CNC Operator

Weco Manufacturing Group; Union Hill (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Team of professionals

Impact on bottom line

Challenging environment

Job summary

Weco Manufacturing Group is seeking a CNC Operator Machinist to program, set up, and operate CNC mills and lathes. You will ensure quality and safety standards, maintain equipment and records, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

The role requires experience with vertical machining centers, reading prints and GD&T, and familiarity with Haas or Hardinge machines is a plus. Join a team delivering precision components for diverse industries in New York.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years’ experience setting up and running vertical machining centers; ability to adjust programs for cutter comps and tool length offsets.
• Able to read prints, mic readings, and GD&T callouts; identify machining tools by name.
• Punctual, reliable, and ready to work.
• Experience running Haas and Hardinge machining centers is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Program mills and lathes by entering instructions, setting tool registers and offsets.
• Set up mills and lathes with chucks, tools, attachments, and stops.
• Load stock and verify settings with first-run parts and samples.
• Maintain quality by measuring positions and following QA procedures.
• Document production and quality logs and communicate shifts.

Skills

Attention to detail

Verbal communication

Process improvement

Controls and instrumentation

Inventory control

GD&T interpretation

Tools

Haas

Hardinge

Job description

Description

Weco is a value-added single-source contract manufacturer of machined components, finished fabricated sheet metal, and assembled metal products. Our three facilities encompass all aspects of metal product manufacturing including our own on-site finishing with powder, paint, and graphics capability. We serve the OEM Industrial, Healthcare/Medical Device, Aerospace/Defense, Renewable Energy, and Electronics by manufacturing both conventional and the most technically demanding items.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work with a team of talented professionals.
• Chance to make a significant impact on the company's bottom line.
• Challenging and rewarding work environment.

Summary

Produces machined parts by programming, setting up, and operating a computer numerical control (CNC) machine; maintaining quality and safety standards; keeping records; maintaining equipment and supplies.

CNC Operator Machinist Job Duties

• Plans machining by studying work orders, blueprints, engineering plans, materials, specifications, orthographic drawings, reference planes, locations of surfaces, and machining parameters; interpreting geometric dimensions and tolerances (GD&T).
• Plans stock inventory by checking stock to determine amount available; anticipating needed stock; placing and expediting orders for stock; verifying receipt of stock.
• Programs mills and lathes by entering instructions, including zero and reference points; setting tool registers, offsets, compensation, and conditional switches; calculating requirements, including basic math, geometry, and trigonometry; proving part programs.
• Sets-up mills and lathes by installing and adjusting three- and four-jaw chucks, tools, attachments, collets, bushings, cams, gears, stops, and stock pushers; indicating vices; tramming heads.
• Loads feed mechanism by lifting stock into position.
• Verifies settings by measuring positions, first-run part, and sample workpieces; adhering to international standards.
• Maintains specifications by observing drilling, grooving, and cutting, including turning, facing, knurling and thread chasing operations; taking measurements; detecting malfunctions; troubleshooting processes; adjusting and reprogramming controls; sharpening and replacing worn tools; adhering to quality assurance procedures and processes.
• Maintains safe operations by adhering to safety procedures and regulations.
• Maintains equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs.
• Maintains continuity among work shifts by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Documents actions by completing production and quality logs.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading technical publications.
• Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Requirements

Qualifications

• 5-10 years’ experience setting up and running vertical machining centers able to make adjustments to the program as far as cutter comps and tool length offsets
• Able to read prints and be able to read mics and know GD&T call outs and know what the different tools are called that are associated with machining
• Be punctual on time and ready to work
• Having experience running Haas and Hardinge machining centers a plus

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Conceptual Skills, Process Improvement, Verbal Communication, Functional and Technical Skills, Controls and Instrumentation, Supply Management, Tooling, Coordination, Inventory Control, Attention to Detail, Judgment