Manual Machinist

Manual Machinist Level A

Operate manual machines in a productive and safe manner to product parts that meet quality requirements at the lowest cost in a timely manner while minimizing waste of materials and resources. As a manual level A machinist, a higher level of responsibility is given to ensure products are completed in a timely and accurate fashion as well as an involvement with your team in a positive and productive manner.

Responsibilities and duties include:

• Calculate dimensions and tolerances using knowledge of mathematics and hand tools
• Study blueprints, drawings or ideas to determine methods and sequences of operations needed to fabricate the products
• Communicate with other members of the staff to understand, visualize and determine the needs of the produced product
• Set up and operate machine on trial run to verify accuracy of machine settings
• Maintain a clean and safe work area
• Focus on continuously improving and maintaining of 5S program to include finding homes for things and general organization of the shop
• Make recommendation for trying new tooling, adjust tools and replace as needed
• Work with leads to maintain all tooling so that adequate supplies are in stock, organized and available when needed.
• Perform basic maintenance of machines as required and keep supervisors informed of necessary maintenance beyond minimal operator ability
• Must read and understand layouts, job packets and blue prints for parts being run (including geometric tolerance). This includes understanding of dimensions and tolerances of finished parts
• Provide accurate inventory counts at all time and keep parts in appropriate parts storage areas
• Collect and input SPC data, which involves the use of comparator, CMM, gages and related test instruments
• Accountability for following DSI's written quality procedures
• Seeking out additional tasks to help the overall team to complete a project
• Follow set-up procedures or create procedures for repeat jobs
• Will be involved with and perform pre-production and program prove-outs related to changes in new products and tooling
• Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories or materials onto machines
• Must continuously perform at a high level on both quality and quantity when necessary
• Recognize problem processes and/or unsafe set-ups and recommend alternatives
• Provide peer training, coaching and assistance to other operators
• Be a "go to person" for machinists to obtain knowledge, additional training and guidance when using the manual machines
• Work as a team member to aid all shifts and support personnel to operate to departmental standards including quality and productivity goals
• Record all data in epicor and track parts relating to jobs and processes correctly
• Other duties as assigned

Education or Certifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Two year degree in Machining Technology or Machining trade school and four years of years of manual machining experience in milling or turning or 6 years of Manual Machining experience. May be a combination of schooling and education

Skills/Abilities/Competencies:

• Ability to read and understand complex parts with little data and operational layouts as required
• Ability to set up new parts following blue print instructions
• Prepare working sketches for illustration of the product and necessary materials/tooling
• Work in a manner that is expedient and while utilizing the full machines capabilities
• Take on additional tasks to help the team achieve desired goals with little or no supervision
• Consistently look for ways to improve a current process, make recommendations based on machining knowledge or seek outside resources to obtain further knowledge
• The "go to person" for complex and difficult parts
• Ability to perform high level manual machine functions
• Understand tooling requirements to set-up and operate machines in the department, including select and align tooling, fixtures and attachments for machining
• Ability to troubleshoot effectively and efficiently with little (if any) guidance from lead to avoid downtime of machines.
• Ability to perform a sequence of operations without supervision and consistently maintain the performance levels set for quality and quantity
• Understanding of safety rules and regulations to prevent unsafe set-ups, operations, or acts which might cause injury to self, others, environment or equipment
• Proactively engage in a working relationship with other members of the team
• Ability to work through daily operational activities
• Ability to plan effectively and execute the plans
• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Able to lift 25 pounds or more daily and over 25 pounds occasionally
• Ability to push or pull over 25 pounds daily or over 25 pounds occasionally
• Ability to make decisions with very little or no guidance or supervision
• Communication skills both verbally and written

Company Goals:

• Ensure we are giving our customers 100% - all of the time
• 100% on time delivery
• 100% quality
• 100% customer service