Industrial Machinist

Hankook Tire•Clarksville, TN

About The Position

The Fabrication Maintenance Technician sets up and operates a variety of machine tools—including lathes, grinders, millers, plasma cutters, CNC and drilling machines—to produce precision parts. The role fabricates and modifies parts to make or repair machine tools and mechanical instruments, and maintains industrial machines using knowledge of mechanics, shop mathematics, metal properties, layout and machining procedures. The primary focus is repairing or machining new production machinery parts from stock materials, such as shafts, rollers, gears, pins and keyways. The technician also completes planned work assigned by leadership when not handling production machinery breakdowns. Most work is performed alone and unsupervised in the machine shop, with collaboration with other team members when needed. The position is non-exempt and full-time, with a night schedule of 5:45 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on a fixed 2-2-3 schedule. The role will transition to a rotating weekend schedule of 12 hours per day.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
At least 4 years of previous utility equipment operation experience.
Good command of written and spoken English.
Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance.
Ability to monitor gauges, dials and other indicators to ensure machines are operating properly.
Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs and techniques for effective manufacturing and distribution.
Critical-thinking skills, including using logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches.
Ability to communicate information effectively in speech and writing.
Active-listening skills, including understanding others, asking questions as appropriate and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Reading comprehension sufficient to understand work-related documents.
Ability to climb up and down ladders or stairs several times per shift, stand for long periods, move throughout the facility, and occasionally stand, stoop, kneel, walk, crouch or crawl.
Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unassisted on occasion.
Close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Ability to weld.

Responsibilities

Perform all work safely and according to company standards.
Repair or machine new production machinery parts from stock materials.
Fabricate or modify parts, including shafts, rollers, gears, pins, keyways and other precision parts as needed.
Complete planned work as assigned by leadership when not working on production machinery breakdowns.
Read blueprints to manufacture requested parts.
Measure and check completed work before releasing parts back to manufacturing, ensuring they meet drawing tolerances and dimensions and reducing rework.
Work independently in the machine shop and collaborate with other team members as needed.
Maintain regular attendance.
Perform other duties as assigned by management.