Senior CNC Machinist

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

We're hiring Senior CNC Machinists for our aerospace and defense job shop in the Cincinnati area.

We build 1-of-1 components on a scale most machinists never see. Our smallest parts are the size of a suitcase. Many are the size of boats — complex weldments, castings, and exotic alloys where no two parts are identical.

Our floor is built for that work: Horizontal Boring Mills (HBMs), Vertical Turning Lathes (VTLs), large-format 5-axis mills, and massive gantry mills, running controls like Heidenhain that you won't find in a standard job shop.

Why Join Us

• Hone your craft: Learn unique machines that let you work anywhere in the industry
• High impact work: 1-of-1 parts for high-stakes aerospace and defense programs
• Financial impact: Guaranteed 50 hours, optional overtime, profit sharing, employee ownership program

Compensation

• $34–$48/hr
• Unlimited optional overtime – guaranteed 50-hour week
• Up to $140k/yr (including shift differential and 50 hr schedule)
• 60-day review

Hiring on 1st and 2nd Shift

• 1st shift: 5:00 AM–3:30 PM (M–F)
• 2nd shift: 5:00 PM–3:30 AM (M–F)

Responsibilities

• Setups: Independent setups on parts weighing thousands of pounds
• Rigging: Overhead cranes and heavy rigging to flip and position parts
• Prove-Outs: Run 1-of-1 parts on your own
• G-Code at the Control: Read, edit, and catch program defects
• Weldments & Castings: Machine welded and cast parts and adapt to their inconsistencies
• Blueprints & GD&T: Complex multi-view prints; establish your own datums and setups

What You'll Run

• Equipment: Horizontal Boring Mills (HBMs), Vertical Turning Lathes (VTLs), large-format 5-axis mills, and gantry mills
• Brands: Union, Cincinnati, MTE, Bost, Tosh Ulin, DMG, OMV, Parpas, and Dinamika
• Controls: Heidenhain, Siemens, and FANUC controls
• Materials: Titanium, Inconel, Hastelloy, and advanced composites

You don't need experience on these exact machines. If you're a senior machinist with strong fundamentals, G-code fluency, and complex setup experience, your skills will transfer.

Requirements

Requirements

• 5+ years of CNC machining experience
• Fluent in G-code and M-code
• Edits and troubleshoots programs live at the control
• Reads complex blueprints and establishes own datums
• Runs own setups and tear-downs
• Performs own first-article inspections
• U.S. citizen (required for defense work)
• Able to pass a drug screen and background check

Preferred:

• Precision job shop experience
• Aerospace or defense manufacturing experience
• Large-format or heavy rigging experience
• Time on HBMs, VTLs, 5-axis, or gantry mills
• FANUC or Heidenhain controls

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision plan
• 401(k) with company match
• Bonus / profit-sharing program
• Employee ownership / equity participation
• Relocation assistance for qualified candidates

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