Machinist

Company : Safran Helicopter Engines

Job field : Means and equipment maintenance

Location : Grand Prairie , Texas , United States

Contract type : Permanent

Contract duration : Full-time

Required degree : High School Diploma/GED Equivalent

Required experience : First experience

Salary range : $

# 2024-147434

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Job Description

Summary of Job Purpose:

Sets up and operates conventional, special purpose, and numerical control (NC) machines and machining centers to fabricate metallic and nonmetallic parts by performing the following duties

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished workpiece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements.

• Measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points on material or workpiece as guide for subsequent machining.

• Selects, aligns, and secures holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines such as mills, lathes, jig borers, grinders, and shapers.

• Calculates and sets controls to regulate machining factors such as speed, feed, coolant flow, and depth and angle of cut, or enters commands to retrieve, input, or edit computerized machine control media.

• Starts and observes machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining, and adjusts machine controls or control media as required.

• Verifies conformance of finished workpiece to specifications.

• Sets up and operates machine on trial run to verify accuracy of machine settings or programmed control data.

• Fits and assembles parts into complete assembly.

• Verifies dimensions and alignment of assembly.

• Installs machined replacement parts in mechanisms, machines, and equipment, and tests operation of unit to ensure functionality and performance.

• Operates welding equipment to cut or weld parts.

• Confers with engineers, production personnel, programmers, or others to resolve machining or assembly problems.

• On Call – 100 %

Job Requirements

Required Competencies; Education / Knowledge / Skills and Abilities:

• Certificate from college or technical school; or six to twelve months of related experience and/or

training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Basic Level – Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel, plus knowledge and experience with Machine

Control Programming.

• Mechanical/technical/interpersonal skills can be applied immediately to job duties.

Physical Requirements:

Warehouse and Test Cell

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use

hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is

frequently required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

• 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, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical

parts. The employee is frequently exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles;

toxic or caustic chemicals and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment

is usually moderate.

Locate your future workplace

2709 Forum DriveTX 75052

Grand Prairie

Texas United States

Safran is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.