CNC Setup Machinist - Part-time

Eaton; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 36,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

Eaton Aerospace Group is seeking a part-time CNC Setup Machinist for our North Charleston, SC facility. The role involves leading changeovers on mills and lathes, setting up tools, and ensuring quality during production runs.

Ideal candidates have a technical machining education or journeyman certification, experience with CNCs, and strong GD&T and shop math skills. Flexible shifts served by a 24-hour site.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years operating CNC lathes and/or mills in a manufacturing environment.
• 1 year setting up CNC lathes and/or mills.
• No immigration sponsorship for CPT/OPT/STEM OPT/H-1B etc.
• Residence within 50 miles of North Charleston, SC.
• Must be a U.S. person under export regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead setup/changeover between production runs on CNC mills and lathes.
• Operate selected machines through production run while ensuring quality parts.
• Set tools, retrieve/input programs, and establish work offsets.
• Read and reset CNC programs; input axis coordinates up to 3 axes.
• Utilize GD&T to adjust work offsets and ensure part quality.

Skills

CNC setup

Machining

Blueprints

GD&T

Shop math

Lean manufacturing

Kaizen

Quality tools

Education

Technical degree in manufacturing or machining

Journeyman’s Toolmaker Certification

Tools

Excel

Access

Word

Outlook

Job description

Eaton’s IS AER FMC division is currently seeking a CNC Setup Machinist - Part-time. The hourly rate for this position is 26-29.50 per hour. The work hours are flexible.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What You’ll Do

Eaton Aerospace Group is currently seeking a part-time CNC Setup Machinists to join our team. This position is based in our North Charleston, SC facility. The range for this role is $26.50 to 29 per hour. The North Charleston site is a 24-hour facility, exact shifts will be dependent upon new hire skill set, availability and business need.

The setup machinist will lead the transition/changeover between production runs on various CNC machines such as mills and lathes then operate select machines through the remainder of the production run while ensuring quality parts from the work cell.

• Properly set tools in machine locations required for set-up & perform part changeover including program retrieval and input
• Establish work offsets (G54, G55, etc.) manually and utilizing probing technology
• Read, understand, and reset CNC machine program codes
• Calculate and input axis coordinates for CNC machines up to 3 axis’s or use spindle probe to determine work offsets
• Calculate and input axis coordinates X, Y and Z or use spindle probe to determine work offsets
• Utilize Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing results to make adjustments to work offsets

Qualifications

Basic (Required) Qualifications

• Must have a minimum of two (2) years’ experience operating CNC lathes and/or mills in a manufacturing or operations environment or equivalent education
• Must have one (1) years’ experience setting up CNC lathes and/or mills
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• No relocation benefit is offered for this position. Only candidates residing within the immediate area of North Charleston, SC (50 miles) will be considered for this position.
• This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical degree in manufacturing, machining, or related field
• Journeyman’s Toolmaker Certification
• Experience with CNC or conversational programming
• Experience operating a variety of manual machines (lathes, mills, jig bore, grinders etc.)
• Familiar with Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing techniques such as Value Stream Mapping, 5S, TPM, Error Proofing, Standardized Work, Set up Reduction, Continuous Flow, and Pull
• Experience in Troubleshooting Problems using quality tools such as statistics, 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone diagrams, etc.
• PC computer skills (Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, etc...) with ability to learn other programs

Position Criteria

• Must be able to work a minimum of 20 hours a week
• Must be able to understand and interpret blueprints and sketches including proficiency in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Must be able to perform basic shop math.
• Must have demonstrated mechanical aptitude.

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