CNC Machinist & Programmer I role supporting maintenance, repair, and fabrication of shipboard components, including programming and operating CNC mills and lathes. EPSILON SYSTEMS is a defense/maritime support contractor in San Diego. Standout requirement/perk: eligibility to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- Secret clearance eligible role
- Work on shipboard components
- Use Mastercam and Fanuc CNC
Summary:
The position will provide maintenance, repair and technical support to the customer. Operate and maintain a variety of inside CNC machines. Use technical documents (JFMM, Instructions, NSTM's, Military standards, Test memos, Test Standards, Drawings and Technical Manuals) that contain information required to accomplish work.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Machines, fabricates, and refurbishes newly designed and replacement shipboard components utilizing templates and technical documentation to include ships' drawings.
Completes machine repairing, manufacturing new, removal, repairs, modifying, and testing of various shipboard components.
Determines speeds and feeds, coolants, and lubricants or abrasives to be used to cut, turn, drill, mill, bore, tap, thread, ream, lap, hone, shape, and grind or finish item.
Supports personnel that are able to machine materials to include: stainless steel, 300/400 series; monel; K-monel; copper; brass; aluminum, 4140, 4130, 6061-T6; nylon; Teflon; and various plastics.
Follows the requirements and procedures set forth in FWPs and CWPs.
Reads, understands, and works to the requirements of applicable ship drawings, blueprints, equipment technical manuals, and other applicable approved technical references.
Uses shop mathematics including trigonometry and geometry and hold tolerances to one ten-thousandths (.0001) of an inch.
Maintains dimensional accuracy by inspection of parts using various precision measuring instruments including: sine plates, comparators, micrometers, calipers, v-blocks, angle plates, indicators, dial height gauges, go/no-go gauges, thread gauges, surface gages and other measuring tools.
Determines which machine tool would be used most effectively, and the proper sequence of operations on each machine.
Makes new job setups on a variety of different types of equipment involving accurate alignment in order to maintain specified overall tolerances.
Sets up and operate conventional machine tools, including: horizontal lathes, vertical turret lathes, horizontal boring machines, radial arm drills, vertical and horizontal milling machines, bench grinders, ID and OD grinders, surface grinders, jig boring machines, hones, and other manual machine tools.
Sets hard jaws and cut soft jaws to hold outside and inside diameters.
Touches off tools using tool eye, and manual touch off using tool, wear, and work offsets.
Uses turning tools, boring bars, insert drills, reamers, inside groovers, outside groovers, part off tools, and threading tools.
Uses tool offsets and work offsets on CNC machining centers and CNC lathes.
Uses Master Cam X10 to program computer numeric control (CNC) machining centers and lathes.
Programs CNC lathes using Fanuc control. Set up and operate 3, 4, and 5-axis CNC milling centers.
Programs and edits programs for CNC machining centers.
Inputs (MDI) machine operations.
Sets up and operates single and multiple spindle CNC lathes.
Required Qualifications:
High school diploma or equivalent
Minimum of 2 years of work experience performing CNC machine programming and operations
Sound interpersonal skills needed to interface, coordinate with company personnel, customers, and outside contacts
Knowledge and difference of grades of inserts and radius of inserts.
Ability to pass PQS 301 Craftsmen qualifications
Ability to read schematics and blue prints
Ability to read technical manuals and repair standards
Ability to read, interpret, and follow detailed written instructions, MRC cards or drawings
Ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
Ability to setup and operate 5 axis spindle CNC lathes
Knowledge of the difference between grades of inserts and radius of inserts
Experience operating water jet cutting machines
Knowledge of OMAX waterjet and Intelli-MAX® software
Pay Range:
The pay range for this role is $26.26 -$27.00 Hourly. This is a reasonable estimate for this role. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
ADA Notations:
Requires walking, reaching, sitting and concentration in the presence of occasional noise
Ability to move in narrow and restricted passageways, up/down steep and narrow ladders or stairways, and up and down antenna masts/yardarms (onboard ships)
Ability to lift, carry and move objects up to 50 lbs. in weight
Office, warehouse, laboratory, pier side, shipboard
Noise conditions range from very quiet to loud
Ability to wear a face mask while working
Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.