Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of lathe operator. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.

Responsibilities for lathe operator

• Hand loads parts and/or material, hand feed tools as required

• Inspects parts during production using various types of gaging devices such as comparators, hand mikes, plug and depth gages, Makes machine and tooling adjustments necessary to maintain print specifications

• Reshapes and replaces tools, rakes chips, sands faces, adds coolant

• Performs miscellaneous related duties, such as clerical recording, material handling, and maintains cleanliness of machines and work area

• Locates work piece and positions piece in machine and transfers finished piece from machine to shipping & receiving

• Performs straight and taper turning, boring, threading, facing, drilling, tapping, reaming, plugging and mill work, , to the required dimensional specifications and tolerances

• Remove chips from machine

• Operates Lathe Machine to the appropriate specifications in conjunction with design and fabrication/assembly requirements

• Operates Iron Worker to notch and punch a variety of metals

• Operates band saw to cut angles, pipes, tubing's and hss

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Qualifications for lathe operator

• Experienced in a 4 jaw chuck setup preferred

• Ability to use Conversational Programming preferred

• Coordination Inventory Control

• Analysis Skills utilizing 8D’s, fishbone diagrams, for problem solving and continuous improvement

• Uncompromising attitude toward safety, customer service and quality

• Must be able to maintain required production rates

Desired Candidate Profile

The candidate should know how to operate lathe and milling machine. Basic knowledge of welding a plus too.