Machinist - Weekend Shift

• Base Pay $25.20 - $37.20 / Hour
• Job Category Machine Shop
• Employee Type Non-Exempt

Description

Create precision parts, grow your machining skills, and help deliver differentiated packaging automation solutions.

We are seeking Machinists at multiple skill levels to join our Machine Shop team. In this role, you will set up, operate, and program a variety of machine tools—including CNC mills, lathes, and related equipment to produce high-quality packaging machine components. Depending on experience, work may range from low-to-moderate difficulty machining under direct supervision to highly complex machining performed independently with very close tolerances, unusual requirements, and opportunities to mentor others, support continuous improvement, and serve as a technical resource within the cell.

At Douglas, you will help steward our mission to enrich lives by providing differentiated packaging automation and services while living our values of unwavering integrity, servant’s heart, ownership spirit, and continuous innovation and improvement.

You’ll work in a collaborative, safety-focused machine shop where precision, ownership, learning, and continuous improvement matter. Whether you are early in your machining career or an experienced technical resource, this role offers opportunities to grow your skills, take on challenging work, and contribute directly to high-quality production outcomes.

• Read and interpret blueprints, sketches, written specifications, machine drawings, and part drawings to machine parts to specification.
• Set up, operate, and program a broad range of production work involving close tolerances, exacting setups, vice work, and fixturing techniques.
• Operate multiple types of machine tools and perform progressive machining.
• Send and receive programs to and from the network, write and execute programs, and make or suggest program edits based on part requirements and machining results.
• Use micrometers and other precision measuring tools to verify size, shape, and tolerance requirements.
• Perform second operations during machine cycle time.
• Maintain work areas in accordance with 5S standards and perform routine maintenance.
• Support part throughput by flexibly operating equipment and performing operations according to priority lists and due dates within the assigned cell.
• Perform quality checks and, at more advanced levels, quality audits of completed work within the machine shop.
• Comply with all safety policies and procedures and look for opportunities to recommend safety improvements.
• Pursue training and cross-training in all areas of the Machine Shop as equipment availability allows.
• For experienced machinists, serve as a technical resource, mentor, trainer, or key person within the cell; support continuous improvement activities; assist with difficult projects; and help evaluate emerging technologies such as tooling, software, robotics, and multitasking equipment.

• Ability and desire to grow, take on new challenges, and continue building machining capability.
• Strong work history and commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints, including complex prints for more advanced roles.
• Ability to set up tooling and execute programs; advanced candidates should be able to write and execute complex programs independently.
• Ability to read and use precision measuring tools.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and problem‑solving ability.
• Team-oriented attitude with the ability to work independently as skill level requires.
• Ability to learn, understand, and apply job methods and instructions in a timely manner.
• Willingness to assist, train, or mentor other machinists as experience allows.
• Ability to communicate…