Machine Tool Operator

Job Highlights

Company Profile

Lockheed Martin is a global aerospace and security company specializing in advanced technology research, design, development, manufacturing, and integration.

Job Profile

The company is hiring a Machine Tool Operator to join its team.

Education Level

• High School Diploma (a plus)

Work Experience

• Experience in a “job shop” environment where the same product isn’t produced every day (a plus)
• SAP experience (a plus)
• Waterjet and 5-axis CNC machining experience (a plus)

Duties/Responsibilities

• Determines proper feeds, speeds, tooling, and operation sequence or selects those prescribed in drawings, blueprints, or layouts.
• Work also involves using a variety of precision measuring instruments, making necessary adjustments during machining operations to achieve requisite dimensions to very close tolerances. May be required to select proper coolants and cutting and lubricating oils to recognize when tools need dressing, and to dress tools.
• Work typically involves: planning and performing difficult machining operations which require complicated setups or a high degree of accuracy, setting up machine tools or tools (e.g., installing cutting tools and adjusting guides, stops, working tables, and other controls to handle the size of stock to be machined.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Work requires extensive knowledge of machine shop and tool room practice usually acquired through considerable on-the-job training and experience.
• Specializes in operating one or more than one type of machine tool (e.g., 3, 4, and 5-axis machining CNC machines, grinding machine, lathe, milling machine) to machine metal for use in making or maintaining jigs, fixtures, cutting tools, gauges, aircraft components, and various other products or molds used in shaping or forming metal or nonmetallic material (e.g., plastic, plaster, rubber, glass).

Work Environment

• Noisy and safety-regulated environment
• Shift work, including nights or weekends
• Stands for long periods
• Wears protective gear
• Works in factories or machine shops

Benefits/Perks

• The benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.

Employer’s Statement

Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity Employer.