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Machinist
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A Machinist builds and repairs precisely detailed and sized metal parts used in a variety of tools and appliances. Builds parts following a blueprint or creates original designs.
$55,485 / year median in California
+4% projected growth
Job Description
- Be visionary
- Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability.
- Job Description
- Under minimum supervision, set up, and operate all types of machinery, manual lathe, manual mill, drills, or plastic parts. Make adjustments to adhere to established specifications. Make decisions as to quality, tolerances and operation sequence. Tasks and assignments include the complex and non-routine. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Perform prototype work from detailed specifications. Exercise considerable care of equipment, tools, parts, machines, and materials to prevent damage.
- Plan, layout, fabricate, and assemble the most complex production machined parts and highly complex prototype research and development machined parts.
- Interpret drawings, route sheets and other specifications to ascertain nature of assigned work orders. Determine own work procedure of assigned number of pieces, types of metal, types of machines, tools and attachments, speeds and feeds, tolerances and sequences of operations. Exercises considerable judgment, ingenuity, initiative in the planning, layout and performance of all assignments.
- Compute accurate mathematical dimensions needed to manufacture parts of a complex nature. Use precision measuring instruments.
- Perform quality machining of various types of materials as needed.
- To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Oral/Written Communication
- Listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions; Records data; Writes clearly and informatively; Able to read and interpret written information. Teamwork
- Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
- Ethics
- Treats people with respect; Works with integrity and ethically.
- Organizational Support
- Follows policies and procedures; Supports organization's goals and values.
- Planning/Organizing
- Uses time efficiently.
- Professionalism
- Approaches other in a tactful manner; Accepts responsibility for own actions; Follows through on commitments.
- Quality
- Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
- Quantity
- Meets productivity standards; Completes work in a timely manner; Strives to increase productivity.
- Safety and Security
- Observes safety and security procedures including using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as required and wearing company issued badge when on company property; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and material properly.
- Adaptability
- Adapts to changes in the work environment.
- Dependability
- Follows instructions, responds to management direction.
- Attendance/Punctuality
- Is consistently at work and on time.
- Initiative
- Asks for and offers help when needed. Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Education and/or
Experience:
- + High school diploma, general education degree (GED) or equivalent knowledge gained through formal education including vocational training.
Language Skills:
+ Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. + Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. + Ability to speak effectively with other employees of organization. + Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. + Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. + To perform this job successfully, an individual should be able to enter time and data into a computer system as well as perform functions in the computer.Salary Range:
- $50,600.00
- 67,500.