Aerospace Manual VTL Machinist: Precision Turning

Electro-Methods Inc.; Windsor (CT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Electro-Methods Inc. in Windsor, CT, seeks an experienced Manual Bullard Operator to set up and run Bullard-style VTLs for aerospace components requiring close tolerances.

You will plan setups, load and secure parts, select tooling, establish speeds and feeds, and perform in-process inspection with GD&T and traceability focus. Strong knowledge of vertical turning and measuring is essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent experience.
• Three or more years of recent experience setting up and operating manual vertical turret lathes; direct Bullard experience strongly preferred.
• Experience using turret and side-head tooling, large boring bars, manual stops, feeds, and speed controls.
• Ability to read blueprints and apply GD&T, dimensional tolerances, surface-finish requirements, and inspection criteria.
• Working knowledge of shop mathematics, including decimals, fractions, geometry, trigonometry, and calculations for speeds, feeds, angles, diameters, and depths.
• Proficiency with precision measuring equipment used for large-diameter and close-tolerance components.
• Ability to qualify for and follow company requirements governing cranes, hoists, rigging, and material handling.
• Ability to document work accurately, communicate clearly, and work independently with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate manual Bullard vertical turret lathes to perform facing, outside and inside turning, boring, drilling, reaming, grooving, chamfering, profiling, tapering, and related operations on production parts.
• Interpret and follow work instructions and operation sheets to machine and inspect parts
• Use table jaws, fixtures, clamps, stops, turret tooling, boring bars, inserts, and cutting tools.
• Locate, center, indicate, level, and securely clamp workpieces on the VTL table; confirm clearance, balance, clamping force, and swing envelope before starting the machine.
• Machine aerospace alloys and materials that may include nickel-based superalloys, titanium, stainless steels, alloy steels, aluminum, and other specified materials.
• Measure work using outside and inside micrometers, large-diameter measuring devices, bore gauges, depth micrometers, dial indicators, height gauges, pi tapes, surface-finish comparators, and other precision instruments.
• Perform first-piece and in-process inspections; verify datums, runout, flatness, concentricity, parallelism, diameters, depths, thicknesses, and surface finishes; document results as required.
• Maintain part and material identity, heat-lot and serial-number traceability, routers, inspection records, production transactions, and other controlled documentation.
• Perform routine machine checks, lubrication, cleaning, and basic troubleshooting; inspect table jaws, clamps, guards, controls, and lifting interfaces before use.

Skills

Blueprint reading

GD&T

Shop math

Precision measuring

Manual lathes operation

Bullard VTL experience

Independent work

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Bullard Cutmaster

Dynatrol

Spiral Drive

Large boring bars

Job description

Electro-Methods Inc. in Windsor, CT, seeks an experienced Manual Bullard Operator to set up and run Bullard-style VTLs for aerospace components requiring close tolerances.

You will plan setups, load and secure parts, select tooling, establish speeds and feeds, and perform in-process inspection with GD&T and traceability focus. Strong knowledge of vertical turning and measuring is essential.