About this role
Title: CNC Turning Setup Machinist t
Location: Tampa, FL
Compensation: $28–$34 per hour
Job Summary
Seeking a CNC Turning Setup Machinist to manufacture precision parts on twin-spindle / twin-turret CNC turning centers. This position requires the ability to set up and operate machines efficiently while producing quality parts.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Perform complete machine setups, including workholding, cutting tools, tool offsets, and work offsets.
- Read and interpret drawings, setup sheets, tooling lists, and work instructions.
- Set up and prove out programs for primary and secondary spindle operations, synchronized turret machining, and part transfers.
- Verify spindle synchronization, turret clearances, tool paths, and transfer sequences to prevent interference or collisions.
- Set up live tooling and C-axis or Y-axis operations on equipped machines.
- Make authorized program edits and adjust speeds, feeds, and offsets to achieve dimensional accuracy, surface finish, and tool life.
- Produce first-piece parts and coordinate first-piece approval with Quality before production.
- Measure parts using calipers, micrometers, indicators, bore gauges, thread gauges, and other precision measuring tools.
- Troubleshoot dimensional variation, tool wear, chatter, workholding issues, and part-transfer problems.
- Improve setup efficiency and cycle times while maintaining quality and process reliability.
- Provide clear instructions on part loading, tool monitoring, offset adjustments, and required measurement checks.
- Maintain accurate setup information.
- Follow safety procedures and perform assigned routine machine care and housekeeping.
Education & Experience
- At least 4 years of experience setting up and operating twin-spindle / twin-turret machines.
- Technical school certificate, machining apprenticeship, or associate degree in machining or manufacturing technology preferred.
Physical Job Requirements
- Regularly required to stand and reach throughout an 8-hour shift.
- Occasionally required to walk, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or bend.
- Frequently required to perform repetitive or short-cycle work.
- Regularly lift, push, or pull up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds.
- Strong work ethic and willingness to work overtime to meet tight deadlines as needed.
- Understand and observe all necessary safety procedures, including requirements for safety glasses, safety shoes, hearing protection, machine interlocks, and lifting guidelines for the assigned work area.
- Ability to communicate clearly and accurately in noisy environments.
- Close, distance, peripheral, and color vision required, along with the ability to adjust focus and judge depth.
Benefits
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Short-term and long-term disability plans
- 401(k) retirement plan with a strong employer match
- Company-paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Partial tuition reimbursement for job-related classes
- Personal protective equipment reimbursement
- Specific benefits packages depend on position, location, and years of service.
Compensation: $28–$34 per hour
Due to ITAR regulations, only U.S. persons—defined as U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents (Green Card holders), and U.S. nationals—are eligible for this position.
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer.
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