Maintenance Machinist - Dr. Brown's Company

General Description

The Maintenance Machinist repots to the Lead Maintenance Machinist and/or Plant Manager. This position is responsible for designing, building and maintaining production equipment. This position is also responsible to assist with maintaining all aspects of company property as requested.

Responsibilities

• Fabricates metallic and nonmetallic parts
• Fits and assembles machined parts into complete units
• Applies knowledge of machine shop theory and procedures, shop mathematics, machinability of materials and layout techniques
• Checks blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work piece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements
• Measures, marks, and scribe's dimensions and reference points on material or work piece as guides for subsequent machining
• Selects, aligns, and secures holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines, such as mills, lathes, jig borers, grinders, and saws
• Verifies conformance of finished work piece to specifications, using precision measuring instruments
• Develops specifications from general description and draws sketch of part or product to be fabricated as needed
• Operate manual machining equipment such as a Bridgeport mill, manual metal lathe, drill press, and various powered hand tools
• Work with a design group to develop new product and manufacturing plant machinery as necessary
• Assess current machinery to find continuous improvements needed to improve production or machine reliability
• Performs preventative maintenance such as lubricating equipment, changing filters, inspecting parts and machines for wear, and cleaning equipment
• Repairs equipment, rebuilds equipment, and adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments
• Installs equipment, devices, and instruments in a factory setting
• Work from own ideas and input from others to build machinery, parts, or components
• Machine parts from various materials while maintaining acceptable tolerances
• Trouble shoot and repair multiple types of production machines (does not include PLC)
• Preform preventative maintenance on machinery per the company requirements
• Documents problems and maintenance records for the plant and equipment
• Properly communicate with persons while preforming repairs/maintenance
• Properly follow the Lock Out Tag Out procedure
• Read precision measuring instruments
• Assist with keeping inventory of necessary repair parts
• Other duties as requested but not limited to:
  • Snow removal
  • General building maintenance
  • Grounds keeping
  • Basic electrical trouble shooting
  • Janitorial duties

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years' experience as a machinist, industrial maintenance tech, or related field, or a certificate of completion from a trade school in a related field
• Ability to read precision machine tools and tape measures
• Ability to safely use power tools
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks at a time
• Be willing to learn new skills and processes
• Analytical
• Detail-oriented
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills a must
• Creative and innovative
• Ability to work well with others and be a strong team player
• Positive attitude
• Flexible
• Motivated
• Regular and Reliable attendance
• In person position
• Ability to work overtime as needed