CNC Mill Programmer

Steelhaus Technologies•Calgary, AB

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The CNC Technician will be responsible for the safe and responsible operation of a CNC lathe and/or CNC Mill. A Level 3 Technician is responsible for analyzing drawings and specifications, the creation and maintenance of CNC programs, and operating a CNC Lathe and Mill, while strictly adhering to all company safety and quality policies and standards.

Requirements

Able to safety operate a CNC lathe and/or CNC mill
Perform a pre-use inspection
Recognize, intervene, and stop the machine due to errors, malfunctions, breakdowns
Understand and navigate the machine controls
Perform tool wear offset adjustments
Perform tool touch-off procedure
Change inserts
Load and understand the programs for CNC machining
Troubleshoot problems and provide solutions for CNC Technicians
Perform an emergency stop
Read and understand blueprints and technical drawings
Analyze and interpret program requirements using Mastercam and/or Fusion 360 software.
Use precision measuring tools effectively
Meet and exceed quality and production goals
Mentor another worker and provide constructive feedback
Use hand, power, and pneumatic tools safely
Capable of moving heavy equipment, materials, and supplies up to 23 kg (50lbs).

Responsibilities

Safe and responsible operation of a CNC Lathe and/or a CNC Mill
Responsible for machinery and tool pre-use inspection and identification of damage, deficiencies, and abnormalities.
Reporting any changes to machine, program, tooling, or inserts to supervisor
Prevention of damage to machine and/or parts that may be caused by error, malfunction, and breakdown.
Responsible for raw material management: Maintain an accurate count, Verification of correct material, Manage material or specification changes.
Loading the material into the CNC machine in a correct and safe manner, adhering to safe work practices.
Ensure the machine operation is correct by recognizing, intervening, and troubleshooting abnormal functions, parts out of specification, and inserts requiring replacing.
Measuring in-process and finished parts for correct dimensions: Follow process for abnormal or out of specification parts.
Deburring and making all finished pieces safe for handling
Correctly marking, loading finished parts prior to next production stage(s)
Maintain their area in an orderly fashion to the facility standards
Set up of CNC Lathes and/or CNC Mills according to program requirements while adhering to company, manufacturer, and industry standards.
Responsible for the correct selection and securement of CNC tools, fixtures, attachments, accessories, and precision measuring tools.
Checking the set up (dry run) of all installed programs and machine set ups, including program calculations, dimensional checks, and troubleshooting.
Providing feedback to programmers when there are deficiencies identified
Responsible for mentoring CNC technician Level 1 and 2 with: Measuring accuracy, Troubleshooting machine operations, Performance optimization
Review program and perform dry run
Performing quality checks of part produced
Detecting and correcting any malfunctions as required
Observe first run of parts
Perform complete in-process inspection and ensure production parts are within tolerances and specifications.
Analyzing drawings and specifications for CNC Machines and tooling suitability to confirm no missing dimensions, and requirements fall within machine and tool tolerances.
Responsible for the creation and maintenance of CNC programs: Utilizing software and coding programs, Validation of a program to engineering requirements, Communicating/receiving program feedback, Modification of programs to maximize efficiency to tooling and machines.
Understands and demonstrates effective communication of challenges to engineers or management.