Red Seal Machinist

at  The CTD Group

The CTD Group, a now rapidly changing company founded back in 1947 has consistently grown itself to become one of North America’s most respected manufacturers of hubs, spindles, wheels, hitches, and welded hydraulic cylinders. It proudly serves many world class OEM’s in the agricultural, construction, mining, and oil & gas industries around the globe. CTD’s continued adherence to rigid quality standards in all phases of production has developed a reputation for quality and dependability, and allowed it to provide innovative cost reduction and value added solutions to its customers. Over the past two years the company has transformed all of its production facility into lean manufacturing cells, acquired new production equipment and is now regenerating its business processes to be in line with the lean manufacturing philosophy.
The CNC Machinist is responsible for creating quality parts produced on various machines such as but not limited to lathes and milling machines and general shop equipment according to company plans, blueprints, and other diagrams. Responsibilities will include reading and interpreting blueprints and manuals to determine production processes and requirements and inspection of quality parts for conformance to requirements. The Journeyman Machinist will detect equipment malfunctions or out of tolerance machining and adjust machines, within capabilities, controls or control media as required to insure quality of production, and report all machine malfunctions to their immediate supervisor. This position will require an individual who is familiar with all types of machinery including CNC machines.

Main Duties:

• Study and interpret drawings, blueprints, manuals, specifications or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work pieces, sequence of operations, tools to be used, materials for the job and setup requirements.
• Set up machining equipment utilized by the organization in order to ensure equipment operations at accepted standards for the type of tooling being used.
• Ensure work piece dimensions are correct and to established tolerance criteria.
• Measure, examine and test completed parts, identifying defects and ensuring conformance to specifications and blueprints.
• Measure and mark dimensions and reference points on material or work pieces as a guide for subsequent machining.
• Detect equipment malfunctions or out of tolerance machining and adjust machine, within capabilities, controls or control media as required to insure quality of production. Report all machine malfunctions to immediate supervisor.
• Communicate with supervisor, engineers, production planners, quality and other shop personnel for assignments and to resolve machining or quality issues.
• Responsible for keeping equipment and work area clean and orderly and perform basic preventative maintenance functions on equipment.
• Within the scope of the job requirements, will be required to adhere and comply with provincial and federal law, the Company ISO Quality Program and procedures, Company policies and Safety and Environmental Regulations.
• Compute dimensions and tolerances and measure and lay out work pieces.
• Set up, operate and maintain a variety of machine tools including computer numerically controlled (CNC) tools to perform precision, non-repetitive machining operations such as sawing, turning, milling, boring, planning, drilling, precision grinding and other operations.
• Fit and assemble machined metal parts and subassemblies using hand and power tools to industry standards.
• Verify dimensions of products for accuracy and conformance to specifications using precision measuring instruments.
• Maintain, repair and calibrate precision measuring instruments such as dial indicators, fixed gauges, height gauges and other measuring devices.
• Perform preventative maintenance as required and maintain inspection records and complete inspection reports.
• May perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Employment Requirements:

• Journeyman / Red Seal Machinist certification, with a minimum of 1 year experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Intermediate knowledge and application of precision measuring instruments and the application of such instruments. Instruments should include but not limited to calipers, ID and OD micrometers, depth gages, indicators and scales.
• Intermediate knowledge of reading drawings and specifications with an intermediate understanding of geometric tolerance and dimensions.
• Intermediate knowledge of tool holders, cutting tools, boring bars, fixtures, inserts and other accessories used on various machines.
• Must be able to communicate in English (both written and oral) as it relates to the job, and follow written and oral instructions.
• Must be adaptable to a changing work environment, competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
• Must be willing and able to work flexible shifts and changing work schedules.
• Must possess basic math skills to include but not limited to adding, subtracting, multiplication, division, geometry and algebra for the purpose calculating material fabrication.
• Ability to detect, isolate, and identify irregularities and malfunctions in machinery and equipment.
• Able to fabricate new parts to replace defective parts during machine setup, maintenance, or overhaul.
• Demonstrated aptitude in reading and interpreting blueprints, diagrams, schematics, drawings, manuals, and specifications.
• Accurate and highly analytical.
• Strong work ethic and positive team attitude with the ability to work independently with little supervision.

Qualified applicants please send your resume before August 21, 2015. We appreciate the interest of all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• RRSP match
• Tuition reimbursement

Work Location: In perso

• Study and interpret drawings, blueprints, manuals, specifications or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work pieces, sequence of operations, tools to be used, materials for the job and setup requirements.
• Set up machining equipment utilized by the organization in order to ensure equipment operations at accepted standards for the type of tooling being used.
• Ensure work piece dimensions are correct and to established tolerance criteria.
• Measure, examine and test completed parts, identifying defects and ensuring conformance to specifications and blueprints.
• Measure and mark dimensions and reference points on material or work pieces as a guide for subsequent machining.
• Detect equipment malfunctions or out of tolerance machining and adjust machine, within capabilities, controls or control media as required to insure quality of production. Report all machine malfunctions to immediate supervisor.
• Communicate with supervisor, engineers, production planners, quality and other shop personnel for assignments and to resolve machining or quality issues.
• Responsible for keeping equipment and work area clean and orderly and perform basic preventative maintenance functions on equipment.
• Within the scope of the job requirements, will be required to adhere and comply with provincial and federal law, the Company ISO Quality Program and procedures, Company policies and Safety and Environmental Regulations.
• Compute dimensions and tolerances and measure and lay out work pieces.
• Set up, operate and maintain a variety of machine tools including computer numerically controlled (CNC) tools to perform precision, non-repetitive machining operations such as sawing, turning, milling, boring, planning, drilling, precision grinding and other operations.
• Fit and assemble machined metal parts and subassemblies using hand and power tools to industry standards.
• Verify dimensions of products for accuracy and conformance to specifications using precision measuring instruments.
• Maintain, repair and calibrate precision measuring instruments such as dial indicators, fixed gauges, height gauges and other measuring devices.
• Perform preventative maintenance as required and maintain inspection records and complete inspection reports.
• May perform other duties as assigned by supervisor