Job Type

Full-time
Description
Job Title: Manual Grinder
Department: Grinding
Reports to: General Manager
Classification: Non-Exempt
Location: Arden, NC
Travel: None
Job Summary: The Manual Grinder will work with various manual machines to produce premium quality, high precision carbide cutting tools. Will verify accuracy by using engineering prints, component drawings, assembly drawings, and engineering specifications.
Duties/Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the setup and adjustments as required.
• Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample part to determine dimensions and tolerances for finished workpiece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements.
• Verifies conformance of finished workpiece to specifications.
• Selects, aligns, and secures holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and material on machines.
• Calculates and sets controls to regulate machining factors and speed, feed, depth, and angle cut.
• Check machinery daily to ensure functionality.
• Other duties assigned.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
• Certification from a qualified training institution in the field of machining is ideal but not required.
• Minimum of 1 year machine shop experience is required.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Strong math skills required to perform day to day operations including the ability to convert metric to inch and decimal to fraction.
• Ability to accurately read blueprints.
• Ability to calculate dimensions and tolerances using knowledge of mathematics and instruments such as micrometers and callipers.
• Ability to machine parts to specifications using machine tools such as lathes, milling machines and grinders.
• Ability to measure, examine, and test completed tools in order to detect defects and ensure conformance with specifications.
• Ability to set up, adjust, and operate basic machine tools in order to perform precision machining operations.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to monitor feeds and speeds of machines during the machining process.

Physical Requirements:

• Lightwork that includes lifting up to 50 pounds at a time with some bending, twisting, and squatting when required.
• Prolonged periods of standing.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.