The Manual Machinist will set up and operate manual and special purpose machines, and to fabricate metallic and nonmetallic parts. Assist with daily production and scheduling, and setup of manual machines. Work with a variety of materials and components, and work through special setups for customers.
Requirements
- Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample part to determine dimensions and tolerance of finished workpiece, the sequence of operations, and setup requirements.
- Measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points on material or workpiece as guides for subsequent machining.
- Selects, aligns, and secures holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines such as mills, lathes, and drill presses.
- Calculates and sets controls to regulate machining factors such as speed, feed, coolant flow, and depth and angle of cut, or enters commands to retrieve, input, or edit computerized machine control media.
- Starts and observes machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining, and adjusts machine controls or control media as required.
- Verifies conformance of finished workpiece to specifications.
- Sets up and operates machine on trial run to verify accuracy of machine settings.
- Sits and assembles parts into complete assembly.
- Verifies dimensions and alignment of assembly.
- Confers with engineers, production personnel, programmers, or others to resolve machining or assembly problems.
- Experience with building fixtures for drilling, milling, and turning.
- CNC, mills, lathes experience
- Experience in a quality environment
- Exhibit problem-solving skills
- Good communication skills
- Single point threading I.D. O.D. and taper pipe threads. Need to be able to look up in the Machinist's handbook and calculate setup and run threading operations.
- Calculate speeds, feeds, and chip loads for turning, boring, and milling.
- Be able to understand the geometry of tooling and surface finishes.
- Sharpen drills, carbide and high-speed steels for machining operations.
- Take most any job in the shop and be able to machine to print.
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
