Machinist

About the role

Under the direction of the Technical Manager or general supervision, you will be responsible for the repair, maintenance, fabrication, or modification of tooling or machinery using a variety of hand and machine tools to maintain all end-making and auxiliary equipment in the plant. The role ensures all quality, safety, and production goals are met in compliance with established operating procedures.

Responsibilities

• Safely set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments out of metal.
• Fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments.
• Fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.
• Use a variety of hand tools including pneumatic and other electrical power tools to repair plant equipment and tooling.
• Use machine shop equipment to shape steel and other materials into precision forms.
• Machine parts following engineering drawings when available; create diagrams with dimensions for work pieces.
• Maintain tooling library; reorder parts, tooling, and components as needed.
• Maintain performance expectations with respect to key performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve operations.
• Recognize waste (wasted labor, time, product, etc.) within the machine shop area, adjust accordingly, and aid in developing action plans to drive continuous improvement.
• Communicate directly with co-workers on issues, openly share ideas, encourage performance, give feedback, and train new employees when applicable.
• Confer with engineering, supervisory, or operations personnel to exchange technical information.
• Support hazardous waste and recycling programs.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment through daily maintenance, 5S, and housekeeping activities.
• Understand and comply with BRC Food Safety Policy, GMP’s, HACCP Principle, and Food Safety Standard.
• Ensure compliance with all policies, procedures, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules.
• Provide relief to personnel as necessary.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Minimum of two years’ experience as a shop machinist in a manufacturing environment or as a tool & die maker.
• Close tolerance precision grinding experience.
• Apprenticeship and/or post-secondary education preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and problem solve.
• Understand power sources on all machines used and machine hazards.
• Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• Ability to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
• Able to present ideas/issues effectively, actively listen, and work across functional boundaries with coworkers, customers, and vendors.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to work all shifts including 8 or 12-hour shifts, daylight, and off-shifts, as well as weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.

Pay

Starting pay range: $27.00 - $29.97 per hour.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Frequently required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; no continual lifting.
• Specific vision abilities required include close and distance vision as well as color recognition.
• Good hand-eye coordination is necessary.

Work Environment

• Works in a manufacturing environment around machinery that produces noise; hearing protection and other assigned personal protective equipment must be worn.
• Noise level in the work environment is very loud.
• Temperature can range from extreme cold (<40 degrees) to extreme heat (>95 degrees).
• The atmosphere contains fumes, dust, and odors.