Job Description

• Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Load parts either manually or with crane or hoist onto machine table.
  • Positions and secures workpiece to table or angle plates and verifies position.
  • Verifies dimensions of machined workpiece with such measuring instruments as micrometers, telescoping gauges, Vernier calipers, and dial indicators. 
  • Works to tolerance of plus or minus 0.0005 inch.
  • Studies and interprets drawing, manuals, specifications or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work pieces, sequence of operations and set-up requirements.
  • Uses part drawings to determine correct tooling, gages and fixtures needed when machining the parts. 
  • Detects equipment malfunctions or out of tolerance machining and adjust machine, within capabilities, controls or control media as required to ensure quality of production. 
  • Reports all machine malfunctions to immediate supervisor.
  • Communicates with supervisor, engineers, production control, quality and other shop personnel for assignments and to resolve machining or quality issues.
  • Selects, aligns, and secures holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines such as mills, lathes, jig borers, grinders, and shapers.
  • Calculates and sets controls to regulate machining factors such as speed, feed, coolant flow, and depth and angle of cut.
  • Self-inspection of parts to verify conformance of finished workpiece to specifications.
  • Responsible for keeping equipment and work area clean and orderly and perform basic preventative maintenance functions on equipment.
  • Maintain accurate documentation of all work performed. 
  • Maintain acceptable level of productivity with relation to Company Production Goals. 
  • Observe all safety procedures and policies.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

• Preferred Skills

  Completion of training as a machinist through a vocational/technical school. 

  Previous machining, forklift and overhead crane experience. 

  Experience with oil and gas field equipment. 

  G&M Code programming experience a plus.

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