Sheet Metal Machine Operator B - 2nd Shift

About the Role

At Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, we are at the forefront of designing and manufacturing advanced helicopters for both commercial and military missions. Our Aerostructures group, based in Stratford, CT, is dedicated to the structural assembly of our fixed-wing aircraft. We are committed to innovation, excellence, and delivering top-quality products to our customers.

Responsibilities

• Follow general instructions, recognized methods, standard practices, and operation sheets to set-up and perform routing, drilling, milling, forming, blanking, nesting, and riveting operations.
• Use standard and prescribed machine tools, dies, fixtures, cutters, and attachments to set-up for machining operations, both manual and tape.
• Load, stack, position, and align material and properly secure for machining operations.
• Adjust drill, riveting, and routing heads to standard settings to assure proper clearance of tooling heads and for drilling, riveting, and routing depths.
• Inspect first piece for conformance to specifications and adjust as necessary.
• Detect problems and machine malfunctions such as broken tools, low coolant levels, inoperative chip filters, jammed material, and the need for replacement of worn, dull, or faulty tools.
• Interpret displayed and printed instructions to return machining operation to exact program location when restarting interrupted cycles.
• Operate more than one machine at a time as workload permits.
• Check work to ensure quality standards are maintained.
• Perform daily and periodic cleaning of tools to ensure proper utilization of equipment.
• Document work as required to complete job assignments.
• Perform other duties of a related or similar nature, as directed.
• Follow all rules and regulations pertaining to environmental health and safety; contribute to the overall effectiveness of equipment by performing operator-required upkeep; segregate waste material and follow good housekeeping practices.
• Refer only unusual conditions to working leader or supervisor.
• Set-up and operate routers, production millers, and/or mechanical presses to perform standard cutting, shaping, and forming operations on diversified types of sheet stock, sheet metal, extrusions, and formed parts.
• Work from ordinary drawings and sketches and use variable measuring instruments such as micrometers and Vernier gages.

Requirements

• High School diploma and/or equivalent degree.
• 0 - 1+ years of experience.

Desired Skills

• Previous N/C machining experience preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10)
• 401(k) match
• Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Education Assistance
• Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (dependent on position and performance metrics)

For Washington state applicants only: Represented full-time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

Pay

$37.87 - $40.79 per hour.

The salary range for this position is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, as well as market (work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.