Manufacturing Engineering Technician

At Machining Concepts, every day is a new opportunity to grow. As a fast-paced job shop, we work with a diverse range of materials and precision parts—offering hands-on experience in a collaborative, team-driven environment.

Machining Concepts Offers:

• Competitive pay
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 10 Paid Holidays + PTO
• Life Insurance & Short/Long-Term Disability

We’re currently hiring a Manufacturing Engineering Technician/CNC Programmer on 1st shift. 

Position Overview:

The Manufacturing Engineering Technician shall support the business in areas of new product development; process improvement; daily production support; as assigned, project manage key programs or operations: analyze and interpret technical data (engineering drawings, specifications, purchase orders, etc.) and create operations sheets(DPP’s), tools and other necessary processes and equipment to produce a high-quality product.

Typical processes include: milling, lathe operation, CNC Programming, dimensional and visual inspection techniques.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure efficient and effective manufacturing methods are used that are compatible with available machines
• Specifies, designs and/or procures special tooling or equipment required to attain product per customer requirement within budgeted cost and time. 
• Programs CNC machines to effectively and efficiently produce desired product.
• Complete the departmental process plans (DPP) process per ISO/AS requirements for outgoing and returned.
• Set up and prove out programmed piece parts or communicate all aspects of the job to the set-up person for maximum quality and efficiency.
• Participate in the company corrective action process where required
• Analyze and resolve machining and tooling issues to avoid problems
• Create new or modify existing manufacturing drawings using CAD methodology
• Value engineer existing products and processes to reduce cost, lead time and cycle times.
• Alert the Engineering Team Lead and General Manager when programs do not meet cycle times per routing that was quoted
• While programming jobs, notify Engineering Team Lead of any special gauging needs before the job is scheduled. 
• Comply with all company policies/procedures
• Comply with all military and contractual requirements

Skills and Competencies:

• Proficiency in SolidWorks, Mastercam, Featurecam
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Suite
• Solid understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Basic understanding of Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Basic understanding of concepts related to typical manufacturing systems such as kitting, batch sizing, configuration control and workflow routings.

Qualifications: 

Education: Associate’s degree in related field, or equivalent experience 

Experience and/or Training: Experience as a Machinist/Mastercam Programmer for Vertical and Horizontal Machining Centers. 7+ years of manufacturing preferred.

Technology/Equipment: Microsoft Office Suite, CAD Software