MACHINIST II (CNC Lathe Operator)

About LSI

LSI is an employee-owned company that employs dynamic teams of professionals - people with the finest technical expertise, a level of passionate creativity, and a truly visionary outlook who deliver innovative training solutions that exceed our customers' expectations. Everyone at LSI has a personal stake in our success. LSI has over 400 training support experts, engineers, and craftsmen on staff who develop state-of-the-art high-fidelity training devices, complex computer-based, highly interactive distributed learning products, and comprehensive, dynamic technical publications. LSI employee-owners collaborate to deliver training products and services for a myriad of programs and customers, using leading-edge technology and proven processes.

Mission

Our mission is to prepare our military and allies to be battle-ready through cutting-edge training products and services.

Vision

Our vision is to be the premier provider of military training solutions, renowned for our innovation and excellence. Through employee-ownership and teamwork, we will shape a future where every military service member is equipped to succeed in their mission.

Guiding Principles

ESOP Sustainability: We do everything within our control to meet project budgets and schedules, so our ESOP prospers.

Take Ownership: Each Employee-Owner takes ownership at the individual level for their words, actions, and results. Individual ownership breeds accountability. Accountability breeds trust. When we hold ourselves accountable and trust our fellow employee-owners to do the same, we realize success.

Clear Communication: We project confidence in our communication using unambiguous language and providing clear purpose and direction.

Pursuit of Excellence: We aggressively pursue continuous improvement both as teams and individual employee-owners. We strive to get better every day. There is no room for mediocrity.

Pride in Our Work: We know the value of our work and are proud of what we produce.

Customer Focus: Customers are both internal and external and we strive to give both our best efforts.

Assume Positive Intent: Assume others are well-intentioned in their actions and seek additional information about the circumstances to help solve problems. Assuming positive intent in all interactions is the key to building strong teams and working together to solve problems.

One Voice: Every Employee-Owner is expected to speak up if they have an idea for improvement or if they disagree with a potential course of action. Once a decision is made, the entire team commits to it and moves forward with one voice.

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Summary:

The Machinist II is an intermediate level position that performs hand and machine operations to cut, form, fit, assemble, and install various metals, plastics and composites used in the manufacturing, repair, and modification of training systems.

Essential Job Functions:

• Plan work sequence, repair methods, equipment needs and material requirements from engineering drawings, applicable specifications, airframes service changes, bulletins, contractor and vendor drawings and repair manuals, examines and evaluates damage, wear, corrosion, misalignments and other deficiencies.
• Use fixtures when applicable to determine proper alignments of material, parts, proper dihedral, incidence angles and indicating parts in relation to critical datum points.
• Skill in applying shop mathematics in establishing needed dimensions, such as those required for circular interpolations, machining angular surfaces, or locating datum points and probing surfaces that need to be machined. Skill in programming machining operations, setting up and operating CNC and machine tools.
• Must be able to edit EIA programs and adjust wear offsets.
• Work to maintain close tolerances.
• Lay out and manufacture parts such as splices, reinforcements, inspection plates, clips, angles, brackets, etc.
• Specialize in operating one or more than one type of machine tool such as a jig borer, grinding machine, engine lathe, vertical milling center, and various machines to machine metal for use in making or maintaining jigs, fixtures, cutting tools, gauges, or metal dies or molds used in shaping or forming metal.
• Plan and perform difficult machining operations that require complicated setups and/or a high degree of accuracy, setting up guides, stops, working tables, and other controls to handle the size of stock to be machined.
• Determine proper feeds, speeds, tooling, and operation sequence or select those prescribed in drawings, blueprints, or layouts.
• Work using a variety of precision measuring instruments, making necessary adjustments during machining operations to achieve requisite dimensions to very close tolerances.
• Set up and operate machine tools, and use hand tools to make repairs, shape, fit, finish, and assemble metal parts, tools, gauges, models, patterns, mechanisms, and machines.
• Select the coolants and cutting and lubricating oils, and fluids to dress tools when required.
• Must be capable of safely handling government-furnished equipment and materials.
• Must be available to work a standard weekly schedule with overtime as required.
• Performs other duties as required.

Job Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Requires thorough comprehension in reading, interpreting engineering drawing repair manuals and related technical data and a thorough knowledge of and skill in the use of tools and techniques of rework and repair.
• Must be capable of training, teaching, and mentoring junior level machinists to ensure proficiency.
• Inspect and correct work done by other machinists.
• Requires knowledge and probable effects of various loads and stresses applied to structures such as compression, tensile, and shear, and the ability to recognize an overloaded or over stressed condition.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• A minimum of two (2) years' experience as a Machinist I.
• A background in commercial or military aircraft manufacturing/repair/installation is preferred.

Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets.