CNC Machinist I (2nd Shift)

About the role

As the 2nd Shift CNC Machine Operator, you will perform a wide variety of manufacturing operations in largely self-directed operations. Responsibilities include setting up N/C and conventional machines, running multiple machines (mill/drill machines, lathes, presses, etc.), working to Work Station Instructions (WSIs), visually checking parts, maintaining proper records, and acting as a process change agent when needed.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate conventional or numerically controlled machine tools that require high skill to set up and operate.
• Interpret engineering drawings and change notices, blueprints, sketches, and method sheets of complicated parts.
• Machine all types of metals used within Wilmington machine shops.
• Check work during various machining stages with complex measuring devices such as micrometers, calipers, indicators, gages, scales, etc.
• Perform precise indicating on parts where true indicator reading (TIR) is important to the machining of the part.
• Maintain records, logbooks, charts, and initiate electronic or manual reports when required.
• Train operators to use certain equipment on a temporary basis when qualified.
• Meet standards as set forth by Manufacturing Engineering and Quality Assurance.
• Follow sequences, directions, and tooling call-outs on method sheets.
• Achieve all required tolerances and finishes that will produce quality parts in the allotted time.
• Accurately serialize parts with the current marking method.
• Set up and operate B4C (boron carbide) machine equipment; maintain, alter, adjust, and make minor repairs to B4C equipment.
• Manufacture B4C capsules for Control Rods, including mixing powder, determining density, and testing capsules for pull strength.
• Start up, load, monitor, unload, and shut down annealing furnace, autoclave, and nitriding furnaces.
• Anneal, autoclave, and nitride parts to process equipment instructions and monitor furnace to ensure quality parts and proper equipment maintenance.
• Test cleaning solutions for specific gravity, alkalinity concentration (titration) and adjust bath as required to bring them into specification.
• Operate all types of lifting devices and cranes associated with manufacturing.

Required Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• At least three (3) years of manufacturing experience in set-up and operations of CNC machining processes OR a 2-year degree from an accredited machinist training program that includes CNC Machining.
• Minimum two (2) years of experience with basic measuring instruments and gauges (scales, micrometers, dial indicators, and verniers) and an understanding of Total Indicator Readings (TIR)/Full Indicator Movement (FIM).
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience operating machining equipment (saws, shears, drill presses, punch presses, centerless grinders, small lathes, mills, CNC machines, etc.).
• Physical ability to manually lift moderately heavy parts and occasionally (50–60 lbs) for short duration.
• Proficient use of basic shop math (add, subtract, multiply, divide) and to use fractions and decimals to determine dimensions.
• Proficient experience reading and interpreting mechanical blueprints and drawings.
• Knowledge and proficient use of basic computer systems, for furnace controls.

Pay

Base pay for this position is $35.36/hour. Hires will be placed at Machinist I or Machinist II based on years of experience and/or formal education and performance on a machinist assessment.

• Machinist I: $35.36/hour; after 6 months of successful performance, progress to $37.27/hour.
• Machinist II: $38.25/hour; after 6 months of successful performance, progress to $39.17/hour.

Hires that pass their probationary period and meet Machinist II qualifications will be eligible to re-assess and grow to Machinist II.