CNC Machinist

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled CNC Machinist to join our team at Propak. As a CNC Machinist, you will be responsible for operating computer-controlled machine tools to produce precision parts and components.

Key Responsibilities

• Study specifications, charts, and drawings to determine machining operations.
• Calculate dimensions and tolerances, and prepare working sketches as needed.
• Measure and mark metal and other materials.
• Set up and operate tools, including computer numerically controlled machines, to perform precision machining operations.
• Fabricate parts to mechanisms and verify dimensions.

Requirements

• Apprentice Level:
  • Be eligible for registration as a registered apprentice or be a registered apprentice.
  • Motivated and willing to learn.
• Journeyman Level:
  • Hold a valid recognized Alberta Journeyperson Trade Certificate or a recognized trade certificate or equivalency document.
  • Inter-Provincial Red Seal Certificate is preferred.
• Apprentice Level:
  • Mechanical aptitude with willingness to learn.
• Journeyman Level:
  • 2+ years of directly related work experience.
  • This position may be required to direct, coach, and mentor apprentices.

Preferred Skills and Abilities

• Works well with others trades and co-workers through effective and written communication.
• Flexibility to work overtime when necessary.
• Excellent coordination, focus, and dedication to following safety protocols.
• Ability to work safely and take special precautions to protect against injury.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Reading, document use, writing, numeracy, oral communication, thinking skills, working with others, computer use, and continuous learning.
• Ability to cut materials using power tools or by hand.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and specifications.
• Ability to visualize a finished product from a drawing.
• The ability to use their hands skillfully and quickly.
• The ability to estimate and measure sizes and distances accurately.
• The ability to work independently at tasks that require concentration as well as physical effort.

Work Environment

Specific Work Conditions

• Fabrication shops are frequently noisy, dusty, busy areas with some confined spaces – attention to personal and team safety is required.
• May be required to work outdoors in all types of weather.

Physical Requirements

• Must be in good physical condition with the physical strength and stamina required to occasionally lift heavy materials in excess of 10 kilograms and stand for long periods.
• Frequent bending and working at heights.
• There is some risk of injury when working with power tools and heavy equipment.
• Employees must adhere to dress code for safety-sensitive areas. Company-standard PPE for shops and yards includes CSA-approved steel-toed boots and full-length pants.
• Ability to walk on uneven ground that is expected in yards.

Performance Measures

Time Management

• Undertakes effective daily planning and completes tasks on time.
• Responds to incidents immediately.
• Ensures all reports are submitted in adherence to set time frames.
• Timely follow-up is an important function of the job.
• Maintains professionalism under time constraints, multiple tasks, and changing priorities.

Accuracy

• Accuracy and attention to detail is crucial to the job.
• Work is performed neatly and accurately – the outcome of the work is complete and error-free.
• All reports must contain complete and accurate information.
• Learns new systems and procedures.

Communication Skills

• Establishes and maintains strong internal and external relationships.
• Communicates respectfully and ethically with all internal and external stakeholders.
• Appropriately safeguards confidential information.
• Understands and follows written and oral directions.
• Reads, interprets, and utilizes manuals.
• Communicates ideas and provides clear explanations to all levels of organization.
• Handles inquiries with professionalism.
• Has a positive working relationship with other staff and is willing to work toward the department's goals and timeline.

Quantity and Quality of Work

• Consistently produces error-free work within appropriate timeframe.
• Gathers information and makes independent decisions within the scope of the position.

The duties and responsibilities outlined in this document are not meant to be an exhaustive list but rather an overview of the job. The employee is responsible for completing all duties necessary to help fulfill departmental goals.