Job title:  Machinist

ANDRITZ is a globally leading supplier of plants, equipment, and services for hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, the metalworking and steel industries, and for solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors as well as for animal feed and biomass pelleting. Other important business segments include automation and service business. The publicly listed technology Group is headquartered in Graz, Austria, and has a staff of approximately 29,000 employees. ANDRITZ operates more than 280 sites in over 40 countries.

Job Profile

Machinist

Working location: Torrington, CT, USA

General Description

The Machinist must perform skilled level work in the fabrication, assembly, maintenance, and repair of a variety of metal parts and tools. Machinists must employ a high degree of accuracy and precision in performing work according to instructions and specifications. Assignments are received in the form of oral instructions, penciled layouts, blueprints, sketches, and by reference to worn or broken parts. Work methods and procedures are determined by the employee, but the work is subject to inspection during process and upon completion for quality and conformity with requirements.

JOB RESPONSABILITIES AND TASKS

• Knowledge of:

• Job related materials.
• The tools, materials, methods, and standard practices of the machinist’s trade.
• The hazards and safety precautions of the machinist’s trade.

• Ability to:

• Visualize parts or equipment that need to be made from rough sketches and   oral instructions.
• Use graphic instructions such as blueprints, sketches, models, or other visual aids.
• Remain in a standing position for extended periods of time.
• Operate overhead cranes, forklifts, and other lifting devices.
• Set up and operate a variety of manual machining equipment including lathes, mills, grinders and drill presses.
• Perform in process and final inspection of parts.
• Understand and effectively carry out oral and written instructions in the English language.
• Learn job-related material primarily through oral instruction and observation. This learning takes place mainly in an on-the-job training setting.
• Work cooperatively with other employees.
• Work safely without presenting a direct threat to self or others.
• Make fine, highly controlled muscular movements to adjust the position of a control mechanism (Examples: operating dials or pedals).
• Controlled manipulations of small objects (Example: working with drills and micrometers).
• Coordinate the movement of more than one limb simultaneously (Example: operating the milling table vertically and horizontally).  
• Bend or stoop, push or pull repeatedly or continually over time.
• Lift up to 50 pounds

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Experience: 1 year of experience as a skilled machinist and completion of a recognized machinist apprenticeship program, or three years of experience as a skilled machinist. Other combinations of experience and education that meet requirements may be substituted.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability