Essex Industries is a multi-site aerospace and defense manufacturer serving military and commercial customers worldwide. The Lathe Operator will maintain and operate manual production machinery.
Essential Duties:
- Operate machinery at or above company standards for both time and quality, as instructed.
- Complete departmental assignments using hand, manual, and automatic machinery, as well as fixturing and precision measuring equipment with supervision, as instructed.
- Complete any necessary documentation per company policy or verbal instruction.
- Keep machinery and work area in a clean, safe, maintained, and organized fashion.
- Assist in other areas in order to meet the production needs of Essex and its customers
- Comply with all PPE and machine guarding as necessary with each job.
- Understand the basic function of machine controls
- Basic understanding of blueprint reading
- Ability to count and record part counts accurately
- Be able to perform basic machine preventive maintenance such as checking fluid levels and filling accordingly
- Ability to use basic measuring tools such as calipers and micrometers accurately with limited supervision
- Load and run fewer complex parts on 3 axis machines making sure all locaters are prepped and clean
Requirements:
- 0-1 years of shop experience or 1 - 2 years of applied training; or equivalent of the two.
- 2nd Shift Hours are 3:30PM- 1:00AM
Why Choose Essex:
- Base Pay and Overtime Pay Eligible
- Bonus Opportunity
- Paid time off
- 10 company holidays
- Training & Development
- Retirement Benefits – 401k matching
- Tax-Advantaged Accounts
- Medical, dental, vision coverage
- Flexible Spending Account
- Life Insurance
- Parental Leave
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program