Machinist

**Who We are**:
Take your career to the next step with Kinetics Drive Solutions, a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative heavy-duty drive and control solutions for land vehicles. We empower our customers globally with leading edge technologies, by pioneering intelligent solutions to realize mission-critical mobility requirements. We empower our employees to demonstrate our Right Attitudes; Own It, Integrity and Win as “A” team. If you like to be challenged, want to be energized and thrive in a fast-paced technology environment with opportunities for growth, embark on this most exciting journey with Kinetics Drive Solutions, a company of ST Engineering.

**The Role**:
The Machinist performs the setup, operation, and adjustment of various types of conventional or automatic machines including mills, lathes, drill presses, grinders, and other precision equipment. Specifically:

- Works from drawings and written instructions to create new and replacement parts.
- Repairs and reworks production non-conforming parts back to specification.
- Work is task orientated.
- Machining is performed to Kinetics Drive Solutions’ QA specifications and tolerances.
- Provides assistance and guidance to junior employees.

**Your Responsibilities**
- Ability to efficiently setup and run small & medium production runs on lathe and/or mill, both conventional and CNC
- Running first articles, performing measurements and making offset adjustments
- Perform machining tasks to support production and prototype projects
- Perform labor to support building maintenance tasks
- Maintain a clean and organized work facility
- Demonstrates the values of safety, teamwork, services, integrity, accountability and ingenuity
- Possess a good mechanical aptitude to support manufacturing operations to locate and diagnose defects in production equipment
- Perform incidental tasks as required to complete the larger task
- Work with others in assembly and production team environment to achieve greater efficiency and productivity.
- Support our drive for enhanced performance and improved quality and efficiency
- Adherence to Corporate Policy and SOP’s
- Other duties as assigned.

**You will be a great fit if you have**:

- Proven organizational skills
- Demonstrated ability in troubleshooting
- Work under pressure
- Ability to operate machining and hand tools safely and effectively
- Ability to lift 50-60 pounds
- Attention to detail, especially ensuring specific steps are followed to complete a task
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- ITA Red Seal is preferred
- 2-10 years of experience.
- Working knowledge of WHMIS

**We Offer**
- A collaborative and rewarding work environment.
- Extended Health coverage
- Group RRSP program with company matching
- Training and professional development plans.
- Banking of overtime to be used as vacation time.
- A culture that supports safety, innovation, learning, and teamwork