Machinist

Introduction

At Senneca, we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit of the innovators that created our brands from traffic doors, to cold storage doors to fiberglass doors and beyond. We are committed to exceeding our customers’ expectations and to provide doors that offer safety and protection to our customers’ most important assets…people, products, capital investments and processes.

Overview

Produce, repair, and finish precision components using manual lathes, mills, drill presses, and grinders (cylindrical/surface). Work from blueprints, process sheets, and sketches to make high-quality parts, inspect work to tight tolerances, and collaborate with engineering as needed. This is not a CNC role.

Schedule: Mon-Thu, 6:00 AM-4:30 PM

Company Paid:

• Life Insurance, STD, and LTD
• 3 weeks PTO
• 8 paid holidays in 2025
• Parental Leave
  
  

Additional Benefits:

• 401k with company match
• Medical, dental, vision
• Employee Discount Programs
• Miscellaneous other optional benefits
• Career development and tuition assistance
• Diverse, inclusive and welcoming culture
  
  

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate manual lathes, mills, surface & cylindrical grinders; select tooling, speeds/feeds, and coolant to achieve tolerances.
• Perform part set-ups (incl. air hand wrenches) and run jobs independently with minimal supervision.
• Fabricate/modify/repair mechanical components, jigs, and grinding fixtures; support
• occasional light assembly.
• Inspect parts using micrometers, calipers, indicators, height gages; verify against prints and quality documents; utilize CMM where applicable.
• Read/interpret blueprints & GD&T; communicate with engineers to clarify function/fit and suggest improvements.
• Maintain repeatable processes; troubleshoot issues and document results on routers/process sheets.
• Perform routine machine care; uphold 5S and all safety requirements.
  
  

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED required; Associate/Certificate in Machine Tool Technology or Technical Education preferred.
• 2 years manual machining experience or completion of a machinist certificate/apprenticeship; 5-7 years manual grinding (surface & cylindrical) strongly preferred.
• Experience with Studer cylindrical and Jones & Shipman surface grinders a plus.
• Strong shop math, speeds/feeds, cutting tools, coolants, and turning/grinding procedures knowledge.
• Comfortable with CMM/quality documentation, tight-tolerance inspections, and first-article checks.
• Must provide personal hand tools and measuring instruments appropriate for general machine-shop work (company supplies specialty tools/gages).
• Safety-minded; completion of company safety orientation required. OSHA-10/NDT/FAA/H2S/WHMIS a plus.
• Able to stand ~90% of shift, lift up to 50 lbs, and work around moving machinery with required PPE.