Maintenance Machinist - St. Louis, MO - $28.08 / hr

Company Background

Our valued client was founded in Saint Louis in 1889, (and In Humboldt, Tennessee in 1964). They are a contract manufacturer of quality metal stampings, fabrications, and assemblies. Our capabilities include laser cutting, fabricating, stamping, forming, deep drawing, welding and metal finishing. These capabilities allow us to produce parts that range from close tolerance internal transmission parts to very large and heavy, difficult deep drawn components for a variety of applications.

Summary : Operates variety of machine tools, and fits and assembles parts to fabricate or repair machine tools and maintain industrial machines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

The qualified individual to join our team will be involved in but not limited to :

Observes and listens to operating machines or equipment to diagnose machine malfunction and determine need for adjustment or repair.

Studies blueprints, sketches, machine parts or specifications to determine type and dimensions of metal stock required.

Measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points on metal stock surfaces.

Dismantles machine or equipment to examine parts for defect or to remove defective part.

Replaces defective part with new part or repairs or reproduces part from various kinds of metal stock.

Assembles and test operates machine to verify correction of malfunction. Maintains and lubricates machine tools and equipment.

Welds parts.

Qualifications :

Minimum of 7 years experience in heavy press repair.

Ability to drive a forklift when needed.

Skilled in the use of machine shop equipment i.e Lathes, Mills, Grinders, Drill Presses.

Basic electrical knowledge of 3 phase 240 and 280 volt equipment.

Working knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatic circuits by blue print.

Desired Education

High school diploma or general education degree (GED). Attendance to a Trade School, Apprenticeship Program or College teaching the necessary disciplines of the job and / or on the job training.

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.

The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and / or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee frequently works in high, precarious places. The employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and risk of electrical shock.

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PandoLogic. Category : Manufacturing, Keywords : Machinist, Location : St. Louis, MO-63110