CNC Turning Programmer & Setup Specialist (Hydraulic/Pneumatic Components)

Be the Expert Behind Precision Cylinder Components

Picture your day: you review prints for a new hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder component, translate the drawing into an efficient CNC turning program, set up your lathe, dial in speeds and feeds, and run first-article parts that hit spec on the first pass. You collaborate with engineering on manufacturability, with production on throughput, and with quality on verification—so customers get reliable, cost-effective parts on time.

What You'll Do

• Own the workflow end-to-end: program, set up, and perform final machining to produce precision parts meeting exact specifications.
• Create, store, retrieve, and refine CNC programs for repeatable, high-quality results.
• Sequence and prioritize work orders to align with customer deadlines.
• Champion safety by following all procedures and regulations on the floor.
• Keep equipment production-ready through preventive maintenance; troubleshoot and perform minor repairs as needed.
• Set up tooling and offsets, run parts, and verify to print before release.
• Interpret job packets, drawings, blueprints, and specifications to determine dimensions, tooling, speeds, and feeds.

Department

CNC

Skills & Experience You Bring

• Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
• Proven capability to program, edit, adjust offsets, and change tools.
• Familiarity with computerized numerical control tooling and milling methods.
• G-code proficiency is required.
• Hands-on experience programming and operating CNC lathes.
• Mazak Mazatrol and Mazak Fusion experience preferred.
• Strong applied math skills.
• Bonus: experience programming gantry robots, bar feeders, and sub-spindles.
• Competent with inspection tools: micrometers, depth mics, thread gauges, and calipers.

Language, Math, and Reasoning

• Comfort reading safety rules, procedures, and maintenance instructions; write routine reports and communicate effectively with teams and customers.
• Confident with arithmetic across whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; calculate rate, ratio, and percentage; create and interpret bar graphs.
• Use practical judgment to follow written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and resolve problems with multiple concrete variables.

Education/Experience

High school diploma or GED. One to two years of related experience/training, or an equivalent blend of education and experience.

Physical Realities

• Regularly: stand; use hands; reach with arms; talk and hear.
• Frequently: walk.
• Occasionally: stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Lift/move up to 25+ pounds on occasion.

Shop Environment

• PPE: safety glasses and hard-sole, closed-toe shoes with a low heel are required in the manufacturing and repair areas; long hair must be tied back near flame, machinery, or equipment.
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts; occasional fumes/airborne particles, toxic/caustic chemicals, and vibration.
• Loud noise level.

Proficiency Snapshot

• CNC Programming
• CNC Machine Setup & Changeover

Machines You'll Use

• CNC Lathe (2-4 axis)

Compliance

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.