The Rose Corporation in Reading has an immediate opening for a manual machinist.

A manual machinist performs efficient setup, operation, and monitoring of a variety of manual machines including horizontal and vertical boring mills.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• • Safe set up, operation, and monitoring of the assigned machine.
  • Chooses fixtures, as appropriate to efficiently process the work order.
  • Uses hand tools including tape measure, combination square, piers, wrench in order to set up jobs on the machine.
  • Safely operates jib and pendulum cranes to load and unload projects from the work area.
  • Maintains a clean, neat, and organized working area.
  • Participates in the training of other machinists coming into the organization.
  • Communicates and conducts oneself in a professional manner that is conducive to a healthy and productive business environment.
  • Participates in regular team meetings.
  • Contributes to continuous improvement programs by providing input, as able, to various quality, equipment, training, and operations issues within The Rose Corporation.
  • Participates in 6-S activities; especially in the immediate work area.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• • High School Diploma or GED;
  • Trade school or relevant experience;
  • Experience operating CNC machines.

SKILLS, ABILITIES, KNOWLEDGE:

• • Proficient in reading blueprints.
  • Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos in English.
  • Ability to write simple correspondence in English.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
  • Ability to deal with problems involving logically given various circumstances.