Job Description
Job Description
CNC Mill Machinist 1st Shift (3, 4 & 5-Axis Setup Operator)
Starting Pay Rate: Up to $35.00 / hour (Based on experience)
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Schiller Park, IL (Clean, ultra-bright precision job shop)
Schedule: 1st Shift | 7:00 AM 3:30 PM | Monday Friday (Enjoy your evenings and weekends free)
Position Overview
A highly organized, stable 50-person precision manufacturing job shop in Schiller Park, IL is urgently hiring a skilled CNC Mill Setup Operator. We operate a modern, clean, and well-lit facility equipped with state-of-the-art 3-axis, 4-axis rotary, and 5-axis trunnion vertical machining centers. This role offers complete ownership over your setups, program optimization, and troubleshooting in a collaborative environment that prioritizes quality over raw volume. Interviews are being conducted immediately.
Benefits & Perks
* Premium Compensation: Competitive hourly starting pay up to $35.00/hr backed by reliable first-shift hours.
* Investment in Your Growth: Company-paid tuition assistance to help you learn CAD/CAM, advanced programming, or advanced machining technology.
* 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 visible, named, and valued.
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. Operate 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.
Requirements & 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 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 (Plus, Not Required)
* Experience setting up or running Okuma OSP controls.
* Basic familiarity or exposure to CAD/CAM software (Mastercam, Fusion 360) or SolidWorks.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Franklin Park, IL. Pay and Benefits
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
Job Description
CNC Mill Machinist 1st Shift (3, 4 & 5-Axis Setup Operator)
Starting Pay Rate: Up to $35.00 / hour (Based on experience)
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Schiller Park, IL (Clean, ultra-bright precision job shop)
Schedule: 1st Shift | 7:00 AM 3:30 PM | Monday Friday (Enjoy your evenings and weekends free)
Position Overview
A highly organized, stable 50-person precision manufacturing job shop in Schiller Park, IL is urgently hiring a skilled CNC Mill Setup Operator. We operate a modern, clean, and well-lit facility equipped with state-of-the-art 3-axis, 4-axis rotary, and 5-axis trunnion vertical machining centers. This role offers complete ownership over your setups, program optimization, and troubleshooting in a collaborative environment that prioritizes quality over raw volume. Interviews are being conducted immediately.
Benefits & Perks
* Premium Compensation: Competitive hourly starting pay up to $35.00/hr backed by reliable first-shift hours.
* Investment in Your Growth: Company-paid tuition assistance to help you learn CAD/CAM, advanced programming, or advanced machining technology.
* 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 visible, named, and valued.
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. Operate 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.
Requirements & 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 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 (Plus, Not Required)
* Experience setting up or running Okuma OSP controls.
* Basic familiarity or exposure to CAD/CAM software (Mastercam, Fusion 360) or SolidWorks.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Franklin Park, IL. Pay and Benefits
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
Cnc Mill Machinist in franklin park at Unknown Company
- Typical pay
- $57,720–$67,600
For context, most machinists earn between $57,720–$67,600 a year according to Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data. What this particular role pays is set by the employer — check the description above.
This position is listed as contract and onsite.