Machinist II

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate lathes, millers, shapers, grinders, planers and power drills
• Work from blueprints, sketches and verbal instructions
• Perform highly diversified machining operations, such as boring, turning, facing, reaming, grinding, milling and tapering
• Determine and maintain the proper operational sequences at all times, make all necessary mathematical calculations to complete the job
• Determine the appropriate feeds and speeds for all operations
• Check own work; Usually work to tolerance of +/- .00005
• Read and interpret complex blueprints and manufacture parts from a layout drawing without use of sketches or verbal instructions, making all necessary mathematical calculations to complete the job according to the drawing
• Bench work, including any necessary operations such as filing, de-burring, grinding, lapping, indexing, scraping and fitting, in order to complete mechanical assemblies from crude sketches, verbal instructions or work samples
• Check own work by making set-ups and interpret gauges, electro-limit gauges and size blocks
• Occasionally make decisions as to fits and tolerances

Qualifications

• Level I-II: 2 year technical degree (or apprenticeship certificate) preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience as approved by executive management; 0-3+ years of experience in machining operations
• Level II: 2 year technical degree (or apprenticeship certificate) preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience as approved by executive management; 6+ years of experience in complex machining operations; May include CNC programming

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including a Bonus Plan, 401(k), Paid Time Off, and Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance, all based on scheduled hours
• Benchmark complies with applicable state and local employee leave laws

Additional Information

• This position is classified as safety-sensitive because impairment while performing job duties could pose a significant risk of harm.
• The Company evaluates such export license situations on a case-by-case basis and may decline to proceed with a job applicant in its sole discretion since export license applications can take many weeks to be processed.
• Benchmark is an equal opportunity employer.