CNC Turning

Northstar Aerospace; Bedford Park (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Northstar Aerospace, now part of Avio Aero, is seeking a CNC Machinist for our Chicago-area facility in Bedford Park, IL. This full-time, third-shift role requires reading complex prints and setting up milling, drilling, and boring operations to tight tolerances.

The ideal candidate has a High School diploma and 5+ years of machining experience, can edit CNC programs, and works safely with coolants and tooling in a precision environment.

Qualifications

• Reads and interprets complicated prints and drawings to verify tolerances.
• Operates milling, drilling, and boring equipment to tight specs.
• Maintains precision and safety in a high-demand shop environment.

Responsibilities

• Set up NC/CNC machines and verify tooling and coolant flow.
• Edit and modify CNC programs when necessary to maintain accuracy.
• Monitor and document part quality and scrap rates.
• Maintain safe, clean, and organized work area.

Skills

CNC Machining

Read/Interpret Prints

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

CNC Machine Controls

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: Chicago - Bedford Park, IL 60638 Position Type: Full Time Education Level: High School Salary Range: $30.58 - $39.36 Hourly Job Shift: 3rd Shift Northstar Aerospace, now part of Avio Aero - a GE Aerospace Company, is a leading independent manufacturer of components and assemblies to the global Aerospace industry. Our principal products include gears and transmissions, accessory gearbox assemblies, rotorcraft drive systems, and other machined and fabricated parts for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. We also provide maintenance and repair and overhaul (MRO) on these platforms.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The essential duties and responsibilities of this position are listed below. This list is not all inclusive and may be amended by Northstar, from time to time.

• Initiative and integrity: Highly diversified work on expensive parts. Set up usually pre-engineered but tools must be set to specs. Maintain close tolerances and rigid finish requirements. Must understand NC/CNC machine controls and be able to edit and modify programs if necessary.
• Responsibility: Improper set up or operation could cause damage to expensive equipment. Seldom over $5,000.00. Carelessness of set up or operation could result in excess scrap damage. Seldom over $5,000.00. Only reasonable care. May assist a less experienced operator occasionally but normally is responsible only for own work.
• Working conditions: Somewhat disagreeable working conditions due to exposure to coolants, chips, etc.
• Unavoidable hazards: May crush fingers or toes in handling work – eye injuries, etc. Exposure to lost time accidents minor in nature.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: Moderate physical effort working with clumsy parts. Occasionally heavy tooling, moving workloads to and from machine.
• Mental or visual demand: Must concentrate mental and visual attention closely in setting up machine to rigid specs and in inspection of complex parts.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Education Requirements: Read and interpret complicated prints and drawings. Use decimals, fractions, simple geometry and occasionally trigonometry. Use large variety of precision measuring equipment such as large inside and outside micrometers, dial bore gages and height Vernier. Equivalent to 4 years high school plus 4 years shop training. (Deg.4/56)
• Experience Required: Over 5 years on a wide variety of milling, drilling and boring work and operational exposure to machining centers.

Qualifications