Thread Mill Operator

We are seeking an experienced, detail-driven Thread Mill Operator with a minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience to work in our specialty thread milling  this role, you won’t be sitting at a production bench cutting small fasteners. You will be setting up and operating specialized thread milling equipment to produce precision lead screws, Acme/stub-Acme threads, and custom thread profiles ranging anywhere from 4 feet to up to 40 feet in length.

This work requires a true machinist’s mindset: mastering long-shaft setups, making precision cutting tools, managing tool pressure, and holding tight lead and pitch diameter tolerances across extreme workpiece lengths.

Key Responsibilities Setup & Operation:
Set up, dial in, and operate dedicated thread milling machinery to cut precision external threads on shafts up to 40 feet in length.

Rigging & Material Handling:
Safely load, position, align, and support heavy, extended-length bar stock using overhead cranes, steady rests, and roller supports.

Tolerance & Quality Control:
Hold tight dimensional tolerances (lead accuracy, pitch diameter and depth) across long passes. Inspect parts using pitch micrometers, optical comparators, thread gages, wires, and precision calipers.

Tooling & Feeds/Speeds:
Select, install, and adjust thread milling cutters, inserts, and indexables; calculate and dial in optimal feeds, speeds, and coolant flow for each alloy.

Material Expertise:
Machine a wide variety of metals, from standard carbon and chromoly alloy steels (4140/4340) to stainless steels, specialized bronzes, and high-tensile materials.

Print/Technical Drawing Reading:
Work directly from engineering drawings, prints, and customer specifications destined for multiple industry applications.

Qualifications & Experience

Experience:

Minimum of 2+ years of hands-on experience operating thread mills.

Large-Part Handling:
Familiarity with long, parts of varying diameters (shafts, cylinders, or rods) and understanding how to combat deflection, vibration, and thermal growth during machining.

Gage & Inspection Proficiency:
Proven ability to use precision measuring instruments (micrometers, dial indicators, thread pitch micrometers, 3-wire method).Material Handling Safety:
Experience using overhead bridge cranes, rigging straps, and roller supports safely and independently.

Reliability & Attention to Detail: A high degree of personal accountability—you take pride in clean thread finishes, zero scrap, and pristine tooling maintenance.

TOOLS - You must have your own tools for this position.

Why Join the Rempco Team?

Work on What Matters:
The shafts and screws you mill potentially go straight into naval and defense applications, aerospace launch assemblies, heavy rail networks, and advanced automation platforms.

Unique Trade Craft:
Operating equipment that can accurately thread a 40-foot screw is a rare and highly respected skillset. You’ll be doing work very few shops in North America can accomplish.

Competitive Pay & Comprehensive Benefits:
We reward skill, consistency, and pride in workmanship with dependable hours, competitive wages, and solid benefits.

Stable, Respected Shop:
Clean, safety-first manufacturing environment with leadership that knows the floor and respects the trade.

You should be proficient in:

Minimum of 2 years experience on a Lees Bradnor Thread mill, ability to fabricate a part from a technical drawing is a MUST, ability to expertly make your own precision cutters.

Machines & technologies you'll use:

Lees Bradnor Thread Mill