Manual Machinist Jobs

Manual Machinist Job Summary
2nd Shift - 1:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Produces parts by programming or running conventional (manual) machines; setting up, and operating a conventional (manual) machine; maintaining quality and safety standards; keeping records; maintaining equipment and supplies.
Manual Machinist Essential Job Functions

• Controls mills and lathes by turning handles, including zero and reference points; setting tool registers, offsets, compensation, and conditional switches; calculating requirements, including basic math, geometry, and trigonometry.
• Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Maintains safe operations by adhering to safety procedures and regulations.
• 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.
• Maintains specifications by observing drilling, grooving, and cutting, including turning, facing, knurling, and thread chasing operations; taking measurements; detecting malfunctions; troubleshooting processes; adjusting; sharpening and replacing worn tools; adhering to quality assurance procedures and processes.
• Verifies settings by measuring positions, first-run parts, and sample workpieces, adhering to international standards.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading technical publications.
• 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).
• Maintains continuity among work shifts by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Maintains equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs.
• Loads feed mechanism by lifting stock into position.

Manual Machinist Skills And Qualifications
Conceptual Skills, Process Improvement, Verbal Communication, Functional and Technical Skills, Controls and Instrumentation, Tooling, Coordination, Attention to Detail, Judgment
Working Conditions

• The facility is heated in winter, but not air-conditioned in summer
• Can occasionally be loud, especially in local areas where grinding or machine testing is taking place. Ear plugs are provided for work performed where noise is a factor.
• Typical manufacturing facility conditions (Indoors ~95% / Outdoors ~5%)
• The employee must be able to stand on concrete floors for a minimum of eight hours. Kneeling, squatting, bending over, and standing for long periods of time may be required to perform assigned tasks.

Other

• Safety glasses and steel-toed safety shoes are required.
• Must have own basic tools. The list of teammates provided tools includes box/open end/socket wrench sets, Allen wrench set, screwdriver set, tap handles, pliers, combination square, 9" level, and tape measure. English and metric tool sets are recommended. A lockable toolbox is also recommended.
• Long pants and a sleeved shirt (short sleeve at a minimum) are required.

We offer a competitive salary, benefit-paid time off, and other ancillary benefits as well as a robust 401k Profit Sharing plan!