Benchmark provides comprehensive solutions across the entire product lifecycle, leading through its innovative technology and engineering design services, leveraging its optimized global supply chain, and delivering world-class manufacturing services. The industries we serve include commercial aerospace, defense, advanced computing, next generation telecommunications, complex industrials, medical, and semiconductor capital equipment.

Summary:
Perform diversified general maintenance activities, at various levels of complexity, referring to blueprints and drawings for the machinery plan and perform the machining operations.

Help us succeed by doing your part as a member of our manufacturing team as a CNC Lathe or Mill Machinist. We offer a unique environment that fosters individual growth and honors performance. The work environment is both challenging & rewarding. You'll be surrounded by people who are passionate about what they do & take pride in their work.

CNC Machines may include, but not limited to DMG Mori 5-Axis Mill-Turn with Celos controls. OKK & Niigata mills with Fanuc controls & HAAS Mills. Doosan VTL & Mori Seiki horizontal lathes with Fanuc controls.

Responsibilities:
* Set up and operate lathes, millers, shapers, grinders, planers and power drills
* Work from blueprints, sketches and verbal instructions
* Perform highly diversified machining operations, such as boring, turning, facing, reaming, grinding, milling and tapering
* Perform work on machined parts, forgings and castings, which are of varying degrees of complexity in mature and critically dimensioned
* Determine and maintain the proper operational sequences at all times, make all necessary mathematical calculations to complete the job
* Determine the appropriate feeds and speeds for all operations
* Check own work; Usually work to tolerance of +/- .00005
* Read and interpret complex blueprints and manufacture parts from a layout drawing without use of sketches or verbal instructions, making all necessary mathematical calculations to complete the job according to the drawing
* Bench work, including any necessary operations such as filing, de-burring, grinding, lapping, indexing, scraping and fitting, in order to complete mechanical assemblies from crude sketches, verbal instructions or work samples
* Check own work by making set-ups and interpret gauges, electro-limit gauges and size blocks
* Occasionally make decisions as to fits and tolerances
* Perform all the essential functions and competencies listed above
* Set-up, operate, alter, repair and plan own work
* Perform complex checking and interpret results of own work by setting up and operating instruments such as air gauges, electro-limit gauges and size blocks
* Usually work to tolerances of +/- .001 +/- .0005
* 6+ years of experience in complex machining operations; May include CNC programming
* All employees are responsible for the Quality of their work to ensure BEI meets or exceeds Customer Satisfaction.

Education:

2-year technical degree (or apprenticeship certificate) preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience as approved by executive management

Geographical Location: Arizona: Tempe

Physical Location: Tempe, AZ - Southern Ave

Shift: Shift 2

Work Schedule: M-F 1:00pm - 9:30pm

Full Time

This job position may include access to controlled information or technology covered under applicable U.S. export control laws. As such, employment for this job position may be contingent on either verification that an applicant falls under the definition of a "U.S. Person" (which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, and those granted U.S. asylum or refugee status) or on the Company timely obtaining any necessary export license required under federal laws. The Company evaluates such export license situations on a case-by-case basis and may decline to proceed with a job applicant in its sole discretion since export license applications can take many weeks to be processed.

Benchmark is an equal opportunity employer. We are bringing together a diverse workforce with unique talents, life experiences, cultures, and perspectives to promote an innovative, collaborative, and creative place to work. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us atcareers@bench.com.