Outside Machinist

Outside Machinist I – Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. – National City, CA

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Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. provided pay range: $19.69/hr – $28.67/hr your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience – talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Under immediate supervision, installs new machines or heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings, and dismantles and installs machines or heavy equipment when changes in the plant layout are required. Non‑supervisory.

• Plans and lays out work; interpreting blueprints or other specifications.
• Makes standard shop computations relating to stresses, strength of materials, and centers of gravity.
• Inserts shims, adjusts tension on nuts and bolts, or positions parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments, to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.
• Aligns machines and equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, and plumb bobs.
• Assembles and installs equipment, using hand tools and power tools.
• Lays out mounting holes, using measuring instruments, and drills holes with power drill.
• Assists/crucial signals crane operator to lower and position basic assembly units to bedplates of machines and equipment, and aligns unit to centerline.
• Replaces defective parts of machine or adjusts clearances and alignment of moving parts.
• Levels bedplate and establishes centerline, using straightedge, levels, and transit.
• Dismantles machines, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.
• Attaches moving parts and subassemblies to basic assembly unit, using hand tools and power tools.
• Moves machinery and equipment, using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.
• Uses hand tools and power tools.

• High school diploma/equivalent.
• One to three years related work experience.
• Training involving both on‑the‑job experience and informal training with experienced workers.
• Mechanical aptitude and skills.
• Active listening, effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to read, understand and interpret layouts, blueprints and other technical specifications in standard English text.
• Able to read, hear, and apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and comprehend English.
• Able to obtain and maintain access to military and government installations and private shipyards.

The pay range for this is $19.69 to $28.67 per hour. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications such as skills, education and experience.

• Frequent standing, sitting, walking, handling, feeling with hands, reaching with arms.
• Regular communication (hearing/speaking).
• See details at close range (within a few feet of the observer) and ability to see details at a distance.
• Able to move in narrow and restricted passageways, up/down steep and narrow ladders or stairways, and up and down antenna masts/yardarms (onboard ships).
• Bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• Keep hand and arm steady while moving arm or while holding arm and hand in one position and to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects of varying sizes.
• Occasional stooping, kneeling, and crouching.
• Occasional lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Noise conditions range from very quiet to some noise.
• Machine shop environment.

Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.