Senior Screw Machine Manufacturing Engineer

Actalent; Oxford (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan

Paid Time Off

Health Insurance

Job summary

Actalent is seeking a Machine Manufacturing Engineer for its Oxford, NC site. The role focuses on optimizing screw machine operations, tooling configurations, and process documentation to maximize throughput and quality.

The ideal candidate has 8–10 years of hands-on screw machine experience, blue‑print literacy, and solid CAD skills. This is an on-site, permanent position with competitive pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8–10 years hands‑on experience with Acme-Gridley multi-spindle screw machines.
• Ability to read blueprints and understand cams, gears and mechanical gearing.
• Proficient in grinding and setting form tools, shaving tools, drills and cutoffs.

Responsibilities

• Develop cutting speeds, feeds, tooling geometry and machining sequences to maximize productivity.
• Design tooling layouts, cam configurations, tool sequences and machine setups.
• Create setup docs and process instructions for manufacturing processes.
• Perform complex machine setups and obtain approval of new jobs for quality.
• Lead efforts to reduce setup times, scrap, downtime and costs.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and support during startups and launches.

Skills

Screw machine ops

Blueprint reading

SolidWorks

Gears & cams

Shop math

Tooling setup

Education

Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering degree

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Actalent is seeking a Machine Manufacturing Engineer for its Oxford, NC site. The role focuses on optimizing screw machine operations, tooling configurations, and process documentation to maximize throughput and quality.

The ideal candidate has 8–10 years of hands-on screw machine experience, blue‑print literacy, and solid CAD skills. This is an on-site, permanent position with competitive pay and benefits.