What are the responsibilities and job description for the CNC Machinist - Weekend Shift position at Laborup?
We're hiring Senior CNC Machinists for our precision machine shop serving the aerospace, defense, medical, and semiconductor industries.
This is a weekend day-shift position where you work 36 hours but are paid for 40.
You'll machine tight-tolerance stainless steel and aluminum components across 3, 4, and 5-axis CNC mills and 2 and 3-axis CNC lathes. We're open to dedicated mill machinists, lathe machinists, or experienced machinists capable of running both.
Weekend Day Shift:
- 36 hours worked — paid for 40 hours
- Day shift
- Condensed weekend schedule
- Full-time position and compensation
- Additional overtime opportunities available
Compensation:
- $30–$40/hr
- Guaranteed 40 hours of pay for 36 hours worked
- Optional overtime opportunities
- Additional flexibility depending on experience and technical capabilities
Why Join Us:
- 36 for 40 Schedule: Work a condensed weekend schedule while receiving 40 hours of pay.
- High-End Machining: Work on tight-tolerance components supporting aerospace, defense, medical, and semiconductor applications.
- Growing Operation: Join a shop under new ownership with continued investment in equipment, technology, and people.
- Technical Environment: This is a setup-focused machining role, not simply loading and unloading production parts.
What You'll Run:
- CNC Mills: 3, 4, and 5-axis
- CNC Lathes: 2 and 3-axis horizontal
- Controls: Fanuc, including machine-side G-code edits
- Materials: Stainless steel and aluminum
- Work: Complex, tight-tolerance precision components
Requirements
- Independently perform setups on 3–5-axis mills and/or 2–3-axis CNC lathes.
- Interpret complex blueprints, GD&T, and work instructions.
- Select tooling and establish work and tool offsets.
- Make machine-side G-code edits and offset corrections on Fanuc controls.
- Prove out first parts and make necessary adjustments before releasing jobs to production.
- Hold tight tolerances throughout production runs.
- Perform in-process inspection using micrometers, calipers, indicators, bore gauges, and other manual inspection equipment.
- Troubleshoot machining, tooling, dimensional, and setup issues at the machine.
Benefits
Required
- 3 years of CNC setup experience on mills and/or lathes
- Ability to independently take a machine from setup through production
- Strong blueprint reading and GD&T knowledge
- Hands-on G-code editing experience
- Experience making machine-side offsets and program adjustments
- Proven ability to hold tight tolerances
- Strong proficiency with manual inspection equipment
Preferred
- Aerospace, defense, medical, or semiconductor machining experience
- 4-axis or 5-axis milling experience
- Hardinge, Doosan, or Swiss-style CNC lathe experience
- Experience working in high-mix, tight-tolerance precision machining environments
Salary : $30 - $40