Machine Operator

Machine Operator

• Up to $500 Sign on Bonus
• Monthly Attendance Bonus
• Great Benefits and Working Environment

Cummings Resources creates exterior & interior sign products and branding elements for the world’s most iconic companies. Communicating visions through signage, architectural elements, and digital, we attribute our success to our amazing clients and a team of talented and dedicated staff. Since 1946, Cummings has served many of the world’s most iconic companies and organizations with sign manufacturing.

The key responsibilities for a machine operator is to set up, operate, or tend machines to drill, bore, ream, mill, and countersink metal or plastic work pieces. We look for reliable operators with experience in CNC, brake press, or large router and a willingness to learn. We prioritize safety and continuous improvement.

• Verify conformance of machined work to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, micrometers, and fixed and telescoping gauges.
• Study machining instructions, job orders, and blueprints to determine dimensional and finish specifications, sequences of operations, setups, and tooling requirements.
• Choose cutting speeds, feed rates, depths of cuts, and cutting tools according to machining instructions or knowledge of metal properties.
• Install and change worn cutting tools using wrenches.
• Position and secure work pieces on tables using bolts, jigs, clamps, shims, or other holding devices.
• Move machine controls to lower tools to work pieces and engage automatic feeds.
• Turn valves and direct flow of coolants or cutting oil over cutting areas.
• Operate single- or multiple-spindle drill presses to bore holes for machining operations on metal or plastic work pieces.
• Establish zero reference points on work pieces.
• Observe drilling or boring machine operations to detect problems.
• Lift work pieces onto work tables or direct crane operators to lift and position work pieces.
• Lay out reference lines and machining locations on work, applying shop math and layout techniques.
• Verify that work piece reference lines are parallel to the axis of table rotation using dial indicators.
• Operate tracing attachments to duplicate contours from templates or models.
• Measure dimensions of completed products or work pieces to verify conformance to specifications.
• Calculate basic units of measurement using tap measurer.
• Draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Read, write, and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
• Present information effectively to customers and colleagues.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• One to three months of related experience and/or training

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, yet unstressed written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

• Lift at least 50lbs.
• Stand or walk for long periods of time.

• Work in a warm/hot environment.
• Noise level is usually moderate.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those the employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.