CNC Machinist - Rotating Equipment

Overview & Responsibilities

CNC Machinist

KEZAD Free Zone, Abu Dhabi

Job Responsibilities

Machining & Technical Operations

• Comprehensive Machining: Perform all required layout, complex setups, manual machining, and CNC machining on both ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
• Equipment Mastery: Adeptly operate vertical and horizontal lathes, milling machines, turrets, and grinders.
• Advanced CNC Operation: Operate CNC mills and lathes by entering instructions (including zero and reference points), setting tool registers, offsets, compensation, and conditional switches.
• Setup Excellence: Install and adjust three- and four-jaw chucks, tools, attachments, collets, bushings, cams, gears, stops, and stock pushers; perform indicating vices and tramming heads.
• Tooling Management: Recognize, deploy, and properly use inserts, fixtures, and tooling. Sharpen and replace worn tools as required.
• Production Tasks: Execute drilling, grooving, cutting, turning, facing, knurling, and thread chasing operations.

Planning, Assembly & Quality Control

• Technical Planning: Plan machining by studying work orders, blueprints, engineering plans, materials, specifications, and orthographic drawings; interpret geometric dimensions and tolerances (GD&T).
• Inspection & Verification: Conduct dimensional inspections, verify settings by measuring positions, and check first-run and sample workpieces against international standards.
• Assembly & Finishing: Perform subassembly, tool setting, deburring of parts, and final assembly of components according to specifications.
• Programming: Prove part programs and calculate requirements using basic math, geometry, and trigonometry.

Leadership, Maintenance & Safety

• Supervision & Training: Plan and oversee work with minimal supervision while directing and training other employees on all workshop processes.
• Preventive Maintenance: Maintain equipment by completing PM requirements, following manufacturer’s instructions, and troubleshooting malfunctions.
• Process Improvement: Evaluate experimental procedures and recommend modifications for increased efficiency and production adaptability.
• Documentation: Maintain continuity between shifts by documenting actions, irregularities, and quality logs.

Qualifications And Skills

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in a mechanical manufacturing or repair environment.
• Technical Expertise: * Proven experience in G-Code programming and execution.
• + Extensive experience in manual machining (highly desired).
• + Ability to read and interpret complex mechanical drawings, reference planes, and locations of surfaces.
• Core Competencies:
• + Proficiency in basic math, geometry, and trigonometry.
• + Ability to lift stock into position and manage feed mechanisms.
• + Commitment to maintaining a personal inventory of basic tooling for routine setups.
• Professionalism: A strong commitment to safety, quality, and professional conduct at all times.
• Leadership: Ability to accept ownership for new requests and explore opportunities to add value to the organization.

Base Location & Work Schedule