Diesel Engine Machinist

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
**Work setting**:

- Automobile repair services
- Willing to relocate
- Transportation - road/rail/marine
**Tasks**:

- Read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, charts and tables
- Repair machine tools and parts
- Set up and adjust production machineries/tools
- Fit and assemble components and machine parts to close tolerance
- Maintain, repair and calibrate precision measuring instruments
- Document and report deviations from specifications and tolerances
- Maintain inspection records and complete inspection reports
- Verify dimensions of parts machined using precise measuring instruments (e.g., micrometers, calipers)
- Compute dimensions and tolerances and measure and lay out work pieces
- Set up, operate and maintain a variety of conventional and computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools
- Verify dimensions of products for accuracy and conformance to specifications using precision measuring instruments
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Tool and Die Maker Trade Certification
**Measuring tools**:

- Micrometers
- Callipers
- Calibre
- Gauges
- Verniers
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Automatic lathes
- Broaching machine
- Computer numerical control (CNC) machines
- Conventional
- Drill presses
- Engine lathes
- Form cutting machines
- Milling machines
- Sawing machine
- Shapers
- Single purpose production machine
- Surface grinders
- Tapping machines
- Tool grinders
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
**Weight handling**:

- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
- More than 45 kg (100 lbs)
**Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?