Cnc Mill Machinist

Job Description

Job Description

CNC Mill Machinist 1st Shift

Location: Schiller Park, IL (On-site)

Pay Rate: Up to $35.00 per hour (Based on experience)

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Shift Hours: 1st Shift | 7:00 AM 3:30 PM | Monday Friday (No evenings or weekends)

Work Environment: Clean, ultra-bright, 50-person precision manufacturing job shop

Benefits & Perks

• Premium Compensation: High-tier starting pay up to $35.00/hr with reliable, steady first-shift hours.
• Investment in Your Growth: Company-paid tuition assistance for CAD/CAM, advanced programming, or advanced machining technology courses.
• Strong Benefits Package: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays, and generous PTO.
• Excellent Culture: Work in a tight-knit, friendly shop floor environment where individual contribution is valued.

Position Overview

We are urgently hiring a skilled CNC Mill Setup Operator to join a stable, modern manufacturing facility in Schiller Park, IL. This role operates state-of-the-art 3-axis, 4-axis rotary, and 5-axis trunnion vertical machining centers. This position offers complete ownership over machine setups, program optimization, and technical troubleshooting in a collaborative environment that prioritizes precision quality over raw volume.

Key Responsibilities

• Advanced Setup & Operation: Independently execute complex setups and efficient job changeovers on 3-, 4-, and 5-axis vertical CNC milling centers utilizing Fanuc and Okuma OSP controls.
• Program Editing: Read, interpret, and confidently optimize CNC programs at the machine by adjusting work-shifts, tool numbers, offsets, and G/M code on the fly.
• Precision Inspection: Interpret complex engineering drawings, blueprints, and GD&T specifications; perform first-part and in-process quality inspections using micrometers, calipers, and indicators.
• Workflow Management: Efficiently manage a dynamic, high-mix workload, including operating dual machines simultaneously when cycle times safely permit.
• Material Optimization: Select proper feeds, speeds, and tooling configurations to machine tool steels and other challenging, high-tolerance materials.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience: 3 to 5+ years of dedicated CNC mill setup and operation experience, preferably within a high-mix job shop environment.
• Control Proficiency: Strong expertise working with Fanuc-based controls and editing G/M code directly at the machine.
• Machining Range: Proven capability machining precision parts and components ranging from 0.5 to 22 inches in diameter.
• Material Expertise: Hands-on experience machining tool steels and other challenging, hard materials.

Preferred Qualifications (Bonus Points)

• Technical experience setting up or running Okuma OSP controls.
• Basic familiarity or exposure to CAD/CAM software (Mastercam, Fusion 360) or SolidWorks.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Franklin Park, IL.

The pay range for this position is $24.00 - $32.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending