MACHINIST

What You'll Do

• Set up and operate CNC mills, CNC lathes, waterjet cutting equipment, manual mills, engine lathes, drill presses, radial arm drills, and vertical turning lathes.

• Read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, sketches, and work instructions.

• Manufacture tooling, fixtures, mandrel-support components, machine parts, and production equipment.

• Cut metal, plastic, composite, and engineered materials using a Flow Mach 5 abrasive waterjet system.

• Machine stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminum, plastics, and composite-related materials.

• Repair, modify, and rebuild machinery components and manufacturing equipment.

• Perform turning, milling, drilling, boring, threading, tapping, reaming, and facing operations.

• Perform first-piece, in-process, and final inspections.

• Use calipers, micrometers, indicators, bore gauges, and other precision measuring equipment.

• Support maintenance, fabrication, and continuous improvement projects.

• Maintain safe work practices and housekeeping standards.

Qualifications

Required

• High school diploma or GED.

• Three or more years of machining experience preferred.

• Equivalent combinations of education, technical training, apprenticeships,

military experience, and relevant work experience will be considered.

• Experience operating CNC machining equipment and conventional machine

tools.

• Strong blueprint-reading and dimensional inspection skills.

• Experience using precision measuring instruments.

• Mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting ability.

• Ability to safely operate or learn to operate overhead cranes, forklifts, and other

material-handling equipment.

• Ability to work independently while maintaining a strong commitment to safety

and quality.

Preferred

• Haas CNC experience.

• CNC programming or G-code editing experience.

• Flow waterjet experience.

• Large-part machining experience.

• Maintenance machining, repair machining, fabrication, or job-shop experience.

• Forklift and overhead crane experience.

• Trade school, apprenticeship, or vocational machining training.

• Welding or fabrication experience.