CNC Machinist

Machinist – CNC 3 (Temp-to-Hire)

Location: Houston, TX 77073

Pay: $26-$34/ hour

Shift:   M-F with some weekends as needed for production demand

Day 5am-3:30pm

Night 3:15pm-2am

Responsible for set up, machining and in-process inspection of a variety of items requiring a high degree of skill and proficiency.  Machinist – CNC 3 personnel can machine precision components on a manual or CNC machine.  Position requires the ability to perform a variety of machining duties with no direct supervision. Level of machinist that could be considered for lead person.

 Duties:

• Set up and operate manual and/or CNC machines at a very high level of proficiency.
• Set up and thread “all threads and grades of material” that the Facility is licensed for on a CNC lathe, with no assistance on setup and first article inspection.
• Obtain required over-lays and review first article with no assistance. 
• Set up and operate “all” CNC machines at that Facility location.
• Select proper tools and gages for threading or process to be performed.
• Able to adjust machine processes and tooling to optimize cycle time and maintain process control as well as CNC editing on shop floor.
• Perform necessary mathematical calculations to produce angles.
• Understand products, read and interpret prints, dimension, and tolerances, and can produce parts from drawings.
• Help train Machinists at CNC 1 and CNC 2 levels.
• MORI, SEIKI, & MAZAK controls.
• This position is in a non-climate-controlled manufacturing facility.

• High School Degree or GED required. Must be able to read, write, and verbally communicate in English.
• 5 years’ experience in metal removal on a variety of machines.
• Highly skilled craftsman with excellent mechanical aptitude, good mathematical background to include job related trigonometry calculations.
• Must pass background and drug screen.
• Steel toes required.