Manual Grinder

Department: Manufacturing • Nashville, TN • Non-Exempt

About the role

The Manual Grinder operates Chamfer Grinders and other manual machines to produce high-precision cutting tools. You will verify accuracy using engineering prints, component drawings, assembly drawings, and engineering specifications, and assemble the final product to print specifications.

Responsibilities

• Set up and adjust offsets as required.
• Study blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample parts to determine dimensions, tolerances, sequence of operations, and setup requirements.
• Verify conformance of finished workpieces to specifications.
• Select, align, and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines such as mills, lathes, grinders, and shapers.
• Calculate and set controls to regulate machining factors: speed, feed, depth, and angle of cut.
• Perform daily machinery checks to ensure functionality.
• Use prints and bill of materials to assemble the final product.
• Perform other assigned duties.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Certification from a qualified training institution in machining preferred but not required.
• Minimum of 1 year of machine shop experience.
• Experience with Surface Grinders preferred.

Skills

• Strong math skills, including the ability to convert metric to inch and decimal to fraction.
• Ability to read blueprints accurately.
• Proficiency in calculating dimensions and tolerances using mathematics and instruments such as micrometers and calipers.
• Experience machining parts to specifications using tools like lathes, milling machines, and grinders.
• Ability to measure, examine, and test completed tools to detect defects and ensure conformance with specifications.
• Ability to set up, adjust, and operate basic machine tools for precision machining operations.
• Ability to monitor feeds and speeds of machines during the machining process.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of standing with some lifting, bending, and twisting.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to stoop, bend, or kneel as required.