CNC Machinist

Solar Turbines•Broken Arrow, OK

8d•$26 - $38

About The Position

Caterpillar is hiring a CNC Machinist to perform machining work in a production environment. The role includes setting up and tearing down machine tools, loading programs from a central database, making minor program and tooling adjustments to improve processes, loading and unloading parts, monitoring cutting tools, and inspecting in-process and finished products to maintain quality. The machinist keeps the immediate work area clean and orderly. The position may be on one of several schedules: first shift, Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM–4:00 PM; second shift, Monday through Thursday, 4:00 PM–2:30 AM; or SWW shift, Friday through Sunday, 4:00 AM–4:30 PM. The posting notes that the ideal candidate is motivated by daily and weekend overtime. Second-shift employees receive a $3 per hour differential, and SWW-shift employees receive a $2 per hour differential, in addition to base pay. The stated salary range is $25.58–$38.36. Employment offers are conditioned on successful completion of a drug screen. Caterpillar states that it is not currently hiring foreign national applicants who require or will require employer-specific sponsorship.

Requirements

Machining experience.
Experience with horizontal-vertical lathes, mills, and/or mill-turn machines.
Ability to make minor program changes as needed.
Ability to read and understand engineering routing and process drawings.
Ability to determine when cutting tools are dull and should be changed or indexed.
Ability to use measuring instruments, including calipers, micrometers, height gauges, and depth gauges.
Good working knowledge of math and minimal trigonometry.
Ability to follow complex written and verbal instructions.
Ability to read and comprehend drawings and shop routing.
High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
Experience working in a production and/or manufacturing environment.
Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings and blueprints.

Nice To Haves

Extensive experience working in a production and/or manufacturing environment.
Familiarity with 5-axis machining.
Technical degree or certification.
Previous tool design experience.
Previous experience programming and operating high-accuracy measurement or instrumentation systems.

Responsibilities

Set up and tear down machine tools, including loading or unloading jaws, fixtures, and tooling as needed.
Download programs from the central database.
Make program changes as needed to improve the process.
Load and unload parts from machines.
Use measuring equipment to inspect in-process and finished products and control quality through machining processes.
Monitor cutting tools and make adjustments, machine offsets, and insert indexing or changes as needed.
Make tooling changes as needed to improve the process.
Keep the immediate work area clean and orderly.