2nd Shift Machinist

Lucifer Lighting Company is a privately held San Antonio-based designer and manufacturer of precision-engineered architectural lighting fixtures. You'll find our products everywhere from SF MOMA to the Nike Headquarters. We're in the campuses of 4 of the 5 largest tech companies and 5 of the top 10 tallest towers in the U.S. Our customers are the world's leading architects and designers who look for minimalist industrial design and place a premium on service, quality, and innovation.

Our people make magic happen; we are passionate, smart, hard-working, committed, and creative. We like to make work enjoyable and engaging.

We light the world's most beautiful spaces.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review blueprints, drawings, specifications, or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of part/product, sequence of operations, and/or setup operations.
• Identify, produce, and gauge a variety of threads.
• Measure, mark, and otherwise indicate the dimensions and reference points on the part or material to be used as guides for subsequent machining.
• Select, align, and secure the holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines to include mills, lathes, and grinders.
• Calculate and set controls to regulate various machine factors such as speed, feed, coolant flow, and depth and angle of cut.
• Start and observe machine operation to detect any malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining and adjust the machine controls or control media as necessary.
• Verify conformance of finished part to ensure that it meets specifications.
• Perform daily maintenance duties and/or notify supervisor of any equipment-related issues that may require attention.
• Maintain clean and orderly work area.

Required Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

:

• Ability to interpret blueprints, drawing, specifications and determine dimensions and tolerances.
• Skilled in making N/C program changes.
• Skilled in the use of measuring tools and equipment (micrometers, calipers, indicators, height gauges, thread gauges, and plug gauges, air gauges, and optical comparator).
• Ability to accurately add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers.
• Excel in a fast-paced work environment.

Required Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Two or more years of actual machining experience and operation of CNC machinery (mills, lathes, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Trade or technical school training.

Physical Requirements:

• Adhere to all PPE requirements.
• Manual dexterity and sitting, standing, and walking for extended periods of time.
• Frequent bending, stooping, reaching, and crouching.
• Visual acuity to complete precision machining and to read printed and electronic documents.
• Lifting and/or exerting of force up to 50 pounds frequently and team lifting heavier items.
• Frequent driving of motor vehicles or mobile equipment.

Working Environment:

• Smoke free workplace.

Lucifer Lighting Company is an equal opportunity employer.