Machinist II - Weekend Shift

Lehigh Heavy Forge Corporation; Newberg (OR); On-site; USD 60,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Lehigh Heavy Forge Corporation seeks a Machinist II for the weekend shift to perform a variety of machining processes and ensure part quality. You will operate mills, lathes, grinders, and related equipment, starting from raw materials and completing precision parts with attention to revision levels and documentation.

The ideal candidate has an AA degree or 3–7 years of related experience, excellent inspection skills, and the ability to coordinate with engineers and programmers.

Qualifications

• Associate degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or 3–7 years related experience and/or training.
• Experience with inspecting and ensuring part quality.
• Familiarity with quality assurance techniques.

Responsibilities

• Read and follow daily work schedule and prioritize work.
• Operate mills, lathes, and surface grinders.
• Perform mechanical inspection to verify parts meet specifications.
• Perform routine preventative maintenance on tools.
• Assist team members to meet goals.
• Set up CNC machine tools with assistance from Journey Level Machinists.
• Communicate changes to programmers.

Skills

Attention to detail

Quality inspection

Machine operation

Teamwork

Problem solving

Safety compliance

Education

AA degree or 3–7 years experience

Tools

Mills

Lathes

Surface grinders

Drill presses

Honing machines

Hydraulic presses

CNC basics

Job description

Position: Machinist II - Weekend Shift

Department: 10-310: Machining

Reports to: Machine Shop Manager

Location: Newberg, Oregon

JOB SUMMARY

Performs various machining processes on a variety of machine tools. The machinist is responsible for the quality of their work and is experienced at inspection and familiar with other quality assurance techniques.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Read and follow daily work schedule and prioritize work.
• Gathers all documentation needed to perform the job. Verifies that the revision levels are current and match.
• Operates mills, lathes, and surface grinders.
• Pulls and prepares raw material to be ready for next job. Cleans and deburrs the material as needed to remove sharp edges and allow for placement in vises or fixtures.
• Operates drill presses, honing machines, hydraulic presses, etc. to perform secondary operations.
• Performs mechanical inspection to verify parts meet engineering specifications.
• Performs routine preventative maintenance on various machine shop tools.
• Performs light assembly as needed.
• Assists all cell team members as needed to ensure that team goals are met.
• Performs all CNC machine tool setups with assistance from CNC Journey Level Machinists.
• Performs minor editing of the CNC program and communicates changes to programmer.
• Initiates process improvements including fixture design, tooling upgrades and works with other support team members to follow through on implementation.
• Operates other manual machine tools as necessary.
• Performs any secondary operations as necessary to complete the process in its entirety.
• Confers with engineers, production personnel, programmers, or others to resolve machining problems.
• Performs all routine machine tool setups.
• Will operate a variety of machine tools including lathes, milling machines, grinders, hones, etc.
• Performs all quality and measurement functions as related to the machining of components.
• Handles stress in a professional manner, demonstrates the ability to get along with others, demonstrates successful attendance and punctuality, and works overtime / extra hours as required to meet business needs.
• May travel occasionally, primarily in the local area.
• Other duties as required.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or 3-7 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is also regularly required to stand, walk, crouch, bend, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to lift up to 50 pounds and occasionally required to lift up to 100 pounds (assistance available), and regularly required to operate and maneuver heavy components with material handling devices. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. Office and travel have moderate noise levels. Machine/Product demonstrations and customer visits can have loud noise levels.

Noise levels may be extreme and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is provided and usage is driven by customer requirements. Other required PPE includes, but is not limited to, steel toe boots, hardhat and safety glasses. Customer working environments can be extreme in regard to height, confined space, physical requirements and hazards.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.