Repair Machinist

LAUNCH is seekinga Repair Machinist to work as a part of a team manually machining commercial and military gas turbine engine components back into tolerance using blueprints, customer specifications and standard work to hold tolerances for a facility in Newman, GA.

Repair Machinist Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operates EDM, manual lathes and mills to machine engine component to match blueprint and customer specifications.
  
• Performs and plans part changeovers, setups and execution of high variation of work scope to support production needs according to product specifications, blueprints, drawings, and work instructions.
• Performs all work in accordance with plant safety rules and maintains highest quality standards in the execution of all assigned work.
• Performs routine preventative maintenance on all machines and other routine labor work as required in accordance with production flow.
• Operator inspects own work using inspection tools such as CMM, micrometers and gauges.
• Operator to adhere to all 5s / CPEX policies and to have a continuous improvement mindset.

Qualifications and Requirments:

• Must have HS Diploma or GED. Strong shop mathematics, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals and fractions required.
• On the job experience of 3-5 years in manual machining.
• Experience machining superalloy (Inconel and Waspaloy) highly desirable.
• Must have experience machining tolerances <.001, inspecting own work against blueprint specs using a variety of measuring instruments including micrometers, calipers, scales, thread gages, CMM, etc.
• WORK ENVIRONMENT: This position will require the employee to wear the following specific PPE that will be provided by the company: Steel toes shoes, hearing protection, safety glasses