Milling Machine Machinist 3

Location

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  Palmdale
• , California

: up to 6 months contract with possible extension

Pay Range: $50- $80/hr the pay rate may differ depending on your skills, education, experience, and other qualifications.

Featured Benefits:
Medical Insurance in compliance with the ACA. 401(k). Sick leave in compliance with applicable state, federal, and local laws.

Looking for a Milling Machine Machinist 3 to support our Tooling department. As a member of the Tooling department you’ll get to set up and operates plain or universal, horizontal, or vertical milling machines to perform machining operations . This position will serve on-site at Palmdale.

• Sets up and operates plain or universal, horizontal, or vertical milling machines to perform machining operations such as compound angles and contours; boring compound angular holes; doing helical and spiral milling; serrating; and gear, spline, and keyway cutting to exacting tolerances.
• Selects, mounts, and aligns various specialized machine attachments and standard or improvised tooling; plans sequence of operations, number of cuts required, and method of setup; determines, sets, and adjusts speeds, feeds, and depth of cut; interprets blueprints, sketches, and engineering specifications; uses a variety of machinist hand tools and precision measuring instruments; makes standard shop computations; and measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points to lay out stock for machining.
• May monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process or other control procedures.
• Requires completion of a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.
• Exclude general, all-around machinists and operators who do not perform own setups or determine sequence of operations.

• High School Diploma or GED
• 3, 4, 5 Axis Milling
• Programming (MCAM)
• Measurement & Inspection

• Machinist with 10+ years of experience operating CNC mills (5 axis) and lathes (live tooling). Skilled in interpreting drawings/models and material requirements to develop CNC programs, set up machines, and run complete machining operations independently with minimal supervision.
• Performs in-process and pre-inspection quality checks prior to CMM inspection. Experienced with true 5-axis gantry machines (SNK) and wire EDM operations.