Machinist – Lathes & Mills

Job Title: Machinist I 

Location: Temple, TX, 76504

Shift: 2nd Shift – 3:30 PM to 2:30 AM (4-Day Workweek)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Base Pay Rate Benefits Shift Differential

Summary:

• Sets up and operates conventional, special purpose, and numerical control (NC) machines and machining centers to fabricate metallic and nonmetallic parts by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Interprets and understands blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample part to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work piece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements.
• Measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points on material or work piece as guides for subsequent machining.
• 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.
• Enters commands to retrieve, input, or edit computerized machine control media (CNC).
• Starts and observes machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining, and adjusts machine controls or control media as required
• Verifies conformance of finished work piece to specifications.
• Sets up and operates machine on trial run to verify accuracy of machine settings or programmed control data.
• Confers with engineers, production personnel, programmers, or others to resolve machining or assembly problems.
• Sets the highest ethical standards for self and others.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education, Skills, and Experience:

• Minimum High School/GED with one year of related experience; equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated mastery as a Machinist I required for advancement into Machinist II position
• Ability to follow safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. 
• Demonstrate math proficiency as it relates to this job (add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals)

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals and vibration. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to extreme heat (non-weather). The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear.