Dover
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Senior Manual Machinist

Location
Houston, TX
Listed
3 days ago

Dover Precision Components

Dover Precision Components 'DPC' ('the Company') is part of Dover Corporation's ('the Parent Company') Pumps and Process solutions segment. DPC holds market leading positions globally and delivers performance-critical solutions across the oil & gas, power generation, marine, industrial, chemical and general processing markets. We design and manufacture mission-critical equipment components to deliver more affordable, cleaner energy solutions and enable manufacturers to operate more efficiently.

We Deliver Customer Success

Dover Precision Components delivers products and services that enhance performance, improve safety, reduce carbon emissions, and accelerate clean energy adoption, through collaborative customer relationships, expert engineering, and an innovative culture.

Our strong Company portfolio is comprised of long products and services offered under Cook Compression, Cook Mechanical Field Services, Waukesha Bearings, Waukesha Magnetic Bearings, Inpro/Seal, Bearings Plus, and FW Murphy Production Controls. Our global footprint reaches more than twelve locations in the Americas and more than six locations in Europe and China.

BUILDING POTENTIAL. SUSTAINING PERFORMANCE. BOOSTING FUTURES.

We are diligent in recognizing our employees' needs and providing an enriching experience through professional developmental opportunities. Our authentic, collaborative company culture, combined with a competitive suite of health and welfare offerings, emulates who we are. We are Dover Precision Components, #LifeAtDPC

Summary

Sets up and operates variety of milling machines to mill flat or curved surfaces on metal workpieces such as machine, tool, or die parts by performing the following duties.

Responsibilities

  • Studies blueprints or layout on workpiece to determine sequence of operations and finished dimensions of workpiece.
  • Lifts and positions workpiece on machine table and secures it.
  • Selects feed rate, cutting speed, depth of cut, and milling cutter.
  • Mounts milling cutter in spindle, and positions cutter and workpiece in relation to each other.
  • Verifies alignment of workpiece.
  • Turns handwheel to feed workpiece to cutter or vice versa.
  • Turns valve handle to start flow of coolant or lubricant on work area, starts machine, and engages automatic feed.
  • Computes indexing ratios and sets up and operates dividing head to index workpiece for such operations as milling helical cuts.
  • Mounts different tool in place of cutter and performs other operations such as drilling and boring.
  • Sets up and operates attachments such as pantograph mechanism to duplicate contours from models or profiles from templates, or universal head to mill at angles.
  • Mills nonmetallic materials.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience
  • High School Diploma or GED
  • 5 years of trade school or equivalent experience
  • Experience with GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing)
  • Experience machining finish-grade components to tight tolerances

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
  • Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
  • Training - Ability to effectively communicate processes and train new and existing employees.
  • Leadership - Ability to lead and mentor employees.
  • Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
  • Mathematics - Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
  • Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
  • Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
  • Ability to review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
  • Ability to set-up manual machines and/or program CNC machines independently.
  • Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
  • Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Physical Requirements

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and talk or hear.
  • The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
  • The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste or smell.
  • The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
  • The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and vibration.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
  • *Note: This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.
  • Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor.
  • All requirements are subject to change and updates.

We consider several job-related, non-discriminatory factors when determining the pay rate for a position, including, but not limited to, the position's responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, a candidate's education/training, the position's location, and the key skills needed for the position. Pay is one of the Total Rewards that we provide to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

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