Job Description

Description

Summary

Zero-Max continues to be a trusted and leading manufacturer of high-quality mechanical components which are used in machines in numerous industries around the world.  For over 75 years, Zero-Max has earned a reputation for delivering high quality, customizable, premium products that improve customer results. We have a highly motivated and talented team that is committed to being responsive, conducts business with honesty and integrity, and holds themselves accountable to our customers and each other.

Our Core Values:

1. Provide best in class service and solutions

2. Do the right thing

3. Hold ourselves accountable

Zero-Max is a newly renovated office and manufacturing facility located on scenic grounds in Plymouth, MN. We are proud of our employees’ years of service and are dedicated to offering competitive benefits and pay, including:

• Salary Range $35-$44 per hour DOQ
• Robust health, dental, and vision plans
• 401(k) plan with a generous 6% match plus a 4% discretionary      profit-sharing plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Employer paid Short-term & Long-term disability insurance
• Training, mentorship, and coaching from leadership
• Healthy work/life balance
• Other fringe benefits in a fun and welcoming environment that sets      us apart from most companies!

Zero-Max is currently recruiting for a CNC Programmer/Set-up Technician. 

As a key member of a machining team, the CNC programmer is a high-level position responsible for programming of CNC machines, the development of machine setup information, and works with engineering to ensure prints and routings are correct for operations. 

Primary Responsibilities

Machining

• Program CNC milling, and multi-turret/spindle turning centers using Gibbs CAM
• Review drawings and routings for manufacturability - communicate to engineering when changes are needed 
• Select tooling for different machining sequences
• Identify opportunities to optimize tooling and programming on existing parts
• Ensure accurate production standards are in ERP system 
• Perform time / motion studies and make recommendations for waste reduction and efficiency improvements in production processes 
• Support in-process inspection of machined products 
• Kit and stage tooling 
• Set-up and operate machines of a complex nature
• Maintain set-up sheets for new parts or design changes
• Instruct less skilled operators
• Follows Zero-Max’s core values of Provide Best in Class Service and Solutions; Hold Ourselves Accountable; Do the Right Thing

Requirements

Qualifications

Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Highly proficient with all less complex machines in the shop to be considered for this high-level position
• Strong programming skills
• Machine trade schooling with set-up and operation of complex multi axis CNC machinery
• Must have experience with Milling, Turning, and Multi-Turret or Mill Turn Lathes
• Must have experience with Gibbs CAM or other CAM software 
• Proficient at determining tooling, process sequences, speeds and feeds, shop mathematics, and instruction to others 
• Good communication skills 

Education and Experience Required  

• Associate degree in Machining and 5-7 years’ experience with equipment of a complex nature; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• or 8-10 years’ experience with equipment of a complex nature

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Milling, Turning, and Multi-Turret or Mill Turn Lathes
• Must have experience with Gibbs CAM or other CAM software 

Physical Demands/Work Environment 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to stand
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel with hands and arms
• Must occasionally walk and talk or hear
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Work environment is typical of a climate-controlled machine shop

Zero-Max is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender national origin, disability or protected veteran status. – M/F/Veteran/Disability