CNC Setup Technician

About Generant:

Generant was founded in the early 1930’s, is headquartered in Butler, NJ. We design and manufacture valves and pressure regulators for a wide variety of industries with a strong position in the Industrial Gases and Cryogenics, Medical Gases and Equipment, Energy, and Chemicals markets.

Generant is 100% employee owned. We look for dedicated and talented people who accept the responsibilities of thinking like owners and embrace our mission as stated in our Quality Policy:

Our ideal candidates:

• Are people who are personally motivated to produce high-quality work
• Are lifelong learners – driven to continually improve
• Are well organized
• Enjoy working in a team environment

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Job Summary:

The primary functions of the CNC Machinist Set-Up Technician are to set-up CNC machines with jobs for production in a productive, high quality, and safe manner. Setting up the CNC machines to obtain an acceptable first piece inspection is the focus of their job.

Essential Functions for CNC Machinist Set-Up Technician

• Create and edit CNC Machine programs
• Functional understanding on how to read engineering drawings
• Lays out all Tooling and Gages at CNC Machine to be setup
• Returns (upload) previous job program from CNC Machine and get (download) new job program to CNC Machine
• Installs all tooling into the CNC machine turret tool positions
• Touches off tools and update program with proper tool positions
• Troubleshoots CNC machine problems as needed
• Provides assistance and guidance to CNC Operators
• Inspect parts using the visual comparator, caliper, eye loop, appropriate gages, and instruments ensuring machine is producing accurate, quality parts
• Perform visual inspection of parts for burrs, chatters, chamfer irregularities, hexes, surface finish, etc. always confirming with engineering print and first part inspection sample
• Follows all company safety and environmental policies and procedures
• Change tools, make machine adjustments and offsets as necessary
• Communicates problems; makes suggestions for solutions
• Perform the job with minimal supervision
• Employee will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned