CNC Programmer Specialist

CNC Programmer Specialist

Join our team in Glendale, AZ, where innovation meets opportunity. Located in the heart of the Valley of the Sun, Glendale offers a vibrant community with a thriving economy, excellent schools, and a rich cultural scene. As a CNC Programmer Specialist, you will coordinate complex programming support for machining parts, tools, or sheet metal on numerically controlled machine tools, ensuring parts conform to dimensional specifications and equipment achieves throughput efficiency.

• Provide programming support by writing complex programs of machine instructions in symbolic language to encode numerical control tape or direct numerical control database.
• Produce parts safely and economically to meet manufacturing engineering specifications by selecting suitable cutting tools, considering factors such as speeds, types of cutters, feeds, and control system limitations.
• Select program routines for efficient computer calculation of dimensional and machining requirements, computing angular and linear dimensions, radii, and curvatures, and outlining sequence of operations.
• Determine dimensions and configurations of difficult cuts, selection of cutting tools, and machine speeds and feed rates by analyzing drawings, sketches, and design data.
• Coordinate and oversee tape tryouts, ensuring accuracy by comparing encoded tape or computer printout with the original program sheet.
• Prepare geometric layouts on graph paper or use computer-assisted drafting software to show reference points and cutting path directions.
• Modify existing parts programs for engineering changes or improvements, eliminating instruction errors or omissions by revising programs.
• Analyze proposed changes in methods and materials, contributing to continuous improvement and lean manufacturing/production activities. Recommend actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses.
• Maintain technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing technical publications.
• Provide leadership within the department, acting as the prime contact on high-level projects. Establish goals and objectives to complete projects, and train and mentor less experienced employees.
• Share specialized knowledge with others, serving as a resource for resolving various problems and supporting the team by accomplishing related results as needed.

• Completion of a related trade school program, AA, or equivalent external training in NC Programming.
• Demonstrated ability to perform essential functions of the job, typically acquired through seven or more years of directly related experience.
• Extensive knowledge of key numerical control programming principles, concepts, and techniques.
• Knowledge of CNC programming language and thorough knowledge of N/C tooling, proper speeds and feeds for the material to be machined, and proper machine sequences.
• Ability to correct and optimize N/C programs and develop part processes that better integrate programming practices.
• Ability to effectively apply continuous improvement methods to design and manufacturing functions.
• Ability to solve a wide range of difficult problems in imaginative and practical ways and evaluate alternative solutions that may require coordination across multiple teams.
• Ability to establish goals and objectives to complete projects.
• Ability to use standard business software applications and/or specialized design, data analysis, or database tools.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret policies and recommend changes to procedures.
• Ability to effectively communicate and present information to team members, team leaders, and top management.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to effectively demonstrate team member competencies and participate in goal-setting, performance feedback, and self-development activities.

Benefits PEAK's benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Dependent Care Savings Account (DCA), and 401K plan. PEAK believes that taking care of our team is essential for success and we are proud to provide benefits…