CNC Setup Technician II

West Chicago, IL 60185

Employment Type: Contract to Perm Job Category: Machinist Job Number: 42711372 Compensation: $27-35 / hour

Job Description

Title:  CNC Setup Technician II
Location: West Chicago, IL
Hire Type:  Contract-to-Hire
Target Pay Range:  $27.00 - $35.00/hour (W2 w/full employee benefits + overtime pay)
Work Schedule:  2nd and 3rd shift roles are both available.

Overview:
Sterling has helped build careers for thousands of professionals like yourself. Our expert recruiters support you at every step in the process and as a Best of Staffing company, Sterling provides exciting work with exceptional employers across the U.S.

As a contract employee of Sterling, you are eligible to receive a Full Employee Benefits Package that includes paid time off, paid holidays, 3 medical plans to choose from, dental & vision plans, 401(k), and an Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) plan.

Job Summary: 
The CNC Machine Setup Technician II will set up complex parts from start to finish on CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines. They also will help maintain daily production through tool changes, changeovers, and daily maintenance.  

Job Duties:
  • Practice safety standards as identified by the Company Handbook, orientation, and verbal instruction from supervisory staff. This includes safety glasses, proper shoes, lifting techniques, and safe chip handling.
  • Maintain clean and organized work area, this includes, but is not limited to, tool boxes, tools, machines, gages and gage tables. This includes wiping down tools in tool box and keeping the tool box in an organized manner in which to reduce time to find tools needed to setup machines.
  • Captures setup and tool change time through logging in and out of jobs through data collection terminals.
  • Report to Supervisor or Manager the cycle time and production rate of all jobs attended to.
  • Change stick tools (including knurls), reamers, drills, and boring bars. Live and static.
  • Performs daily maintenance as required per department, boring jaws, aligning fixtures or vises, cleaning collets or guide bushings.
  • With supervision, does minor program edits, changing tool locations, or speed and feed as directed by engineering.
  • Set’s up repeat jobs.
  • Completes 100% of the dimensions on a 1st article submission.
  • Conducts visual inspection on part to ensure fillets, breaks, part finishes, blends and workmanship meet company standards.
  • Completes job related paperwork accurately and completely which includes but not limited to, tool layout sheets, offset sheets, etc.
  • Optimizes cutting tool speeds and feeds using manufacturers suggested data.
  • Optimizes part cycle time by applying best possible machining practices, by working with engineering and suggesting time saving techniques, or areas for improvement.
  • Mentors and guides lesser skilled machine operators and Set-Up operators to achieve desired skill level.
  • Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications:
  • Minimum High School Diploma or GED required.  Vocational degree is preferred.
  • 5+ years of machine shop experience setting up in a precision manufacturing environment, using and reading various measuring instruments, and working with multi-axis CNC lathes, Swiss type CNC lathes, and vertical machining centers.
  •  Ability to work independently and as a team in a fast paced, changing environment
  • Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors
  • Ability to maintain regular and predictable attendance
  • Read and understand a complex blueprint/geometric tolerance interpretation.
  • Understand and demonstrate tool selection via vending machine and tool crib. Can explain and identify different nose radius tools to ensure correct inserts are being used.
  • Can read and follow setup instructions, tool layout sheet, machine setup checklist, and other setup related documents
  • Can changeover machine to run product in the same family, “turnings”, “cones” etc.
  • Abilityto analyze customer part drawing to develop process, tooling and fixture requirements to produce parts within specified print tolerances.
  • Can write a CNC program using Computer Aided Manufacturing software (CAM) package.
  • Knowledge of tool holders both live and static, cutting tools, and inserts.
  • Full knowledge of CNC control panel and safety features available on the control, single block, optional stop, distance to go, etc.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

Meet Your Recruiter

Herman Davis
Technical Recruiter

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