Precision Machine Operator

Starting Pay is $28.05/hour

Urschel, a 100% employee-owned company, has an opening for a Precision Machine Operator for our 2nd shift operations in the Lathe department working full-time Monday- Thursday and may require working on Friday based on workloads.

Urschel employee-owners design and manufacture industrial cutting equipment for food processing and allied industries around the world from our global headquarters located in Chesterton, Indiana, U.S.A. Consumers purchase goods manufactured on Urschel cutting equipment on a daily basis. Advanced manufacturing technologies are utilized at our climate controlled, clean, and environmentally conscious facility.

A day in the life of a Precision Machine Operator involves the operation of Star CNC Swiss-type Automatic Lathes to machine parts from bar stock. Uses various types of precision measuring instruments and gaging to verify and document inspections. Performs all necessary tasks required to complete the process.  
 
Qualified applicants must have a minimum of one-year work experience in a manufacturing environment with a high school diploma or equivalent. This position requires the ability to interpret engineering prints and job notes, perform a variety of machining operations to close and interrelated tolerances, repetitively loads and unloads parts into machine(s), inspects and documents tolerances from engineering prints throughout entire part run, thoroughly cleans and deburrs parts according to Urschel specification, and performs any other necessary task to complete the manufacturing process. Physical demands include continuous durations of standing, with frequent durations of walking, wrist movement, forearm rotation, and use of vibratory tools.