Manufacturing - Machine Operator

Title: Machine Operator 
Duration: 3 months (Contract)
Location: Tulsa, OK(100% Onsite)
Pay Rate: $24/hr.w2
Schedule:1st shift M-F, 6:00am - 2:30pm with overtime hours beginning at 4am if deemed necessary

Job Description

This position operates our Flame Cell Machine to perform operations with assistance for the production of company products. Coordinates machining activities with the Shift Supervisor to guarantee required quantities are completed as needed to meet the efficiency standard. May work temporarily in other areas as directed. Must ensure that all parts machined meet the quality requirements.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the company quality system is applied to all functions of job responsibility.
• Study specifications such as routing sheets, job orders, drawings, or sketches and perform the proper sequence of machining operations.
• Set up and operate with assistance drill presses, engine lathes, and other single-purpose machines.
• Operate with assistance, CNC mills and lathes.
• Operate manual machines to turn, bore, thread, form, face, drill, step drill, ream countersink, and groove. Adjust speeds, feeds, and depth of cut.
• Report maintenance problems to the appropriate member of management.
• Ensure tools are calibrated in accordance with the company quality procedures.
• Contact supervisor or designee to perform 1st article inspection on all set-ups and machining operations.
• Cross-train in other machine tools and shop functions as time allows.
• Keep management informed of job status to make sure production time is maximized.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 1-3 years of experience in a manufacturing setting using machining equipment.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and perform simple arithmetic calculations required.
• Ability to produce quality parts in a timely fashion, account for quantity produced, and coordinate with warehouse personnel.
• Use precision measuring tools for inspecting and checking parts.
• Ability to identify various components.
• Knowledge of work instructions and other documented procedures relating to the manufacture of company products preferred.
• Be able to stand and use tools for hammering, grinding, and rolling parts.

Must Haves

• Must have 1–3+ years of manufacturing experience, preferably with machining or machine-shop equipment.
• Strong mechanical aptitude with experience operating manual machines, CNC equipment, lathes, drill presses, or similar tools.
• Ability to read engineering drawings/work instructions and use precision measuring tools for quality inspections.
• Must be comfortable meeting production targets, maintaining quality, reporting machine issues, and working safely in a hands-on shop environment.