Machine Shop Lead

POSITION SUMMARY

This position is a hands-on technical leader responsible for supporting and coordinating daily operations within a high-precision aerospace manufacturing environment. The role combines advanced machining expertise with leadership responsibilities, with most of the time spent on the production floor operating equipment, performing machine setups, troubleshooting complex machining issues, and providing technical guidance to machinists.

• Lead daily machine shop activities while remaining actively involved in production.
• Serve as the primary technical resource for machinists and operators.
• Support machining operations across 3-, 4-, and 5-axis machining centers, horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, Swiss-type CNC machines, grinders, saws, and manual machine tools.
• Perform setups, prove-outs, troubleshooting, tooling optimization, and process improvements.
• Read and interpret G-code and M-code and make machine-side program edits, including feeds, speeds, offsets, and tooling changes.
• Partner with Engineering, Programming, and Quality teams to support prototype, development, and new product introduction activities.
• Support AS9100 and customer quality requirements, first article inspections, and corrective actions.
• Design, build, modify, and validate custom fixtures, soft jaws, work holding devices, tool holders, fixture plates, spacers, bushings, and other manufacturing aids.
• Develop creative tooling and work holding solutions for new aerospace components where no established manufacturing process exists.
• Collaborate with Engineering to ensure tooling and fixturing support dimensional requirements, repeatability, process capability, and production scalability.
• Mentor, train, and develop machinists while promoting a culture of safety, quality, and accountability.
• All other duties as assigned.

Full-time

This position is a hands-on technical leader responsible for supporting and coordinating daily operations within a high-precision aerospace manufacturing environment. The role combines advanced machining expertise with leadership responsibilities, with most of the time spent on the production floor operating equipment, performing machine setups, troubleshooting complex machining issues, and providing technical guidance to machinists.

• Lead daily machine shop activities while remaining actively involved in production.
• Serve as the primary technical resource for machinists and operators.
• Support machining operations across 3-, 4-, and 5-axis machining centers, horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, Swiss-type CNC machines, grinders, saws, and manual machine tools.
• Perform setups, prove-outs, troubleshooting, tooling optimization, and process improvements.
• Read and interpret G-code and M-code and make machine-side program edits, including feeds, speeds, offsets, and tooling changes.
• Partner with Engineering, Programming, and Quality teams to support prototype, development, and new product introduction activities.
• Support AS9100 and customer quality requirements, first article inspections, and corrective actions.
• Design, build, modify, and validate custom fixtures, soft jaws, work holding devices, tool holders, fixture plates, spacers, bushings, and other manufacturing aids.
• Develop creative tooling and work holding solutions for new aerospace components where no established manufacturing process exists.
• Collaborate with Engineering to ensure tooling and fixturing support dimensional requirements, repeatability, process capability, and production scalability.
• Mentor, train, and develop machinists while promoting a culture of safety, quality, and accountability.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Lead daily machine shop activities while remaining actively involved in production.
• Serve as the primary technical resource for machinists and operators.
• Support machining operations across 3-, 4-, and 5-axis machining centers, horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, Swiss-type CNC machines, grinders, saws, and manual machine tools.
• Perform setups, prove-outs, troubleshooting, tooling optimization, and process improvements.
• Read and interpret G-code and M-code and make machine-side program edits, including feeds, speeds, offsets, and tooling changes.
• Partner with Engineering, Programming, and Quality teams to support prototype, development, and new product introduction activities.
• Support AS9100 and customer quality requirements, first article inspections, and corrective actions.
• Design, build, modify, and validate custom fixtures, soft jaws, work holding devices, tool holders, fixture plates, spacers, bushings, and other manufacturing aids.
• Develop creative tooling and work holding solutions for new aerospace components where no established manufacturing process exists.
• Collaborate with Engineering to ensure tooling and fixturing support dimensional requirements, repeatability, process capability, and production scalability.
• Mentor, train, and develop machinists while promoting a…