Tool & Die Machinist; 2nd shift

Position: Tool & Die Machinist (2nd shift)
Description

Engineering R & D Lab - Tool & Die Machinist
Easton, PA - Victaulic Global HQ


** WE ARE OFFERING A SIGN ON BONUS UP TO $10,000 ALONG WITH RELOCATION FOR THIS POSITION

Position is a 2nd shift opportunity. 4 day work week Monday-Thursday 2:30pm-12:30am

About Victaulic
Since 1919, Victaulic has been the world's leading producer of grooved mechanical couplings and pipe-joining systems. Used in the most demanding markets, Victaulic's innovative piping technologies and services put people to work faster and maximize efficiency while increasing safety and ensuring reliability. The company has 13 major manufacturing facilities, 29 branches, and over 4,000 employees speaking 43 languages across the globe.

With more than 1800 active global patents, Victaulic solutions operate in 125 countries across diverse business lines, including oil and gas, chemical, mining, power generation, water and wastewater treatment, military and marine, as well as commercial building and fire protection.

About the Team
The Engineering Lab is a community of 50 plus individuals that dedicate and pride themselves to the excellence of new product development testing. Our lab uses the latest and state of the art technology such as 3D printing, 3D scanning. We test products from ¼" to over 100" in diameter. We work with fire suppression systems that save people's lives, we develop products that provide clean drinking water, and products that bring natural resources out of the ground to help improve every single human's life every day.

Scope:
Working in a Corporate Engineering Research and Development Laboratory with the responsibility of machining and fabricating high-quality components and prototypes to maintain initiative and project timelines for new product or process introductions. This includes ensuring that all dimensional standards and requirements are met during the prototype construction stage. Creative input is required frequently, as prototype specifications are often incomplete during early project development

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Set up and operate machine tools including but not limited to the following:
• Milling Machines & Machining Centers (manual and CNC controlled)
• Engine & Slant Bed Lathes (manual and CNC controlled)
• Surface Grinder
• Drill Presses
• Tool & Cutter Grinders
• Cut-off Saw/ Band Saw/ Abrasive Saw
• Use all applicable hand tools including:
  Micrometers (inside/outside), calipers, height gages, depth gages, etc.
• Machine prototype components from 3-D model files supplied from Engineering Design.
• Using creativity and self-direction in designing, machining, and testing of prototypes and fixtures when standard methods do not apply.
• Machine components or prototypes to supplied Engineering blueprints within specified tolerance requirements.
• Provide innovative input, as appropriate, to Engineering staff to help meet overall program goals.
• Determine all necessary equipment and operating parameters necessary to achieve completion of assignments including; end mills, inserts, drills, reamers, fixturing, cutting speeds, surface finishes, etc.
• Design and construct fixtures for aiding in the machining process as necessary.
• Perform bench work with hand tools as necessary.
• Perform maintenance on machine tools, equipment, and work area to maintain a proper work environment.
• Ability to work from written or verbal instructions.
• Participate in the Quality Improvement Program through the use of QWG's, MATS's, CATS, and utilization of QIP problem solving techniques.
• Perform Technical Lab functions as necessary (hydro testing, inspection, pattern approvals, etc.).
• Specific policies and procedures have been established by the Engineering Department to provide for the security and accessibility of electronic data and confidential information. It is the responsibility of the employee, in the daily course of doing business, to follow said policies as they relate to document management (see EOG-26). The extent to which departmental research and development information is stored electronically has vastly increased, and will continue to do so.
  
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