Machinist

Position: Inside Machinist (Job )

Location: Virginia Beach, VA

Remote Status: On‑Site

Pay Range: $85,000 - $95,000 per year

• Valkyrie Enterprises has an immediate need for an Inside Machinist who will be a key support to operations in Virginia Beach Virginia.

• Machine, fabricate, and refurbish newly designed and replacement shipboard components utilizing templates and technical documentation to include ships' drawings. Including removing, repairing, manufacturing new, modifying, and testing of various shipboard components.
• Determine speeds and feeds, coolants, and lubricants or abrasives to be used to cut, turn, drill, mill, bore, tap, thread, ream, lap, hone, shape, and grind or finish item. Machine materials to include: stainless steel, 300/400 series; monel; K‑monel; copper; brass; aluminum, 4140, 4130, 6061‑T6; nylon;
  Teflon; and various plastics.
• Maintain dimensional accuracy by inspection of parts using various precision measuring instruments including: sine plates, comparators, micrometers, calipers, v‑blocks, angle plates, indicators, dial height gauges, go/no‑go gauges, thread gauges, surface gages and other measuring tools.
• Determine which machine tool would be used most effectively, and the proper sequence of operations on each machine.
• Make new job setups on a variety of different types of equipment involving accurate alignment in order to maintain specified overall tolerances.
• Set up and operate conventional machine tools, including: horizontal lathes, vertical turret lathes, horizontal boring machines, radial arm drills, vertical and horizontal milling machines, bench grinders,  OD grinders, surface grinders, jig boring machines, hones, and other manual machine tools.
• Set up and operate saws including cut‑off saws, abrasive cut‑off saws, sheet metal brake, hydraulic presses, hand presses, parts tumbler, belt sanders, and heat treating and hardening ovens.
• Make recommendations and utilize 3D printing/additive manufacturing for the design of replacement shipboard repair parts and components using various polymers and metals.
• Inspect parts using various setups including use of sine plates, comparators, magnetic v‑blocks, angle plates, indicators, dial height gauges, jack stands, gauge block stack ups, and coordinate‑measuring machine (CMM).
• Follow the requirements and procedures set forth in FWPs and CWPs.

• Must have a High School diploma or equivalent and have at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Must be able to read, understand, and work to the requirements of applicable ship drawings, blueprints, equipment technical manuals, and other applicable approved technical references. Use shop mathematics including trigonometry and geometry and hold tolerances to one ten thousandths (.0001) of an inch.
• Must be proficient in the following areas:
  • Use Master Cam X10 to program computer numeric control (CNC) machining centers and lathes.
  • Manually program CNC lathes using Fanuc control.
  • Set up and operate 3, 4, and 5‑axis CNC milling centers.
  • Program and edit programs for CNC machining centers.
  • Manually input (MDI) machine operations.
  • Set up and operate single and multiple spindle CNC lathes.
• Must have a familiarity with 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing. Must be able to provide expertise and guidance in 3D printing/additive manufacturing, including advancements in technology, equipment, and techniques.
• Must be able to work with minimum supervision and make independent judgments and decisions within the framework of oral and written guidance and accepted trade practices, processes and procedures while accomplishing assignments.

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a DBIDS Base Access.

• Occasional Travel-Less than 5%
• If position requires travel by domestic flight or access to secure federal facilities/military bases, candidate must be able to obtain (by start of position) and maintain appropriate identification credentials, such as REAL . (More information regarding REAL  be found: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).)

• Work from ladders, scaffolding and platforms,…