CNC Machinist - 2nd Shift/Screw Cell

AMETEK; Smithfield (UT); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Paragon Medical, a business of AMETEK, is a trusted partner in medical device manufacturing, offering end-to-end solutions from concept to final production. The CNC machinist will set up and operate CNC machines, interpret blueprints, and ensure parts meet ISO quality standards.

Responsibilities include program troubleshooting, training of staff, and collaboration with engineers to resolve issues while maintaining a safe, organized work environment.

Qualifications

• High School or GED required.
• 5–10 years of experience in CNC machining.
• Ability to read blueprints and GD&T, and to edit CNC programs.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate CNC machines and machining centers to fabricate parts.
• Review drawings, determine dimensions and tolerances, and plan operations.
• Align fixtures and tools, adjust controls for speeds/feeds, and verify tolerances with measuring tools.
• Troubleshoot programs, train staff, and ensure ISO-quality adherence.
• Communicate with engineers to resolve machining or assembly issues.

Skills

CNC programming

GD&T

Blueprint reading

Problem solving

Multitasking

Teamwork

Mentoring

Leadership

AI productivity tools

Education

High School or GED

Tools

CMM

CNC machines

G-code editors

Job description

Paragon Medical, a business of AMETEK, is a trusted partner in medical device manufacturing, offering end-to-end solutions from concept to final production. With expertise across various applications, we deliver high-precision components and complete products tailored to exceed customer expectations.

Schedule: Tuesday-Wednesday 8:30pm-7:30am; Thursday 9:30pm-7:30am; Friday 8pm-4am

Job Summary

Responsible for simple to complex set-ups and operation of CNC equipment, understands concepts and able to troubleshoot the program, tooling maintenance, training of employees and ensuring that all required processes are completed to produce parts that meet quality and ISO standards. May be responsible to operate CMM.

Essential Functions

• Performs simple to complex set-ups and operation of conventional, special-purpose, and computerized numerical control (CNC) machines and machining centers to fabricate metallic and nonmetallic parts and fits and assembles machined parts into complete units, applying knowledge of machine shop theory and procedures, shop mathematics, machine ability of materials, and layout techniques. Can do multi-tasking with several set-ups running multiple machines at one time. Sets up and operates machine on trial run to verify accuracy of machine settings to programmed control data ensuring functionality and performance.
• Review and understand blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample part to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work piece, sequence of operations, and set up requirements.
• Aligns and secures holding fixtures (such as collets, vices, indicating vices), cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines, such as mills, lathes, jig borers, grinders, and tooling pre-setter.
• Understand, calculate, and set controls to regulate machining factors, such as speed, feed, coolant flow, and enter command to retrieve, input, or edit computerized machine control media; observes machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining and adjusts machine controls or control media, as required.
• Verifies conformance of finished work piece to specifications, using precision measuring instruments such as micrometers, calipers, comparator, height gages, and gage blocks.
• Confers with engineers, production personnel, programmers, or others to resolve machining or assembly problems.
• Comply with company requirements in completing essential documentation, as required.
• Train, assist, and support employees in producing quality parts and in completing all process requirements.
• Assure all policies and procedures are followed and safety precautions are taken to reduce the risk of injury.
• Maintain a clean work area and assure safe operation of all equipment.
• Must be available on reasonable notice for unscheduled overtime to meet production schedules.
• Perform and document Operator Preventive Maintenance operations, as needed.
• Must fully understand setup and operation of at least two machining fields (mills, chucker lathes, Swiss lathes, grinders, wire EDMs, etc.) (for Pierceton campus) or different types/manufacturers of same machining field (for non-Pierceton campuses).

Occasional Duties

• Fits and assembles parts into complete assembly, using jigs, fixtures, surface plate, surface table, hand tools, and power tools.
• Assist production in all areas.
• Assist with tooling / fixturing build.
• Occasionally, miscellaneous non-recurring duties may be assigned such as, but not limited to, packing, shipping, unpacking and sorting, inspection, cleaning, finishing, deburring, etc.

Education

• High School or GED

Experience

• 5-10 Years

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• CNC programming or experience preferred with ability to edit programs.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision. Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize accordingly.
• Ability to read blueprints. Knowledge of GD&T. Complete knowledge of G and M codes.
• Ability to be a team player.
• Ability to mentor others.
• Leadership skills preferred.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-marking, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs

Compensation

Employee Type: Hourly

Currency: USD

Salary Minimum: 50,000

Salary Maximum: 70,000

Incentive: No

Disclaimer: Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 22,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK is a component of the S&P 500. Visit https://www.ametek.com/careers for more information.

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