About the position
Boeing Commercial Airlines is seeking a Maintenance Machinist to join our team in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. This role is crucial for the maintenance process of all plant equipment, where the Maintenance Machinist will operate as a general journeyman machinist. The position involves working with various machinery including lathes, mills, grinders, and drill presses. The successful candidate will be responsible for evaluating and planning complete machine processes to facilitate the manufacturing and repair of all machined parts. In this role, the Maintenance Machinist will support the equipment maintenance team by evaluating, planning, and designing machine parts. A strong understanding of mathematics, including practical math, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry, is essential for this position. The machinist will also engage in reverse engineering of replacement equipment parts, ensuring that all tasks are completed with precision and accuracy. The ability to read and understand blueprints, engineering illustrations, work instructions, and machine drawings is critical. The machinist will utilize measuring equipment to maintain tolerances as tight as (.0002) two ten-thousandths on machined and ground parts. Additionally, the role requires operating overhead cranes and performing rigging to safely move parts into position for machining or installation. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed locations, and this position is expected to be 100% onsite. This position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. The role is governed by the International Association of Machinist (IAM-751) Collective Bargaining agreement, and candidates must be prepared to work any shift as needed.
Responsibilities
- Support the equipment maintenance team with evaluating, planning, and designing machine parts.
- Use mathematics including practical math, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
- Reverse engineer replacement equipment parts.
- Operate lathes, mills, grinders, and drill presses.
- Read and understand blueprints and engineering illustrations.
- Read micrometers and set up sine plates for machining jobs.
- Plan jobs from scratch and understand various machining materials.
- Use online computer systems (e.g., Inventor, Mastercam) to obtain engineering drawings and specifications.
- Layout/check work to calculate dimensions as required.
- Maintain tolerances on machined and ground parts to ensure accuracy.
- Operate overhead cranes and perform rigging to move parts safely into position for machining or installation.
Requirements
- 1+ years' experience with Metallurgy.
- 3+ years' experience with teardowns, reverse engineering, or reuse methodologies.
- 3+ years' experience operating manual mills and manual lathe machines.
- 3+ years' experience with machine shop processes, geometric dimensioning & tolerances, and machining capabilities of different types of materials.
- 3+ years' experience in machine parts fabrication.
- 3+ years' experience with metals fabrication and machining.
- Ability to work any shift.
Nice-to-haves
- 5+ years' experience with manual machining.
- Experience grinding within +/- .0002 (two ten-thousandths).
- Trak Conversational Programming.
- Ability to program mills and lathes using Mastercam.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings accounts
- Retirement savings plans
- Life and disability insurance programs
- Paid and unpaid time away from work
