Machine Operator (CNC) - Steel Pipe OCTG

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Position Title:CNC Machine Operator - Steel Pipe / Oil Country Tubular Goods OCTG

Description: The positions we hire are production-based focused with high parts/hour goals. We are in the business of OCTG (oil country tubular goods) and we deliver to our customers finely machined products with tight tolerances.

We are actively seeking CNC operators who have knowledge of CNC lathes - preference for those who have worked in the steel pipe industry. Thread design lathed is most commonly a semi-premium thread / modified buttress.

Hours: We require schedule flexibility. Current and planned production is 4-6 days, 12-hour shifts

FOLLOWS and EXEMPLIFIES S-T-E-E-L

• Safety: Leads and influences.
• Teamwork: Works with others to resolve complex issues. Informs the team and stakeholders of progress.
• Excellence: Performs job functions well and accurately.
• Ethics: Performs job with integrity and with a “whatever-it-takes” work ethic.
• Leadership: Values relationships with vendors and customers. Positively represents the company with all.

Qualifications and Essential Functions

Experience Required:

Experience in an industrial environment using related tools and equipment. Six (6)+ months of training & close supervision in position.

Education/Experience (REQUIRED):

High School diploma or GED equivalent strongly preferred; Certification a plus.

Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to work overtime in order to meet the needs of the operation.
• Acute visual ability to observe product nonconformance. Visual ability consisting of strong close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Perform intense manual labor with long work hours. Ability to stand for a long period of time; bend, stoop, climb, balance, kneel, crouch, crawl, and move around work area.
• Ability to use hands and fingers to handle or feel and reach with arms.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 55 lbs occasionally, and 20 lbs regularly.
• Demonstrates skill in operating equipment.
• 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.
• Ability to read a minimum of Jaeger 2 or equivalent type and size letter at a distance of not less than 12 inches on a standard Jaeger test chart.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, percent and mass; and interpret bar graphs.
• Aptitude to calculate and use the following instruments - Scale in 1/8”, 1/16”, 1/32” and 1/64” increments - 12” to 72” long; Protractor Head, Diameter Tape - 100’s increments, Micrometers, Diameter Tape - 1/64” increments, 6” Vernier Caliper, 50’ Tapes, Ring Gauges, Squares, Levels, Line Levels, Various Tape Measures, Conversion Charts (Decimal to Fraction, Fraction to Decimal), Tri-Square, String Line, Feeler Gauges, Overhead Scale, Dial Indicators, Calipers

COMMUNICATION:

• Ability to effectively and efficiently communicate with employees via conversation or in writing.
• Ability to read and interpret product specifications such as work orders and travelers.
• Ability to effectively present information to management.
• Ability to effectively speak before groups and/or customers.
• Ability to speak, read, and write English for the purpose of product specification interpretation and training and safety materials comprehension.

TRAVEL:

Negligible

ENVIRONMENTAL:

• Ability to work most effectively in an industrial workshop field setting while also capable of managing tools, inventory, and equipment as part of the daily work activities and management. Wet and humid conditions / subject to outdoor weather conditions such as heat. Occasional exposure to fumes and airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. Moderate to high noise. Must be able to work morning, evening, & night shifts, including rotating shifts as applicable.

Status

CLASSIFICATION: Full time - permanent (unless otherwise specified) / Hourly Non-Exempt