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Caterpillar, Inc. Machinist II in Fort Worth, Texas

Career Area:

Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

WE BUILD WHAT MATTERS

The Company

At Caterpillar, you build what matters—whether it’s the career you want, crucial work skills, strong relationships, or new digital technologies. Our work is powered by our people. As a Caterpillar manufacturing professional, every day you’ll make sure our customers get the quality products they need to build our world’s infrastructure and power the world. And you’ll do it in modern, clean, safe environments equipped with the latest technologies. Here you can do the work that matters.

About SPM Oil & Gas

SPM Oil & Gas, a Caterpillar company, provides superior products and service solutions to make our customers more efficient and lower total cost of ownership.   Globally, we deliver engineered oilfield and drilling equipment repair and certification, mechanical and rotating equipment repairs and upgrades, rapid prototyping of spare parts, robust asset management, operation and maintenance and field engineering services. We offer a wide range of career opportunities across a variety of technical and business roles in engineering and service locations worldwide. Join our team and help build engineering solutions that change the industry.

What will Caterpillar do for you?

When you join Caterpillar SPM Oil and Gas, you are joining a team of makers, innovators and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.

The Role

The Machinist II role is responsible for setting up and operating conventional, special purpose, numerical control machines and machining centers to fabricate metallic and nonmetallic parts. Machinist II is a skilled, experienced technician with the ability to perform most tasks independently, while seeking guidance or training for more critical tasks. Work is under moderate supervision.

Pay Starts at $23.70/HR. Pay Can Be Adjusted with Experience.

First and Second Shift Available:

First Shift: 5:00 AM – 3:30 PM Mon-Thurs

Second Shift: 3:30 PM – 2:00 AM Mon-Thurs

Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

  • At SPM Oil & Gas, our primary objective is to provide our customers with excellent engineering solutions through our products and superior customer service

  • Effectively demonstrate the core values of SPM Oil & Gas at all times

  • Follow all written policies and procedures safely without deviation or refer to upper management for guidance

  • Exhibit, advocate, and exemplary safety culture at all times

  • Exhibit a high degree of integrity at all times

  • Demonstrate consistency, accountability, reliability and solid work ethic

  • Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work pieces

  • Demonstrate the ability to follow the sequence of operations and setup requirements

  • Measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points onmaterial or work pieces as a guide for subsequent machining

  • Selects, aligns and secures holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines such as mills, lathes and grinders

  • Calculates and sets controls to regulate machining factors such as speed, feed, coolant flow, depth and angle of cut

  • Enters commands to retrieve, input, or edit computerized machine control media

  • Starts and observes machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining, adjusting machine controls or control media as required

  • Verifies compliance of finished workpiece to specifications

  • Sets up and operates machine on trial run to verify accuracy of machine settings or programmed control data

  • Fits and assembles parts into complete assembly

  • Verifies dimensions and alignment of assembly

  • Ability to identify worn tooling, installing replacement inserts, grind wheels and carbide cutters on equipment and maintains daily PM as required

  • Collaborates with engineers, production personnel, programmers or others to resolve machining or assembly problems

  • Experience with CNC controls: Fanuc, Mazatrol and Okuma OSP desired

  • Ability to help identify and troubleshoot alignment issues

  • Ability to identify quality-related issues

  • Full comprehension of G and M Code

  • Demonstrates versatility across multiple machine types

  • Performs other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications:

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED) with two to three years’ related experience and/or training as a Machinist

  • Must have basic knowledge of Critical Safety Devices and their purpose.

  • Must understand all Permit Systems.

  • Demonstrate the ability to accurately complete all work-related documents.

  • Understand basic operating principles for all plant machinery

  • Fluency in English (read, write, comprehend)

  • Ability to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions and deal with problems

  • Must have mechanical aptitude

  • Observe safety and security procedures

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.

The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus Must be able to wear steel-toed shoes, safety glasses and any other required proper protective equipment.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected applicant.

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O.

As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers. #LI

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.

Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.

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