What are the responsibilities and job description for the Machinist position at Morgan Advanced Materials?
Overview
Are you a highly skilled Machinist looking for your next opportunity to work for a company where the products you make directly impact people's lives? This second shift skilled trade position is part of our Maintenance team, and we need you.
At Morgan Advanced Materials, our rich history and dedication to innovation define who we are. Since our establishment in the UK in 1856, we have expanded globally, now operating across 70 sites in 18 countries. Our goal is to create a more sustainable world and enhance quality of life. We actively pursue this purpose through the development and production of advanced materials.
Within our business unit, we specialize in innovating cutting-edge carbon, graphite, and carbide products that deliver outstanding performance. We use our expertise to tackle complex challenges across many diverse industries to provide effective solutions for our valued customers.
Our products are shaping a better future; from enabling electric cars to charge faster and drive longer distances to maximizing the operational efficiency of wind turbines. We are proud to help generate power for billions of people, deliver water to drought-stricken regions, improve the efficiency of industrial pumps, and protect lives both on the land and in the air.
Responsibilities
Major Responsibilities:
This skilled trade position has primary responsibilities to set up and operate conventional and special purpose lathes, mills and grinding machines within the Maintenance Department.
Essential Functions:
- Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, etc. to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished workpiece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements.
- Measures, marks, and scribes’ dimensions and reference points on material or work-piece as guides for subsequent machining as necessary.
- Selects, aligns, and secures holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines as necessary to machine parts as required.
- Calculates and sets controls to regulate machining factors (speed, feed, coolant flow, depth/angle of cuts); input/edit computer programs; operate/observe machine in operation, detect malfunctions and make necessary adjustments to machine parts according to quality specifications.
- Perform routine maintenance on machines as required.
- Confer with Engineers, Production personnel, Programmers, etc. to resolve machining or assembly issues.
- Must be able to bring projects to completion with minimal supervision.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications and Education Requirements:
- Associate degree from two-year college or technical school or 4 to 6 years related work experience and/or training. Journeyman’s papers or State Certification desired.
Additional Requirements:
- Ability to work with and apply mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to develop practical solutions and problem solve.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Problem analysis and problem resolution skills.
- Must be able to work well with peers and superiors in all departments of the Company.
- Must adhere to all Company policies.
Individual must be a:
- Citizen of the United States, or
- Permanent resident alien of the United States, or
- Protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) as defined by 22CFR120.15
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