Machinist

** SUMMARY
* * The Machinist is responsible for operating machine tools to produce precision metal parts.  This position is part of the Kollmorgen team in Radford, VA and is a designated Weekend Shift role, working Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on 12‐hour shifts. Kollmorgen is part of Regal Rexnord.
** Essential Duties and Responsibilities
** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each of the following essential duties satisfactorily:
* Program CNC lathe and CNC milling machine to perform turning, boring, facing, counterboring, grooving, drilling, tapping, and milling.
* Chasing threads to different class fits, inside or outside diameters, turn tapers to the degrees, minutes and seconds.
* Perform all setups on machines, some require the use of special fixtures and other improvised methods for holding and aligning work to avoid distortion of parts.
* Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, and engineering information to determine methods and sequences of operations needed to fabricate products and determine product dimensions and tolerances.
* Select, recommend, and advise type of tooling needed to perform machining operations.
* Check feeds and speeds necessary to machine parts, maintain constant check to ensure adherence to close tolerance and co-related dimensions on shoulders, diameters, bore faces, slot grooves and high degree of squareness, concentricity and parallelism. Perform first-piece inspection.
* Sharpen and replace ordinary tooling and replace tooling that has become dull.
* Detect and report to coordinator any defective material or other unusual conditions.
* Coordinate with other machinists and supervisors.
* Work with QE and ME for product quality.
* Communicate with buyer/planner for material needed.
* Lubricate and clean equipment used.
* Keep work area orderly and observe prescribed safety rules at all times.
* Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
* Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
* Evaluate experimental procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency and adaptability to setup and production.
** Education and Experience Requirements
*** Associates degree in Machine Technology or equivalent certification or experience.
* Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
* Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics, and their applications.
* Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
* Good written and verbal communication skills.
* Requires the use of judgment to plan, perform, and make decisions as to the sequence of setups, operations, and processes within the limitations of recognized or standard methods.
* Critical thinking and complex problem-solving skills to identify alternative and correct solutions.
* Self-motivated and capable of completing tasks without supervision and within time limits.
* Must be able to maintain very close tolerances (.0003 or better). Requires a very high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
** Preferred Qualifications
*** Minimum of three years of progressively difficult machinist experience.
* Experience operating and setting up CNC multi‐axis lathe/mill machines.
* Experience operating CNC lathes.
* Experience operating CNC milling machines.
** Physical Demand and Work Environment:
** The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee, with or without reasonable accommodation, to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit.  The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color…