CNC Machinist- Nights

NOV Inc. • Conroe, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

National Oilwell Varco is a Fortune 500 company and a leading global supplier of drilling products, committed to employee safety through its global HSE program. Their products are vital for major Energy and Service companies in drilling and completing oil & gas wells worldwide. The Conroe, TX facility, operating 24/7, specializes in producing downhole products for North American drilling activities. This 300,000 sq. ft. fabrication facility is air-conditioned, highly organized, clean, and equipped with new CNC machines (Mazak, Mori Sieke, DMG Mori, Weiler, etc.). The company fosters strong work relationships, valuing collaboration, respect, integrity, and accountability. The CNC Machinist role involves producing quality parts on CNC lathes and milling machines in a timely, safe, and efficient manner. Key tasks include operating machines, performing set-up changes, conducting first article inspections, loading parts with overhead lifting equipment, proving tapes, setting offsets, making simple edits, deburring, and inspecting parts for conformance. The machinist is also responsible for identifying and addressing malfunctions, reading blueprints and precision measuring instruments, understanding tooling instructions, proving out new programs, maintaining a clean work area, and performing basic preventative maintenance.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to pass a drug screen & background check.
• 2+ years of CNC mill or lathe experience.
• Knowledge of G & M Codes.

Nice To Haves

• 1+ yrs. knowledge of standard safety and manufacturing processes preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in a machine shop/manufacturing facility is preferred.
• Experience with reading part drawings/blueprints is preferred.
• Familiarity with measurement tools is preferred.
• Computer experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of a supervisor and/or experienced machinist, responsible for quality parts produced on CNC machines such as, but not limited, to lathes and milling machines in a timely, safe and efficient manner.
• Operate, perform set-up changes and first article inspections on production runs utilizing CNC Machines.
• Load parts utilizing overhead lifting equipment, proving tapes, operating controls, setting offsets, simple edits, deburring and inspection of quality parts for conformance to requirements.
• Identify problems before production runs, then start and observe machine operation to detect any other malfunctions or out-of-tolerance conditions and adjust machine controls or control media as required.
• Read blueprints, precision measuring instruments and job orders to determine dimensions, tolerance and tooling requirements.
• Maintain knowledge of dimensions and tolerances for tooling instructions such as fixtures, feed rates, cutting speeds, depth of cut and cutting tools to be used.
• Prove out new programs and make simple edits of NC programs on at least one or more numerically controlled machines.
• Keep equipment and work area clean and orderly and perform basic preventative maintenance functions on equipment.
• Read, interpret, and understand information in work order, Bill of Materials and other related documentation inside the job packet.
• Perform inspection of raw material or verify part serial number before machining.
• Perform work in a safe efficient manner within established work instructions and special processes.
• Perform finish product inspections.
• Maximize yields during job and maintain high quality standard to minimize defects.
• Maintain NOV guidelines on safety, quality, and delivery.
• Clean work areas as necessary to maintain cleanliness, health, and safety standards.
• Champion facility goals for Safety, Quality, Innovation and Cost - seek opportunities to provide feedback on process improvements, cost savings, and opportunities to work more efficiently and/or safely.
• Remain open to feedback and collaboration with other departments and business units
• All other reasonable tasks assigned with the goal of helping the team, operations, or the facility overall.

Benefits

• 401K – NOV matches every dollar up to 5% of base pay and overtime for every dollar you invest.
• Competitive medical plans that cover your entire family (yourself, eligible spouse, and eligible children) as of your first date of hire for as little as $131 per pay period (bi-weekly)
• FREE preventative medical and dental care for the entire family (when enrolled in an NOV medical/dental plan and seeing an in-network physician)
• FREE Basic Life and AD&D insurance (for full-time employees)
• All regular full-time employees start with 3 weeks of paid vacation per year (prorated based on start date)
• All regular full-time employees receive 11 paid holidays per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees