CNC Lathe Machinist – 2nd Shift

D&L Oil Toools; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

D&L Oil Toools in Tulsa, OK is seeking a skilled CNC machinist to perform setups on lathes and mills, selecting standard or nonstandard tooling and ensuring fixtures and jigs are ready for production. Read blueprints and work orders to determine specs, operate machines to produce complex parts with tight tolerances, and verify conformance with precision inspection equipment.

Follow safety, quality, and ISO procedures; document production and quality data; and be prepared for overtime to meet

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Trade school training preferred or equivalent on-the-job training.

Responsibilities

• Perform CNC setups on lathes or mills and select tooling and fixtures.
• Operate machines to produce complex parts with tight tolerances.
• Meet production goals and maintain quality records.
• Read blueprints and work orders to determine specs.
• Follow safety, quality, and ISO procedures.
• Work overtime as needed to support production.
• Maintain accurate production and quality data logs.

Job description

• Perform setups on CNC lathes or mills, includes selecting optimal standard or nonstandard tooling, required fixtures, chuck/jaws, and any machine attachments. Download program, make any offsets required, set tooling per the program and verify material matches program. Make sure all required gages are available
• Operate one or more machines, running complex parts, with close tolerances, possibly with seal surfaces requiring special finishes, special threads, or extra long parts that require special settings.
• Meet production output goals, insure quality of all machined parts, maintain production records, quality records, data logs, etc.
• Read blueprints, routers, work orders, check program, and inspection directions to determine job specifications and tolerances. Verify conformance of parts produced to specifications using precision inspection equipment, and record results.
• Follow all company policies, department standard operating procedures, safety procedures, quality procedures, ISO procedures, and any other verbal or written instructions.
• Work in a safe manner, without endangering yourself or other employees. Coach any employee using unsafe practices, and/or alert the area supervisor, safety committee member, or member of management. Use all appropriate PPE (personal protective equipment) for job.
• Ability and willingness to work overtime, weekends, or holidays, to support production requirements.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Education / Training / Experience

• Prefer high school diploma or GED.
• Prefer trade school training, or sufficient on the job training to achieve primary duties.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently handles and lifts material ranging from 5 to 25 pounds, occasionally up to 50 pounds, and infrequently up to 75 pounds.
• Exposure to heat, cold, dust, and noise, oil or coolant mist is routine. Overhead doors are frequently open which allows any outdoor pollens, allergens, etc. inside buildings.
• Requires standing most of the time, plus frequent bending and reaching to operate machines. Frequent use of both hands/arms, working together to load parts, change tools, operate machine or make adjustments is required. Precise dexterity needed with both hands to make fine adjustments to machine, tooling, or for use of delicate precision measurement equipment. Occasional stooping or climbing is required.
• Must have good vision, for both close up work, and distance. Machine or control may have some small print that must be read accurately. Measurement equipment may have small print, or fine graduations that must be read accurately.
• Must be able to hear and understand verbal instructions, plus hear emergency instructions.

Job Skills / Tools Required

• Thorough understanding of programs, ability to make offsets, or edits required. Should have sufficient knowledge to make program changes to accommodate material substitutions or new parts that are close to other program parameters
• Basic shop math for determining part sizes, locations of part characteristics, tolerance limits, counting parts, calculating speeds and feeds, using ratios, or percentages, etc.
• Ability to read and understand complex blueprints.
• Ability to understand written or oral instructions, safety rules, company policies, etc.
• Ability to accurately use common inspection equipment such as calipers, micrometers, dial or digital indicators, etc.
• Must have tool box with basic tools, which includes wrenches, 6” scale, 0-12” calipers, and 0-6” micrometers, screwdrivers, hammers, crescent wrench, pliers, etc., and be willing to add other tools that are not on this list to accomplish assigned jobs.

Personal Skills

• Ability to interface with supervisor, support personnel, and management.
• Ability to train other employees in safe and efficient methods of production.

High School Diploma or GED preferred Prefer trade school training or equivalent on the job training.