Journeyman Machinist - Day Shift

We are seeking a CNC Machinist (Journeyman)to join our federal team at our York, PA location. Our team at the Grantley Plant custom designs, develops and manufactures complex chilled water HVAC and refrigeration equipment for Navy vessels around the world. The job consists of performing duties required to plan, lay out, fabricate, assemble, fit, braze tubing, thread, weld complex piping, system components and weld coded, and noncoded pressure vessel assemblies and subassemblies, working with ferrous, nonferrous metals, using conventional or automatic submerged arc welding and difficult positions of stick, tig, and manual arc welding of Navy equipment.

York, PA Navy Systems Plant
Shift: 1st Shift, Monday-Friday
Pay: $43.31 per hour (Effective 3/31/26)
Union: This is a bargaining unit (union) position.
Learn more about Navy Systems York, PA Plant: Navy Systems, York PA

As a Machinist (Journeyman), you will:
Use tool preset machine, precision measuring instruments, hand and hand power tools, deburr tools and appropriate material handling equipment.
Work from drawings, process sheets, specifications, tape program, instructions, or visual display units.
Perform fixture change-overs, loading and unloading of production parts, on-line piece parts inspection and manual data input to insure specified finishes, tolerances.
Will perform housekeeping and deburr internal to machining operations.
Use precision measuring instruments, gauges, hand tools, tool setting equipment, appropriate material handling equipment.

Knowledge of N/C controlled machines and shop practices equivalent to 1 to 2 years trades training.
Ability to setup and operate any tape of tape controlled milling and frilling machines for all specified machining operations. Judgment required to plan, perform, make general decisions within prescribed quality, tolerance, limitations.
Ability to perform moderate physical effort working continuously with light weight or frequently with average weight materials
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This position requires proof of a Journeyman's Certification.

Experience with set-up and operation of CNC machines, preferably with Horizontal Boring Mills, SNK, and Mori Seiki.

The primary mission of Johnson Controls Navy Systems is to supply Chilled Water Air Conditioning, Refrigeration Systems and associated equipment to the US Navy and US Coast Guard. Johnson Controls Navy Systems is a part of the Johnson Controls Federal Systems business. Our robust, high reliability products are designed, manufactured and tested in York, PA to military and other stringent customer specifications. Most of our designs are custom engineered for the specific application

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