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Machinist A - Kamas Utah
Company: Graco, Inc. Location: Kamas, Utah
Posted On: 04/18/2024
Graco manufactures and markets premium equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray a wide variety of fluid and powder materials. What does that mean? Well, we pump peanut butter into your jar, and the oil in your car. We glue the soles of your shoes, the glass in your windows and the screen on your phone. We spray the finish on your vehicle, coatings on your pills, the paint on your house and texture on your walls. Graco is part of your daily life. Grow your career at a world class manufacturing company. White Knight (www.wkfluidhandling.com), a Graco company (www.graco.com), is a leading supplier of pumps and fluid transfer technology to the Semiconductor, Solar Cells, LEDs, flat-panel displays, electronic, and industrial markets. White Knight operates a clean, growing, and stable manufacturing facility in Kamas, UT. Get out of the traffic and come work in one of Utah's beautiful mountain valleys. White Knight is a short drive from Heber City, Park City, and surrounding areas, with ride-share opportunities available from the Salt Lake valley. White Knight employees enjoy an outstanding benefit package which includes health and dental insurance, PTO (Paid Time Off for vacation/sick), holiday Pay, 401k with a generous company matching contribution, education reimbursement program, and a discounted employee stock purchase program (NYSE ticker GGG).Job PurposeHigh level machinist to run CNC machines in a productive and safe manner to produce parts that meet Graco quality requirements at the lowest cost in a timely manner while minimizing the waste of materials and resources.Essential Duties - Set-up, adjust, and operate a variety of multi axis CNC machines within a department
- Maintain a clean, safe work area
- Adjust tools and replace as necessary
- Assist in process development with engineers, quality technicians, and supervisors
- Perform maintenance of machines as required and keep supervision informed of necessary maintenance beyond operator assigned maintenance
- Read and understand layouts, job packets, and blueprints for the parts being run (includes Geometric Tolerancing)
- Provide accurate inventory counts at all times and keep parts in appropriate parts storage areas
- Collect and use SPC data, which may involve the use of comparator, CMM, Trimos, gages, and related test instruments
- Perform necessary side operations during machine cycle time as required
- Follow set-up procedures and recommend improvements
- Will be involved with and perform pre-production and program prove-outs related to changes in new products and tooling
- Recognize problem processes and/or an unsafe set-ups and recommend alternatives
- Provide assistance and training to other level machinists and operators and may be required to move to other machines if needed
- Work as a team member to aid all shifts and support personnel to operate to departmental standards including quality and productivity goals
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Position RequirementsEssential Qualifications:Education/Certifications - 2-year degree in Machining Technology or CNC Machining trade school
Experience - PC Skills for Manufacturing,
- Measurement Skills for Manufacturing,
- Math for Machinists,
- Blueprint Reading and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing for Machinists
- Requires a minimum of 4 1/2 years of CNC machine tool operation (milling for milling openings, turning for turning openings)
Skills/Abilities/Competencies - Demonstrated ability to read and understand CNC programs and operational layouts as required.
- Proven understanding of tooling requirements to set up and operate machines in the departments, including pre-setting of tools.
- Demonstrated ability to perform a sequence of operations under minimum supervision and consistently maintain the performance level set for quality and productivity.
- Understanding of safety rules and regulations to prevent unsafe set-ups, operations, or acts which might cause injury to self, others, or the environment
- Strong interpersonal written and oral communication skills.
- Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong mechanical aptitude.
- Must have strong PC skills and the ability to work with Microsoft products.
Preferable Qualifications: - SPC Theory, SPC Software, or equivalent trade school education for these specific classes.
- Experience machining plastics
Physical DemandsThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job (Lifting, dexterity, coordination, mobility, etc.). Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In terms of an 8-hour workday, "occasionally" means 1 to 33%, "frequently" means 34 to 66% of the time, and "continuous" means 67 to 100% of the time. |
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