Job Title:            CNC Mill Machinist

Location:                Kansas City, MO

Salary:                     $17 - $28 per hour

Job Type:               Full-time

Summary:

Sets up and operates conventional, special purpose, and numerical control (NC) machines and machining centers to fabricate metallic and nonmetallic parts by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample part to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished workpiece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements.
  
• Measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points on material or workpiece as guides for subsequent machining.
  
• Selects, aligns, and secures holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines such as mills, lathes, jig borers, grinders, and shapers.
  
• Calculates and sets controls to regulate machining factors such as speed, feed, coolant flow, and depth and angle of cut, or enters commands to retrieve, input, or edit computerized machine control media.
  
• Starts and observes machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining, and adjusts machine controls or control media as required.
  
• Verifies conformance of finished workpiece to specifications.
  
• Sets up and operates machine on trial run to verify accuracy of machine settings or programmed control data.
  
• Fits and assembles parts into complete assembly.
  
• Verifies dimensions and alignment of assembly.
  
• Installs machined replacement parts in mechanisms, machines, and equipment, and tests operation of unit to ensure functionality and performance.
  
• Develops specifications from general description and draws sketch of part or product to be fabricated.
  
• Confers with engineers, production personnel, programmers, or others to resolve machining or assembly problems.

Other Responsibilities:

• Observe all safety and security procedures for your area. Use equipment and materials properly and report potentially unsafe conditions to management. Your personal safety actions will be accountable in your performance review.

Supervisory Responsibilities:           

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education and/or Experience:           

• One year certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  
• Other Skills and Knowledge:
• Must possess the ability to read and interpret g code.
• Ability to interact with engineering, production personnel, programmers or other personnel to resolve issues as they arise.

Physical Demands: 

The employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment: 

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 
  
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.