Machine Tool Operator

Astrion; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrion is seeking a skilled Machine Tool Operator to support NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center on the METTS III contract in Huntsville, Alabama. The role involves setting up and operating various machine tools, performing high-precision machining, and ensuring quality with precision measurement and appropriate tooling selection.

The position requires extensive hands-on experience in machine shop practices, capability to work in a team, and the ability to follow blueprints.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of machine shop and tool room practices.
• Experience through hands-on, on-the-job training.
• Ability to perform advanced machining operations with minimal supervision.
• U.S. Citizenship and Public Trust clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate machine tools and use hand tools to shape, finish, assemble metal parts and tools.
• Determine feeds, speeds, tooling, and sequence from drawings or layouts.
• Use precision measuring instruments to verify dimensions and tolerances.
• Dress tools and select appropriate coolants and lubricants as needed.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Team collaboration

Job description

Overview

Machine Tool Operator

Location: Huntsville, AL

(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center – Redstone Arsenal)

Contract: METTS III

Travel: Up to 10%

US Citizen. Public Trust Only

Shift: 1st shift 4/10s 6-4:30

Astrion is seeking a skilled Machine Tool Operator to support the Marshall Engineering Technicians and Trades Support (METTS) III contract at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.

The METTS III contract provides a broad range of engineering technician and trade skill support, along with professional and management oversight of technical staff in direct support of NASA missions.

Key Responsibilities

This position will set up and operate machine tools, and use hand tools to make or repair (shape, fit, finish, assemble) metal parts, tool, gauges, models, patterns, mechanism, and machines.

This position specializes in operating one or more than one type of machine tool (e.g., jig borer, grinding machine, engine lathe, milling machine) to machine metal for use in making or maintaining jigs, fixtures, cutting tools, gauges, or metal dies or molds used in shaping or forming metal or nonmetallic material (e.g., plastic, plaster, rubber, glass). Work typically involves:

• Planning and performing difficult machining operations which require complicated setups or a high degree of accuracy, setting up machine tool or tools (e.g., installing cutting tools and adjusting guides, stops, working tables, and other controls to handle the size of stock to be machined.
• Determining proper feeds, speeds, tooling, and operation sequence or selects those prescribed in drawings, blueprints, or layouts).
• Using a variety of precision measuring instruments, making necessary adjustments during machining operation to achieve requisite dimensions to very close tolerances.
• Selecting proper coolants and cutting and lubricating oils to recognize when tools need dressing, and to dress tools.

Required Experience

• Extensive knowledge of machine shop and tool room practices
• Experience typically gained through significant hands-on, on-the-job training
• Demonstrated ability to perform advanced machining operations with minimal supervision

Work Environment

• Office, laboratory, and test environments
• Test stands and possible confined spaces

Physical Requirements

• Ability to bend, stoop, and lift occasionally, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Ability to stand or sit for extended periods as required by job tasks

Other Essential Functions

• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work effectively as part of a technical team

Medical Requirements

All positions supporting the METTS III contract are contingent upon successful completion of NASA medical screenings at the start of employment and annually thereafter. Screening requirements are based on the Safety, Health, and Environmental Job Assessment Questionnaire.

Security Clearance Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Public Trust clearance required
• Applicants selected for positions requiring a security clearance will be subject to a background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information