The Tool Room Machinist will work with stainless steel and other materials to create custom products used in pharmaceutical manufacturing. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in machining and be proficient in operating manual lathes and machining centers. This role involves producing low-volume, precision components.

Tool Room Machinist Key Responsibilities:

• Machining & Manufacturing: Operate manual lathes, milling machines, and CNC machining centers
• Precision & Quality Control: Perform precise measurements and inspections on all finished parts.
• Blueprint Interpretation: Read and interpret technical drawings, blueprints, and CAD models to understand part dimensions, tolerances, and materials.
• Tool Setup & Maintenance: Set up tooling, fixtures, and machine programs. Regularly maintain tools, equipment, and machines to ensure optimal performance.
• Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with engineers, supervisors, and other team members to ensure the timely completion of projects and address any challenges that arise during production.

Tool Room Machinist Qualifications:

• Experience: Minimum of 3-5 years of experience as a machinist in a tool room or manufacturing environment, particularly with stainless steel or other metals.
• Technical Skills: Strong knowledge of manual machining techniques, including operating lathes, milling machines, and CNC machining centers.
• Blueprint Reading: Proficiency in reading and interpreting blueprints, technical drawings, and CAD designs.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with industry standards and quality control measures, especially in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector.
• Physical Stamina: Ability to stand for long periods and lift heavy objects (up to 50 lbs), when necessary.
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with team members and report issues or updates.
• Certification: Certification from a recognized trade school or apprenticeship program is a plus.
• Experience in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing PREFERRED: Prior experience working in a regulated environment or producing components for the pharmaceutical or medical device industries.
• Additional Skills: Familiarity with CAD/CAM software or advanced CNC operations

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Maintenance Technician Job Responsibilities:

• Perform general and preventative maintenance on plant equipment such as the air handlers, UF system, solvent still, fork trucks, and floor scrubbers.
• Repair/modify production machinery.  Fabricate machinery components and replacement parts. Build, repair and install machine guards.  Order repair parts.
• Make simple electrical installations.  Perform repair on electrical lines and remove obsolete electrical lines.  Perform electrical troubleshooting.
• Maintain tracking of all maintenance activities, machine downtime, repair hours and repair costs using a database. Provide related routine reports to management.

Maintenance Technician Job Requirements:

• Two years of progressive CNC maintenance experience or an associate degree in CNC machine maintenance, with one year of experience (preferred, not required).
• Understand mechanical, electric, pneumatic, and hydraulic principles and their possible interaction.
• Able to operate basic tool room equipment, forklifts, and most production equipment.
• Understanding of Preventative Maintenance
• Knowledge and ability to work with electricity, and to read schematics.
• Ability to work on lifts, ladders, and in awkward positions.  Able to lift, manipulate, and position heavy machine components and motors.
• Ability to read and interpret prints, layouts, parts lists, assembly drawings, operating manuals, and troubleshooting instructions

This position is responsible for all aspects of machine and building maintenance. This includes but is not limited to the preventive maintenance, repair, modification and improvements of production equipment.

Maintenance Technician Job Duties:

• Responsible for performing machine repairs to allow machines to operate within process control compliance limits
• Welds/machines parts and fixtures as needed.
• Responsible for performing preventive maintenance according to preventive maintenance schedule.
• Document, as necessary, all reports and/or filings as required in order to ensure effective dissemination of information to manager and other parties that may require such information.
• Provide assistance in R&D projects when called upon.

Maintenance Technician Job Requirements:

• Hands on knowledge of electrical, AC/DC motor controls, PLC programming and troubleshooting, pneumatics, hydraulics.
• Ability to apply and conduct good root cause analysis and troubleshooting techniques
• Knowledge of extruders, slitters, and lamination equipment is a plus
• Ability to troubleshoot 3 phase 2018/480 VAC, control circuits of 110VAC and 24DC, AB PLCs preferred but not necessary
• Working knowledge of Welding – MIG, TIG, and stick
• Ability to fabricate guards, covers, etc
• Ability to use torch, band saw, grinder, plasma cutter, power drills, drill press, mill, and lathe machines, etc.
• 3-5 years experience in manufacturing environment/College or trade school beyond high school level/ Combination of education and experience listed above.
• Must be able to drive a forklift
• Lift 10 – 25 lbs. frequently, 25 – 70 lbs. occasionally, and utilize the buddy system for heavier weights

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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE WITH THIS POSITION

CNC Machinist Job Description:

• Setup and operate CNC lathe and mill machines to produce parts in accordance with blueprint specifications and work instructions.
• Works with appropriate personnel in production control, engineering, inspection, supervisors and other employees to resolve job related problems such as tooling, fixtures, chucking, and program and blueprint specifications.
• Verifies conformance of work piece to engineering and manufacturing specifications.
• Studies manufacturing orders and organizes materials and tools for next run during automatic controlled cycles to shorten changeover time.
• Lifts work piece manually or with hoist, and positions and secures work piece in chuck or fixture, or mounts between centers.
• Removes burrs, sharp edges and clean parts.
• Stamps identifying number on parts as instructed.
• Study program, blueprints, manufacturing drawings, tool sheets and manufacturing orders to verify they are correct and fill out proper paperwork when changes are necessary.

CNC Machinist Requirements:

• Hands-on knowledge of CNC machines, either gained on the shop floor or from a CNC degree program
• CNC setup experience with the ability to operate in a job shop, performing several setups throughout the day
• Complex blueprint reading.
• Proficient tape proofing programs and related tasks such as using machine graphics to find program errors and other potential problems.
• Proficient mounting and boring jaws, loading parts, loading fixture, loading and using tail-stock and steady rest.
• Proficient identifying, mounting and setting offsets for all I/D and O/D tooling used.
• Knowledge of cutting inserts and tools for turning, drilling, boring, threading, grooving and profiling.

1st (Mon-Thurs 5 am – 3 pm) and 2nd shift (Mon- Thurs 3 pm to 1 am) openings

About the Company:

At this privately owned company building precision engineered equipment, team members are the most important assets. This is a place to grow, try new ideas, and focus on new approaches. The company provides employees with opportunities to develop their careers and promotional opportunities from within. They provide a full complement of benefits including health, dental, vision, life, STD/LTD, pet and legal insurance; health and dependent care flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts; paid time off; and 401K among others.  Bonus paid out after 3 and 6 months.