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Manual Machinist

SST Direct
Reading, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/30/2026
DIRECT HIRE: A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Manual Machinist to join a dynamic team. Responsible for performing duties in a safe manner and in accordance with quality expectations. Must keep work area clean and organized. Responsible for operating manual machine tools to produce precision metal parts. Produces small batches or large quantities of metal parts. Ensure products meet precise specifications.

📍 Locations: Morgantown, PA.
💰 Pay Range: $26hr - $32hr
🕒 Schedule: M - F, 6a - 2:30pm, Hours may change as business needs change (Adjusted to 5:30am - 2pm)

Essential Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Operate machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to produce metal parts
  • Review electronic or written blueprints or specifications for a job
  • Calculate where to cut or bore
  • Shape steel, aluminum, titanium, plastic, silicon and other materials
  • Determine how fast or slow workpiece is fed into machine
  • Determine how much material to remove
  • Select tools and materials for the job
  • Plan the sequence of cutting and finishing operations
  • Mark the workpiece to show where cuts should be made
  • Position workpiece on the drill press, lathe, or milling machine
  • Monitor and control feed rate and speed
  • Ensure workpiece is properly lubricated and/or cooled
  • Regulate temperature of workpiece
  • Detect problems by listening for specific sounds
  • Adjust cutting speed to compensate for harmonic vibrations
  • Monitor the accuracy of cuts
  • Replace dull cutting tools
  • Check accuracy of work against blueprints and specifications
  • Produce large quantities of parts
  • Determine how automated equipment will cut a part
  • Determine cutting path
  • Concert path, speed, and feed information into set of instructions for machine tool.
  • Use manual and computer-controlled machinery
  • Write basic programs
  • Modify programs in response to problems
Competencies:
  • Communication Proficiency
  • Organizational Skills
  • Time Management
  • Technical Capacity
  • Customer/Client Focus
Once you apply, please text "MM" to 904-712-6140 for a faster reply. 

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Salary : $26 - $32

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