Job Description Summary

Looking for skilled manual machinists with Tool Maker / Tool & Die / Fixture build experience.

Join an exciting team designing, building, and repairing jigs and fixtures as well as providing shop support in many different ways. Work on CNC, manual mills, lathes, jig bore, surface and rotary grinders, saws, drill press, ProtoTRAK mills, CNC Haas Mills, CNC Lathes, Wire and Sinker EDM’s, and heat treat ovens. Weld and fabrication as well as CAD/CAM experience a plus!

Job Description

• Interpret drawings, sketches, models, specifications, work sheets, and related documents.
• Make standard and special jigs, fixtures, gages, tools, assemblies, etc.
• Set up, program, and operate a variety of NC and Conventional machines such as engine and precision lathes, milling machines, drills, grinders, saws, jig borer, etc.
• Application of standard tool room facilities such as layout tables, comparators, microscopes, measuring devices, etc.

Qualifications: Extensive experience in four or more of the following categories of machines or processes: Lathes, mills, operator controlled precision grinding, drills, heat treat or cutter grind with the ability to hold close tolerances ( or - .0002).

Recruitment Testing process :

First is an online computer assessment from Tooling U that typically takes 2 ½ hours to complete.  This would be done onsite at the GE in Greenville, SC.  This would need to be scheduled sometime between 7am-6pm.

If you pass the online assessment, then there is a 40 hour practical test.  For this test, we provide you with two drawings, two pieces of material, a test toolbox with appropriate tools as well as access to manual equipment to produce the two parts (lathe/mill/grinder/etc.).  You have 40 hours to produce the two pieces. 

• We are fairly flexible on hours, you can schedule any time between 7am – 11pm to work 8 hours per day.  We would bring you in as a contract worker and pay you for your time in the shop.  Once you complete the parts, we measure them on the CMM and do additional manual measurements. 

If you pass the practical you will be in the final stage, pending additional interviews before an offer could potentially be presented to you.

We understand that the online and practical assessments are involved and take time, but wanted to make you aware of the process at the application stage.

Pay Rate: The pay for this position is $33.771 - 34.916. This position is also eligible for [shift premium when you work on an off shift i.e. 2nd or 3rd shift. Plus $1.00 USD an hour on top of base pay. This posting is expected to close on March 18th, 2024.

Competitive benefits package to include:

Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. 

General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

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