Weekend Shift - CNC Machinist

About the role

Waukesha Bearings in Antigo, Wisconsin is part of Dover Precision Components (‘DPC’), an operating company within Dover Corporation’s Pumps and Process Solutions segment. While our Antigo facility is locally known and trusted as Waukesha Bearings, we are proud to be part of a global organization delivering performance-critical solutions across the oil & gas, power generation, marine, industrial, chemical, and general processing markets. Together as Dover Precision Components, we design and manufacture mission-critical equipment components that help deliver more affordable, cleaner energy solutions and enable manufacturers around the world to operate more efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Actively promote and participate in advancing the safety culture of the facility.
• Read, process sheets, blueprints, and sketches to determine dimensional specifications, set up, and operating requirements.
• Locate and download programs from a DNC storage system.
• Interpret work instructions.
• Identify, select and install proper tooling for operations being performed.
• Calculate proper feeds and speeds for a variety of steel grades, copper, brass, aluminum and bronze.
• Read, understand, edit and/or write programs.
• Understand capabilities of tooling and machinery.
• Understand applicable quality systems and perform necessary quality inspections.
• Adhere to all Waukesha Bearings policies and procedures.
• Seek out and participate in Continuous Improvement opportunities.
• Set up all necessary measuring equipment and routinely check the calibration of the equipment while measuring.
• Create and maintain a team focused work environment.

Requirements

• Manufacturing experience with prior experience with precision inspection equipment including, but not limited to, micrometers, calipers, height gauges, bore gauges.
• One year Machine Tool Operation certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry; ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Experience operating CNC machinery such as CNC milling machines or CNC lathes in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of CNC programming languages (e.g., G-code) and CAM programming software for toolpath creation.
• Familiarity with blueprint reading, GD&T standards, and mechanical drawings.
• Ability to use precision measuring instruments such as calipers, micrometers, bore gauges, and coordinate measuring machines confidently.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety protocols and lean manufacturing practices within a fast-paced production setting.
• Must be a U.S. citizen (due to ITAR and UNNPI regulatory requirements).