Machinist

City of New York • East Elmhurst, NY

11d

About The Position

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the City’s evolving criminal justice system, participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed to move the city towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees, visitors, volunteers and people in our custody. Importantly, safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities. The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 7,500 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts. The DOC is seeking Machinist whose tasks will include but are not limited to the following:

Requirements

• Five years of full-time satisfactory experience as a machinist; or
• At least two and one-half years of full-time satisfactory experience as a machinist plus sufficient full-time experience as a machinist helper or an apprentice machinist, or training of a relevant nature acquired in an approved trade, technical or vocational high school to make up the equivalent of five years of the required experience.
• Six months of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of helper or apprentice experience or approved relevant training acquired in an approved trade, technical or vocational high school, up to a maximum of two and one-half years.

Responsibilities

• Sets up and operates machine shop equipment and tools, such as engine lathes, shapers, milling machines, drill presses, planers and grinders.
• Uses machinist tools and instruments.
• Inspects, overhauls and repairs all types of main and auxiliary stationary power plant, marine propulsion, water and disposal works equipment.
• Maintains, repairs, tests, overhauls, and replaces all types of building systems equipment, such as fans, blowers, exhausters, pumps and compressors. Fabricates obsolete parts from existing parts or sketches.
• Directs subordinates in the performance of various maintenance and/or repair tasks.
• Prepares reports and requisitions; maintains records and inventories of supplies and materials.
• May operate a motor vehicle or other motorized equipment in the performance of assigned duties.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees