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CNC Machinist

Onshore applicants only

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Trade · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · $40 - $50/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored · Applicants: Onshore applicants only

If you can program, set and run a CNC machine with your eyes on the drawing and your hands on the job, read on.

A long-established, high-precision manufacturer in Sydney is hiring more than one CNC Machinist for the evening shift. Setting and operating is 70% of the work. The rest is programming, work holding design and final checks on parts for manufacturing, oil and gas, construction, defence and infrastructure customers, a mix of production and prototypes. Any CNC machine background will be considered, and the job will be set up around the right person.

Straight up, this one is for applicants already in Australia with work rights. Visa sponsorship will be considered for the right candidate.

Mzansi machinists, show what you can do on paper first with your machines, your CAM software and your trade qualification in a clean English CV. Put your CNC setting and programming record in order with Build AI CV.

Key Responsibilities

  • Program, set and run CNC gear of all sorts, CNC mills, CNC lathes and the sliding head lathe included
  • Set up tools and work holdings and prep jobs for the machining centres
  • Design work holdings for prototype and production work
  • Do the final inspection and measuring on every part made
  • Run production work with prototype jobs mixed in for manufacturing, oil & gas, construction, defence and infrastructure customers, and keep sharpening your CNC programming

Requirements & Eligibility

  • 4+ years on the tools as a machinist or CNC machinist
  • 4+ years of recent CNC programming and setting
  • Comfortable setting and operating CNC machines, which is 70% of the role
  • Trade qualification in Fitting and Turning or similar
  • Has programmed using CAM software
  • Strong computer skills and can read and interpret engineering drawings and documents
  • Hungry to learn and grow, with an A++ work ethic and a team-first attitude ("not my job" is not in your vocabulary)
  • Works on your own and as part of the team
  • Candidates must have the right to work in Australia
  • Desirable: CAD-CAM proficiency
  • Desirable: Fusion360 proficiency
  • Desirable: Okuma OSP proficiency

Apply: jobs@mzansiabroad.co.za · WhatsApp

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