You start your morning reviewing a work order, confirming the tools and test equipment you'll need, and heading to the shop floor. By mid-morning, you're installing a CNC machine per the maker's specs, validating alignments with calipers and micrometers, and running the system to verify performance. After lunch, you diagnose a spindle issue using schematics and a multimeter, consult with engineering on an unusual fault, and brief the customer on status. You wrap the day by documenting preventive maintenance actions and planning tomorrow’s rigging and load handling steps.
- Install and repair CNC machinery following manufacturer specifications and field best practices.
- Study and interpret blueprints, manuals, schematics, and wiring diagrams to plan installs and service work.
- Operate equipment to demonstrate functionality and to analyze malfunctions.
- Troubleshoot and tune systems using electronics knowledge, standard test instruments, and hand tools.
- Partner with engineering to resolve atypical operating and maintenance challenges.
- Inspect assembled machines to confirm proper installation and verify operating tolerances.
- Determine tools, test gear, and parts needed to complete each job safely and efficiently.
- Perform routine maintenance; help customers establish preventive maintenance schedules.
- Assemble, align, level, and install equipment; perform precision measurements with calipers, micrometers, and height gauges.
- Interact with internal and external project managers during field assignments; provide daily status updates to supervisors and customers.
- Tune controls, verify operation, and document findings; immediately report any accidents or mistakes.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
- Education: High school diploma, GED, or equivalent. Entry-level friendly—no prior machine technician experience required.
- Math: Comfort with fractions, ratios, percentages, and proportions in practical applications.
- Computer: Proficient with email, records, databases, word processing, spreadsheets, and graphics; strong Microsoft Office skills.
- Other: Valid driver’s license; ability to travel 15–20% with occasional overnight trips, including 1–2 week stretches as needed.
- CNC controls: Fanuc knowledge required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Attendance: Reliable presence and completion of scheduled work hours.
- Dependability: Trusted to deliver on commitments and follow through.
- Safety: Maintains a clean, hazard-free area; uses guards and safety devices; adheres to SOPs, safety rules, and good manufacturing practices.
Expect to be stationary about 20% of the time while operating machinery; frequently move throughout the shop to transport parts and access tools and equipment. Regularly position yourself to work above and beneath machines, using both fine and gross motor skills. Communicate clearly with colleagues, detect mechanical issues and part defects at close range, and lift/push/pull up to 50 lbs while carrying and loading tools and components.
Occasional exposure to wet/humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes/airborne particles, and toxic/caustic chemicals. Noise is typically moderate. PPE is required; during warmer months, PPE can increase heat exposure. You will encounter loud equipment at times.
- Developing preventive maintenance programs
- Mechanical fault isolation and repair
- Working with 120/208/240/480 VAC power
- Installing electrical systems
- Diagnosing electrical issues
- Performing electrical repairs
- Relay testing
- Troubleshooting pneumatic circuits
- Accurate tape measure reading
- General maintenance and repair aptitude
- Industrial electrical experience
- Rigging and safe load handling
- Field service readiness
- Industrial electrical systems knowledge
- Workplace safety and EHS practices
- Hydraulic systems and components
- Equipment diagnostics and root-cause troubleshooting
- Mechanical systems and component repair
- Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)
- Electrical panel installation
- Spindle service and repair
- Reading and interpreting electrical schematics
- Low-voltage cabling installation
- Machine installation and wiring
- Access control systems familiarity
- Equipment repair and maintenance
- Equipment installation
- Experience in aerospace manufacturing environments
