Machinist - Manual Lathe

nVenia, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, is a manufacturer and supplier of integrated solutions and packaging equipment machinery. With over 300 years of combined experience, our long-standing brands of Arpac, Fischbein, Hamer and Ohlson serve end customers in the consumer-packaged goods, food and beverage, industrial, and other markets.

nVenia is committed to a culture that promotes long term career satisfaction and provides an opportunity for personal and professional growth. We succeed by operating within our core values of Integrity, Teamwork, Respect, Sense of Urgency and Winning Spirit. At nVenia, we offer an excellent total rewards package that includes:

• Competitive compensation

• Comprehensive benefits package designed to support our employees’ health, well-being, and financial security

• Work/life programs designed to provide a safe, secure, and balanced environment

• Education and training programs to develop and grow a high-performance workforce

• Performance-based rewards

nVenia is adding a Manual Lathe Machinist to our dynamic and dedicated team. The Manual Lathe Machinist will machine parts per specifications on schedule and within budgeted hours.

POSITION DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Read, interpret and understand blueprints and drawings including symbols, welding symbols, material type and material shape

• Plan machining operations by studying work orders, blueprints, drawings, specifications, materials, machining parameters, and interpreting geometric dimensions and tolerances

• Perform basic machining math including fractional / decimal conversion, feet / inches conversion, basic trigonometry (sin, cos), calculating dimensions and tolerances and determining missing linear or angular dimensions

• Properly set up and operate Manual Lathe and Mill Machines and machine parts/components to the required specifications

• Properly utilize machining tools such as carbide drill and reaming

• Plan and perform a wide variety of diversified close tolerance lathe operations

• Verify conformance of machined work-piece to specifications using measuring devices and make corrections as required

• Maintain a safe and clean work environment and comply with all quality, safety and work rules and regulations

• Maintain equipment by completing preventive maintenance as required following manufacturer’s instructions

• Understand and maintain both quality and quantity standards and expectations

• Continually seek to improve work processes and individual performance

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience with short production runs, multiple setups and changeovers
• Ability to read blueprints and machine components from them
• Minimum 2 years’ experience working on a manual lathe

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for a minimum of 8 hours per day. The employee is frequently required to grasp, handle, and feel objects, control and manage tools, and use hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stoop, kneel and crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but at times loud. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.