Machine Shop Assistant

Monday to Thursday

4 pm to 4:30 pm (12 hour shifts)

$18 to $22 per hour

Description

We are hiring Machine Shop Assistants for a heavy machinery manufacturer. We are looking for a Machine Shop Assistant interested in working with large, machined parts (40,000 lbs. +). The company fabricates, machines, paints, and assembles products for the commercial marine, defense, and mining industries.

Requirements

This position should have 1-2 years’ experience in a Machine Shop environment. Persons in this roll should be familiar with deburring parts, chasing threaded holes, hand working machine surfaces, assisting machinist with setups and using machine shop tooling/equipment.

Duties include but are not limited to

·         Help Machinists set up very large work pieces

·         Assist Machinists with tooling during CNC machining of large parts

·         Conduct tooling Inventory

·         Rigging large parts for to move throughout the shop with crane

·         Honing bore diameters to size

·         Reaming holes

·         Grinding & deburring parts

·         Organize tooling to be available for machinists

·         Emptying chip hoppers

Ideal candidates would have the following qualifications:

·         Forklift certification

·         Knowledge of operating a drill press and or magnetic drill

·         Knowledge of operating a manual lathe

·         Ability to read blueprints

·         Be familiar with tapping holes by hand and chasing threads

·         Be familiar with the use of an indicator – use of ID/OD Mics