Valkyrie Enterprises has an immediate need for an Inside Machinist who will be a key support to operations in Virginia Beach Virginia. Job Description: Machine, fabricate, and refurbish newly designed and replacement shipboard components utilizing templates and technical documentation to include ships' drawings. Including removing, repairing, manufacturing new, modifying, and testing of various shipboard components. Determine speeds and feeds, coolants, and lubricants or abrasives to be used to cut, turn, drill, mill, bore, tap, thread, ream, lap, hone, shape, and grind or finish item. Machine materials to include: stainless steel, 300/400 series; monel; K-monel; copper; brass; aluminum, 4140, 4130, 6061-T6; nylon; Teflon; and various plastics. Maintain dimensional accuracy by inspection of parts using various precision measuring instruments including: sine plates, comparators, micrometers, calipers, v-blocks, angle plates, indicators, dial height gauges, go/no-go gauges, thread gauges, surface gages and other measuring tools. Determine which machine tool would be used most effectively, and the proper sequence of operations on each machine. Make new job setups on a variety of different types of equipment involving accurate alignment in order to maintain specified overall tolerances. Set up and operate conventional machine tools, including: horizontal lathes, vertical turret lathes, horizontal boring machines, radial arm drills, vertical and horizontal milling machines, bench grinders, ID and OD grinders, surface grinders, jig boring machines, hones, and other manual machine tools. Set up and operate saws including cut-off saws, abrasive cut-off saws, sheet metal brake, hydraulic presses, hand presses, parts tumbler, belt sanders, and heat treating and hardening ovens. Make recommendations and utilize 3D printing/additive manufacturing for the design of replacement shipboard repair parts and components using various polymers and metals. Inspect parts using various setups including use of sine plates, comparators, magnetic v-blocks, angle plates, indicators, dial height gauges, jack stands, gauge block stack ups, and coordinate-measuring machine (CMM). Follow the requirements and procedures set forth in FWPs and CWPs.
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Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
251-500 employees