Primary Duties and Responsibilities include the following: * Studies sample parts, blueprints, drawings, and engineering information to determine methods and sequence of operations to fabricate product * Operates metalworking machine tools, such as lathe, milling machine, drill, or grinder to machine parts to specifications * Assembles parts into completed units using jigs, fixtures, hand tools, and power tools * Fabricates, assembles, and modifies tooling, such as jigs, fixtures, templates, and molds or dies to produce parts and assemblies * Verifies dimensions of parts, using precision measuring and marking instruments and knowledge of trigonometry within .0005" * Calculates and sets controls to regulate machining, or enters commands to retrieve, input, or edit computerized machine control media * Selects, aligns, and secures holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials onto machines * Measures, examines, and tests completed units to detect defects and ensure conformance to specifications * Dismantles machines, dies, or equipment, using hand tools and power tools, to examine parts for defect or to remove defective parts * Cleans, lubricates, and maintains machines, tools, and equipment to remove grease, rust, stains, and foreign matter * Confers with engineering, supervisory, and manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information * Designs fixtures, tooling, and experimental parts to meet special engineering needs Qualifications, Knowledge and Abilities: * Knowledge of various machines such as cutting tools, lathes, milling machine, shaper, grinder * Knowledge of powered tools * Ability to read blueprints * Ability to measure, mark and organize metal stock for machining * The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects weighing 50 pounds * The ability to choose quickly and correctly between two or more movements in response to two or more signals (lights, sounds, pictures, etc.). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body parts * The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to one signal (sound, light, picture, etc.) when it appears * The ability to time the adjustments of a movement or equipment control in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a continuously moving object or scene * The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand * The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures * The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with the body, arms, and/or legs The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job.