MACHINIST (AIRCRAFT)

Position Description

The incumbent plans the work and manufactures tools, fixtures, parts and items of equipment from raw stock of various metals, metal alloys, and other materials. The assignments usually require adaptation or extension of the use of conventional machine tools or the use of specialized/non-conventional computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools.

Experience Required

4-7 Years

Position Duties/Responsibilities

• You will manufacture complex and non-routine parts and items of equipment from raw stock of different metals, metal alloys, and other materials.
• You will work on one-of-a-kind work products that typically involve unusual trade problems and require a high degree of ingenuity and responsibility.
• You will perform machining operations on computer numerical control CNC machine tools including shop floor programming and procedures such as multiple setups, in place machining of fixtures, and making or suggesting changes to machine tool programs.
• You will make independent interpretation and translation of work orders, drawings, and specifications that are often lacking in such items as dimensions, tolerances, and types of fits and finishes.
• You will plan sequences of operations that involve original innovations in setups, attachments, techniques, and tools.
• You will make layouts; manufacture, assemble, modify special toss, broaches, hobs, jigs, fixtures; and molds required to increase efficiency in production on one of a kind aircraft repairs.
• You will make initial set-up and operates all variety of machines used in tool making and aircraft parts manufacturing.
• You will perform such finishing operations as hand stoning, scraping, lapping, reaming, tapping and filing to obtain proper fit of tooling and fixtures for final installation fit of parts on the aircraft to close tolerances.
• You will develop new procedures or methods to resolve complex machining problems or manufacture tools and fixtures to accomplish operations more efficiently and economically.

Minimum Salary

$31.12

Maximum Salary

$36.30