CNC Setup Operator

Position Description

Position Title: CNC Setup Operator Date:
Department: Direct Classification: Non-Exempt
Reports To: Operations Manager Location: Kiel, WI

Position Overview

A Skilled CNC Setup Operator will setup and operate CNC machines. This individual will also run production runs, communicate with co-workers regarding production runs, and maintains a safe, organized, and clean work environment. This classification will work on a variety of parts and machines based on customer needs.

Essential Job Functions:

Perform typical machine shop operations
Detect and report defective materials or questionable conditions to management to supervisor
Read and interpret basic blueprints to create products
Perform inspection of machined products
Complete and maintain paperwork for a variety of parts
Set up manual and CNC machine tooling
Inspect parts to ensure customer standards and needs
Maintains work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition and follows prescribed safety procedures
Must be familiar with the basic machine functions in order to perform the tasks stated above
Train and assist new and current employees
Work off blueprints to develop processes and tooling to make product
Perform Preventive Maintenance and routine maintenance on equipment and machines
Operate forklifts to load and unload materials and deliveries to and from storage or machine areas

Qualifications:

Graduated from a certified technical school or have 2-3 years of proven experience as a CNC Setup Operator in a machine shop environment is required
Be able and willing to comply with all company policies and procedures, including all safety regulations
Attention to detail as well as making sure all paperwork is accurate and legible and submitted on time
Ability to use a computer to look up and record data
Ability to read and interpret basic blueprints is required
Use analytical skills to read and understand blueprints, models, and other specifications to put machinery together
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
Mechanical aptitude is needed
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables
Communication and reasoning skills

Physical Demands:

Must be able to ascend and descend by climbing (example: stairs, ladders).
Must be able to stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand, and walk.
Must be able to push, pull, lift up to 50 lbs. occasionally
Must be able to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word.
Must be able to hear to receive information through oral communication and to make discrimination in sound.
Must be able to pick, pinch, type or otherwise work, with fingers including grasping and feeling.
Must have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.
Must be able to wear common protective or safety equipment such as safety glasses, hearing protection, steel toed boots/shoes.

Work Environment:

Works in a manufacturing environment.
Exposed to air contamination (dust, odor, and fumes).
Heated and ventilated production floor.
Air conditioning in office.
Working around machinery with moving parts.
Working around moving objects or vehicles.
Working in close proximity to others.