CNC Operator - 1st Shift

Loll Designs•Duluth, MN

12h•$16 - $17•Onsite

About The Position

Why Loll Designs? At Loll, we enhance people, the planet and our company in everything we do. Based in Duluth, MN, Loll Designs is a designer/manufacturer of modern durable, all-weather, outdoor furniture and accessories made with recycled plastic. Using thoughtful, original designs and unique materials, Loll creates innovative, fun and high quality products proudly crafted in the USA. Job Description: Route out necessary components on the Northwood CNC router to get the best possible yield and quality out of every sheet of material. Load parts in machine, cycle machine, detect malfunctions in machine operations such as worn or damaged cutting tools. Run production lots, communicate with co-workers regarding production runs and maintain a safe, organized, clean work environment. Keeping You Safe We are deeply committed to keeping our team members, customers and partners safe while working at our facilities. As we know, the COVID-19 Pandemic has significantly changed the way we live our day to day lives and will change the way in which our business needs to operate. Loll Designs has created a COVID-19 Safe Work Playbook that is meant to be a complete plan to allow us to continue manufacturing and minimize the risks of contracting COVID-19. The Safe Work Playbook includes Policies, Guidelines and Team Member expectations. It is based on recommendations and guidance from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization and OSHA.

Requirements

Positive attitude and strong focus is required to run the CNC router effectively.
Good communication with peers and supervisor.
Ability to read and understand work orders.
Must have the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed instructions and deal with problems involving concrete variables.
High school diploma or GED is required.

Nice To Haves

Certificate or degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

Learn from CNC programmer how to use the CNC machine
Learn and understand the diverse product line
Ability to read work orders and run pre-determined files with correct tooling and jigs to maximize productivity.
Set up and operate a 3 axis high speed CNC router
Select and maintain sharp tools
Enter tool offsets into Fanuc control
Perform inspection of machined products (including documentation of results)
Work with CNC programmers to diagnose and eliminate defective parts and machine downtime
Stop machines to remove finished work piece or change tooling, set up, or work piece placement according to required machine sequence
Position and secure work piece on machine bed, indexing table, fixture, or dispensing or holding device
Drive and operate a forklift to stage needed material
Maintain work area and equipment in a clean orderly condition and follow prescribed safety procedures
Actively promote workplace organization following established 5S criteria
Participate and implement suggestions to continuously improve products and processes
Adhere to the guidelines as established in the Employee Handbook
Special projects as requested.
Other duties may be assigned to meet the business needs.