Machinist

Responsibilities

• Accurately record start and stop times in our Job Tracking System (DATS)

• 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 work piece to show where cuts should be made.

• Position work piece on the drill press, lathe, or milling machine.

• Monitor and control feed rate and speed.

• Ensure work piece is properly lubricated and/or cooled.

• Regulate temperature of work piece.

• 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.

• Follow all DHI safety guidelines and report any accidents or un-safe condition

Requirements

• Min 3 years experience.

• Preferably experience in manual machining and CNC Lathe