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The Precision Machinist Sr. is responsible for setting up and operating surface grinding and manual machining equipment to manufacture precision tooling and components. This role performs advanced grinding, milling, turning, and related machining operations, works to tight tolerances on high-value parts, and supports production tooling while driving quality, safety, and continuous improvement. Experience with CNC machining is a plus and may be used to support broader shop requirements.

What You Will Do

• Set up and operate manual and automatic surface grinders, manual mills, lathes, and related machining equipment.
• Select, dress, and balance grinding wheels; establish workholding, feeds, speeds, and machining sequences for safe and efficient production.
• Grind and machine complex, high-value components to close dimensional, flatness, parallelism, surface-finish, and geometric tolerances.
• Perform advanced manual machining operations, including surface grinding, milling, turning, drilling, reaming, fitting, and surface finishing of tooling components.
• Inspect and maintain grinding and machining equipment, troubleshoot process or tooling issues, and minimize downtime.
• Conduct in-process inspections using precision measuring instruments, document results, and ensure compliance with engineering and quality requirements.
• Support production tooling, continuous improvement initiatives, and ongoing technical skill development.
• Follow all safety, quality, and company policies while performing other duties as assigned.

What You Will Bring

• Education: High school diploma required.
• Certification: Working toward a machining certificate per Procedure C1-0845 required. PI Bronze certification required within 12 months of hire.
• ·Experience: 5-7 years of precision machining experience required, with strong hands-on experience in manual surface grinding, manual milling, lathe operation, precision measurement, and tooling support.
• Machining Expertise: Advanced knowledge of surface grinding and manual machining methods, including wheel selection and dressing, workholding, setup, milling, turning, and achieving tight dimensional and geometric tolerances on complex precision components.
• Technical Knowledge: Experience with manual machine setup, tooling and abrasive selection, workholding, process planning, and troubleshooting. Ability to interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and technical documentation.
• CNC Machining: Experience setting up or operating CNC milling, turning, grinding, or EDM equipment is preferred and considered a plus. Familiarity with CNC programming, offsets, tooling, and basic G-code is beneficial.
• Quality & Continuous Improvement: Experience performing in-process inspections, supporting production tooling, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance safety, quality, and productivity.
• Skills: Strong mechanical aptitude, mathematical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and prioritize multiple tasks. Effective communication, teamwork, and organizational skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Office and a commitment to safety, quality, and continuous learning.

What We Can Offer You 

• Competitive Pay & Benefits: Enjoy a robust Total Rewards Program that includes health, financial benefits, and more. 
• Generous Time Off: Take advantage of our generous vacation, sick days, holidays, plus a volunteer day to give back to the community. 
• Retirement & Growth: 401(k) match, profit sharing, and abundant growth and development opportunities to help you advance your career. 
• Parental Leave: Because we care about your family and your future. 

Shift Hours: Day, 6:30am – 2:30pm

Compensation: The expected base pay range for this role is $29-$34 an hour. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.  

Making the connections that matter.  Join us and apply online to be part of the Panduit team. We're an Equal Opportunity Employer, dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace for all. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Panduit will not sponsor applicants for work visas now or in the future. All roles, including remote positions, require an in-person interview as part of the hiring process.

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