The CNC Machine Programmer is responsible for standardizing CNC Machining systems. Create programming, setup sheets, tooling, and fixturing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Program CNC lathe and CNC milling machine to perform turning, boring, facing, counterboring, grooving, drilling, tapping, and milling.
• When necessary, perform all setups on machines and recommend and advise type of tooling needed to perform machining operations.
• Setups are exacting and sometimes difficult, requiring the use of special fixtures and other improvised methods for holding and aligning work to avoid distortion of parts.
• Interpret drawings and plan work in proper operational sequence. Work from drawings with very little help from Team Leader.
• Lay out work as necessary to establish locations of holes, surfaces, and other reference points.
• Check feeds and speeds necessary to machine parts, maintain constant check to ensure adherence to close tolerance and co-related dimensions on shoulders, diameters, bore faces, slot grooves and high degree of squareness, concentricity and parallelism. Perform first-piece inspection.
• Keep work area orderly and observe prescribed safety rules at all times.

Work Environment: Work-related hazards include moving heavy motors, using high voltage, and working with chemicals.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

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