
- parameters; interpreting geometric dimensions and tolerances (GD&T).
- Sets-up mills and lathes by installing and adjusting three- and four-jaw chucks, tools, attachments, collets, bushings, cams, gears, stops, and stock pushers; indicating vices; tramming heads.
- Verifies settings by measuring positions, first-run part, and sample workpieces, adhering to international standards.
- Maintains specifications by observing drilling, grooving, and cutting, including turning, facing, knurling and thread chasing operations; taking measurements; detecting malfunctions; troubleshooting processes; adjusting and reprogramming controls; sharpening and replacing worn tools; adhering to quality assurance procedures and processes.
- Maintains safe operations by adhering to 5S + 1 safety procedures and regulations.
- Maintains equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements, following manufacturer's instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, calling for repairs.
- Maintains continuity among work shifts by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
- Documents actions by completing production and quality logs.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading technical publications.