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CNC Operator I - Entry-US Carbide Pressing

WIDIA
La Vergne, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 6/26/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/10/2026
About Kennametal

With over 85 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Learn more at kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

CNC Opertor I

Bedford, PA

Shift: 3rd, 11PM - 7AM, Sunday - Thursday

Purpose: Responsible for daily set-up, maintenance, operations, and running of an EP 30 Pressing Machine presses that are NC (numerical controlled) with robotics attached to them.

Key Job Responsibilities

  • Working in a team environment safely, operating complex production equipment and tools in the manufacture and packaging of various products.
  • Following blueprints, guidelines, diagrams and schematics to ensure product and customer specifications and tolerance levels are met.
  • Executing equipment calibration, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and sustained production.
  • Modify existing equipment and helping design new equipment for continual manufacturing process improvement, providing quality control and in-process production testing

Complexity

  • Works within standard operating procedures and/or scientific methods.
  • Works with a moderate degree of supervision.

Education, Work Experience, Skills, Certificates

  • High school diploma or equivalency
  • 1-3 years of relevant work experience

Quality Management

  • Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to create and support and environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.
  • Accuracy and Attention to Detail

Conflict Management

  • Understanding how to anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with existing or potential conflicts
  • Effective Communication
  • Flexibility and Adaptability
  • Problem Solving
  • Teamwork

Productivity Orientation

  • Knowledge of the factors that influence productivity and ability to maintain focus on organizational factors that maximize operational performance.

Gemba Kaizen / Continuous Improvement

  • Knowledge of the principles

Lean Manufacturing

  • Knowledge of the philosophy, principles and implementation approaches to lean manufacturing

Manufacturing Equipment

  • Knowledge of the electrical, mechanical, and logistics equipment used in manufacturing

Manufacturing Operations

  • Knowledge of the day-to-day operations of a manufacturing plant or facility

Manufacturing Safety

  • Knowledge of methods, accepted practices, considerations and regulatory requirements related to manufacturing safety.

Robotics/Computer Controlled Machinery

  • Knowledge of robotics technologies and computer applications; ability to implement and operate them in an automated manufacturing environment.

SPC (Statistical Process Controls)

  • Knowledge of the concepts, methods, tools, and objectives of statistical process controls

Kennametal Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer

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