Machinist

Job description

Position Overview: Use appropriate equipment such as surface grinders, lathes & mills configured with manual and ProtoTRAK controls as well as other various equipment to create and prototype product parts, components, fixtures, tooling, gauging and other machined items. Basic knowledge and operation of CNC mills and lathes is required. Machinist must be able to take conceptual ideas all the way through final finish and assemble. With the proper equipment, create angles and radius on all tooling to create high quality parts. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: · Employees working in this role will be required to perform Mold maintenance (teardown, clean and repair) · Working from engineering drawings and concepts to mark out design on raw materials; cutting into shape using manually controlled machine tools (such as lathes, milling machines, grinding machines, surface grinders) along with hand tools. · Reading blueprints and using necessary measuring devices to make or modify existing tooling, or tools for old or new job prints. · Assisting production area with troubleshooting machining processes and equipment problems. · Working closely with engineering to create proto-type tool...