Maintenance Machinist - Plant & Equipment at ProAmpac

Essential Duties and Tasks

• Fabricate or modify parts to make/repair machine tools, components and associated equipment to support maintenance and minimize production downtime.
• Applying knowledge of mechanics, shop mathematics, metal properties, layout, and procedures
• Plan actions, steps, and activities necessary to produce precision parts to specifications using manual and automated tools such as but not limited to lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders to complete the project or batch.
• Monitor, maintain and adjust process to produce to specifications.
• Measure, examine and test completed units in order to detect defects and ensure conformance to specifications.
• Record approved and defective units or finished products and complete all other required process documentation
• Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Education and Experience Preferred

Technical school specializing in fabrication or machinist training or comparable US military technical training programs

• Experience 2 + years as machinist including fabricating custom-designed hardware

Ability to improvise and create required parts and components from a sketch

• Experience with the concepts and principles of the fabrication, tools and equipment.
• Solid working knowledge of machine tools and equipment such as lathes, milling, shapers, grinders
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point), Visio, Outlook email and calendar.
• Exceptional time management and organization skills. Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously establishing priorities to meet deadlines.

Strong command of English language and ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made, upon request, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Important Notes:

1. This position is considered “safety sensitive” and as such is subject to pre-employment and random drug & alcohol testing.
2. Overtime may be required at times including in-week and weekends.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)