1st shift - Tool Room Machinist

Job Description

Position Title: Tool Room Machinist

Wage: $31.15 per hour

Shift: 1st

Hours: 6:00am-2:30pm (Mon-Fri)


QPS Employment Group has a great Tool Room Machinist position available at a company in Glendale, MO. This is a 1st shift position with the opportunity for hire.


Tool Room Machinist Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Analyze specifications such as blueprints, sketches, models, or descriptions, and visualize products.
- Develop specifications from general descriptions and make drawings or sketches.
- Compute dimensions and plan layout and assembly operations.
- Work with precision measuring equipment to develop components within tolerance.
- Examine standard or previously used tools, dies, and equipment repair parts, modify and build as appropriate.
- Repair, replace, adjust, and align machinery and equipment components, using basic power and hand tools, specialized tools, welding torches, lifts and hoists.
- Set up and operate machine tools (e.g., lathe, milling machine, grinder, hand tools) to machine parts.
- Test machines after repair to ensure proper operation of the machine or equipment.
- Perform a wide variety of duties to fabricate, repair, and maintain all dies and fixtures, and any other special tool equipment.
- Work from simple drawings to complicated designs or samples and recommend design changes and improvements when necessary.
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with company procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Perform Lock Out/Tag Out, hazardous materials and safety procedures as needed.

Tool Room Machinist Requirements:
- Four years' experience as a Tool Room Machinist or a Journeyman.
- Mathematical aptitude and strong math skills including geometry, algebra, and trigonometry.
- Mechanical aptitude and working knowledge of machines, tools, screws, threads, and tapers, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Production and processing aptitude including knowledge of raw materials, production processes, and quality control
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, complicated drawings, and specifications.
- Critical thinking skills in order to detect issues in the creation process and find solutions to ensure the machinery creates the product provided in the draft.
- Familiarity with working properties of metals, alloys, and tool steels and demonstrated ability to fabricate sheet metal, migweld, and braze.
- Capable of designing jigs, form tools, and small fixtures.
- Capable of holding precise dimensions with a close tolerance.
- Capable of indicating in spindle heads, and aligning components.
- Self-motivated, resourceful, and adaptable; able to work independently within a team focused environment.
- Experience with hydraulic, pneumatic, and electronically controlled equipment is a plus but not required.
- Knowledge of CNC programming is a plus but not required.
- Tig welding and welding cast-iron is a plus but not required.

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