Manual Machinist – Mills & Lathes

About the role

Responsibilities

• Review blueprints, work orders, engineering drawings, and GD&T specifications to determine machining requirements.
• Set up mills and lathes, including installing chucks, collets, tools, attachments, and other fixtures.
• Enter or adjust machine program instructions, offsets, tool registers, and reference points as needed.
• Perform machining operations such as drilling, grooving, turning, facing, knurling, and thread chasing.
• Use measuring instruments to verify dimensions, tolerances, machine settings, and finished parts.
• Identify machining problems, troubleshoot equipment, adjust controls, and sharpen or replace worn tooling.
• Follow quality assurance procedures and applicable safety standards.
• Perform preventive maintenance and report equipment malfunctions requiring repair.
• Document completed work, communicate issues between shifts, and maintain technical knowledge.

Requirements

• CNC certification required.
• Strong manufacturing and machining background.
• CNC programming experience is a plus.
• Ability to read blueprints, engineering drawings, and GD&T specifications.
• Knowledge of manual mills, lathes, tooling, controls, and instrumentation.
• Basic math skills, including geometry and trigonometry.
• Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Primarily indoors in a manufacturing facility; the building is heated in winter but not air-conditioned in summer.
• Must be able to stand on concrete floors for at least eight hours and perform tasks involving bending, kneeling, and squatting.
• Work areas may be noisy due to grinding or machine testing; earplugs are provided when needed.
• Must provide basic personal tools, including box/open-end/socket wrench sets, Allen wrenches, screwdrivers, tap handles, pliers, a combination square, a 9-inch level, and a tape measure. Both metric and English tool sets are recommended.
• A lockable toolbox is recommended.
• Safety glasses and steel-toed shoes are required.
• Long pants and a shirt with sleeves (at least short sleeves) are required.