CNC Machinist

CNC Machinist

TASSCO is a provider of specialty alloy steel wear plates and a manufacturer of custom fabricated wear solutions. TASSCO's customers consist of a diverse set of industrial end users requiring high quality materials and services that help lower overall maintenance costs. Customers consist of 3M, Kingsford Products, Martin Marietta, FirstEnergy, United States Steel, International Paper, & Vulcan Materials. TASSCO is headquartered in Birmingham, AL and our products & services are offered across the United States.

The CNC Machinist position is responsible for setting up and operating conventional, special purpose, CNC and Numerical Control (NC) machines and matching centers to fabricate metallic parts.

Tasks & Duties:

• Program, setup, operate, & understand the functions of CNC lathes & mills with Fanuc 18T controls.
• Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample part 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 workpiece 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, or enters commands to retrieve, input, or edit computerized machine control media according to established guidelines and procedures.
• Programs mills and lathes by entering instructions, including zero and reference points; setting tool registers, offsets, compensation, and conditional switches; calculating requirements, including basic math, geometry, and trigonometry; proving part programs.
• Sets-up mills and lathes by installing and adjusting three- and four-jaw chucks, tools, attachments, collets, bushings, cams, gears, stops, and stock pushers; indicating vices; tramming heads.
• Verifies settings by measuring positions, first-run part, and sample workpieces; adhering to international standards.
• Maintains specifications by observing drilling, grooving, and cutting, including turning, facing, knurling
• and thread chasing operations; taking measurements; detecting malfunctions; troubleshooting
• processes; adjusting and reprogramming controls; sharpening and replacing worn tools; adhering to
• quality assurance procedures and processes.
• Performs routine maintenance tasks on machines as required.
• Confers with engineers, production personnel, programmers, or others to resolve machining or assembly problems.
• Operate overhead cranes, fork trucks, and other general fabrication and machine shop equipment.
• Maintain a clean and organized work area and maintain all equipment, to like new appearance, according to maintenance plans and established procedures.
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with customers, clients, co-workers and management.
• Ensure that safe work practices are followed and adhered to.
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with customers, clients, co-workers and management.
• Continue to grow, lean knowledge and use the tools to identify and assist with continuous improvement.
• Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.
• Furnish tooling & micrometers up to 6 outside & 12 inside.

Required Skills:

• Associate's degree from a two-year college or technical school.
• 3+ years of experience in related field.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Proven ability to work and apply mathematical concepts such as portability, statistical inference, fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and 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, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.