Entry Level Machinist
Entry Level Machinist
Job Title: Entry Level Machinist FLSA Status: Hourly/Non-Exempt
Department: Manufacturing Reports To: Manufacturing/Eng Mgr.
Salary Range: $18.00-$23.00 Last Review Date: March 26, 2024
American International Tooling is actively hiring for an Entry Level Machinist. We have experienced unprecedented growth and require qualified applicants. We are located in Minden, NV. We offer competitive pay and benefits such as company paid employee health, dental, and vision insurance, 10 paid holidays per year, vacation, and sick leave, up to 5% 401K matching. This is a full-time, day-shift position generally working Monday-Friday from 6:00 am – 2:30 pm.
General Summary
Makes adjustments or operates machines following instructions or prescribed practices following set up by others. Assists in loading machines, positioning work, and setting up jobs. Assists production workers on various types of work. Performs minor hand operation such as filing, deburring, cleaning, polishing, assembly press, bead blast, saws, and maintenance. The entry level positions offer the ability to prove your skills and move up to other positions.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Clean and polish objects or parts to correct defects or to prepare surfaces for further finishing, using hand tools and power tools.
- Load and adjust workpieces onto equipment, using hand tools.
- Remove completed workpieces from equipment, using hand tools, and place workpieces in containers.
- Manual and automated polishing.
- Mark defects such as pitting, grinder marks or scratches for repair.
- Transfer equipment, objects, or parts to specified work areas, using moving devices.
- Cleaning and maintenance on machines.
- Learn to bead blast parts.
- Learn to operate CNC band saws to cut material.
Additional Duties and Responsibilities
This job description in no way implies that the duties listed here are the only ones the employee can be required to perform. Employees are expected to perform other tasks and duties directly and/or indirectly related to the assigned job given by the manager.
Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities Required: To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Maintain quality of manufactured parts.
- Manufacturing experience.
- Ability to operate a forklift.
- Strong teamwork mentality.
- Time management.
- Results driven.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Technical skills and ability to understand blueprints, documents, and manuals.
- Knowledge of basic math and computer skills.
- Verbal and written communication skills.
- Regularly required to use hands and fingers, to handle or feel product for burrs or surface finish.
- Frequently required to walk and stand; reach with hands and arms.
- Occasionally required to sit and stoop, bend, kneel, or crouch.
- Frequently lift and or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
- High School diploma or GED
- Manufacturing experience.
- Training in general industry safety.
*Job offers are contingent upon the completion and acceptable results of a background check, and successful drug screening. *
