Machinist

Job Duties

Some of the duties you will perform are as follows:

• Set up, plan and lay out sequence of work.
• Machine light and heavy machinery components.
• Manufacture parts per specifications on standard and specialized machinery and equipment.
• Establish dimensions to assure specifications are met for each new element.
• Performs machining in manufacture of castings, forgings, weldments and other fabrications often requiring untried procedures and use of new materials and unique designs.
• Use a variety of auxiliary attachments such as rotary vises, dividing and vertical milling heads, taper and tapping attachments of rotary tables, etc.
• Perform precision handwork to finish the machined components within close tolerances.
• Perform maintenance and preventative maintenance of machine tools.
• Interpret multi-dimensional drawings, isometric and orthographic sketches, blueprints, schematics, using independent judgment to correct, refine or adjust.
• Establish missing tolerances, dimensions, and type of fit including hydraulic and pneumatic schematics.