1st Shift CNC Machinist

Clear Destination Inc.; Loves Park (IL); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

PTO

Sick Time

Safety shoe reimbursement

Wellness reimbursement

Onsite fitness facility

Medical, dental, vision

401k

Tuition reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Gleason Cutting Tools Corporation in Loves Park, IL 61111 is seeking 1st shift CNC Machinists/Operators to join a team known for quality craftsmanship and strong collaboration. You will perform both documentation-based tasks and hands-on machine operations, producing precision components with lathes, boring and milling machines, grinders, and shapers.

Our culture emphasizes a collaborative, respectful workplace, long-term career growth, and opportunities to advance as you build expertise.

Qualifications

• Previous CNC machine operation experience.
• Ability to learn specific computer software and systems.
• Knowledge of trade mathematics.
• Multi-task and maximize productivity.
• Works cooperatively with others.
• Does what it takes to meet productivity targets and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Read and interpret blueprints, program readouts, and directives to select materials and tools.
• Complete machine set ups.
• Follow instructions on dimensions, speeds, feeds, tools, and alignment.
• Align parts in the machine and maintain materials and fixtures.
• Identify tooling or machine issues and adjust or seek assistance.
• Use micrometers, height/depth gauges, indicators, and gauges to verify tolerances.
• Check dimensions and maintain tolerances using fixtures or stops.

Skills

CNC operation experience

Software learning

Trade mathematics

Multi-tasking

Teamwork

Productivity focus

Job description

1ST SHIFT CNC OPERATION

Come join a workplace where quality craftsmanship is respected and people genuinely enjoy working together!

We’re seeking CNC Machinists/Operators to join a team known for its strong culture, professionalism, and long-term career opportunities.

In this role, you’ll put your experience to work performing department processes that include both documentation-based tasks and hands-on machine operations. Depending on your expertise, you’ll work with CNC equipment such as lathes, boring mills, milling machines, grinding machines, and shapers—producing precision components in an environment that values doing things right the first time.

What truly sets us apart is our culture. We pride ourselves on a collaborative, respectful workplace where experienced machinists are trusted, supported, and valued. We offer a stable environment built for long-term success, where employees are encouraged to grow their skills, take ownership of their work, and build a lasting career—not just punch a clock.

If you take pride in precision, value teamwork, and want to be part of a company that invests in its people for the long run, we’d love to talk with you.

WHY JOIN OUR TEAM?

We provide a career not a job! Our progressive compensation program is based on skill and merit. We believe in continuing education and provide multiple opportunities for training through internal and external programs.

Our comprehensive benefit package includes:

• Paid holidays, PTO, and Sick Time
• Safety shoe and prescription safety glasses reimbursement
• Wellness reimbursement
• Opportunity to join our onsite fitness facility
• Medical, dental, vision, and voluntary/Company paid life insurance (eligible 1st of month after hire)
• 401k
• Tuition reimbursement (eligible one year after hire and with Management approval)
• Employee Assistance Program

Gleason Cutting Tools Corporation is a leader in the development and manufacture of production systems for all types of gears. Because of our excellent standards in quality and technology, we provide gears used in school buses that safely transport children each day. We encourage wind energy through the use of gears in wind turbines. Farmers use our products in their equipment. Gleason has been making innovations in the gear industry for over 150 years to discover new ways to keep the world in motion and our products reach all the way to space.

We are a modern, clean, and air‑conditioned facility that incorporates state‑of‑the‑art equipment and manufacturing philosophies. Gleason business principles include effective communication and teamwork and are the foundation of our culture which drive the continual improvement of business processes aimed at ever‑higher customer satisfaction.

We strive to conduct business throughout the world in a manner that protects the environment and is compatible with the eco‑economic needs of the communities in which we operate. We are committed to improving our environmental sustainability through responsible actions with the goal of driving our environmental impact toward zero.

Responsibilities:

• Read and interpret blueprints, program readouts, and technical directives to determine and obtain materials and cutting tools for the job and to visualize the finished part and critical surfaces, dimensions, and tolerances.
• Complete machine set ups.
• Follow detailed instructions concerning the location of necessary dimensions on blueprints, sequence of machine operations, machine feeds and speeds, tools to be used, alignment processes, and predetermined machined dimensions.
• Align parts in the machine according to set methods and given reference points, exercising care to keep material, holding fixtures, and machine stops clear of chips and particles.
• Use knowledge of machine operations to recognize defective tooling, improper coolant flow, the need for changing speeds or feeds, machine malfunctions, or obvious dimensional deviations. Correct the problem by adjusting the machine, cutting tool, or fixture or obtain assistance from a higher‑level machinist.
• Use measuring instruments such as internal and external micrometers, height and depth gages, indicators, scales, and various standard or preset snap, plug, bore, or ring gages to achieve and maintain critical dimensions and tolerances during the machining process.
• Use measuring instruments to check the accuracy of dimensions and maintain dimensions using fixtures or preset machine stops, depending upon the dimensional tolerances allowed.

Skills and abilities:

• Previous CNC machine operation experience
• Ability to learn specific computer software and systems
• Knowledge of “trade” mathematics
• Multi-task and engage in work related activities to maximize productivity.
• Works cooperatively with others
• Does what it takes to meet productivity targets and metrics

Training schedule: Monday through Thursday / 5:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Work schedule: Monday through Thursday / 5:00 AM - 3:30 PM

All applicants offered employment will complete substance and physical capacity testing.

Gleason is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to age, disability, genetic information and / or predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, national origin, race/color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, victim of domestic violence status, arrest or conviction record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.