Punch Press Operator - Military Veterans
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Job Summary:
We are seeking a skilled CNC Punch Press Operator to join our team. As a CNC Punch Press Operator, you will be responsible for setting up and operating the CNC Punch Press to produce high-quality sheet metal parts. Your expertise in machine setup, program retrieval, and tooling setup will be crucial in ensuring efficient production. The ideal candidate will have experience in a sheet metal job shop or contract manufacturer and possess strong decision-making skills. If you are looking for an opportunity to showcase your expertise in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply.
Job Specifications:
- Job Type: Full-time 1st and 3rd shift available
- Location: Newport News, VA
- Pay: $18-23/ hr
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Set up and operate the CNC Punch Press to produce sheet metal parts
- Perform machine setup, including program retrieval and tooling setup
- Start up and shut down the machine as required
- Work efficiently to produce the maximum number of parts in minimum time
- Perform multiple setups per shift for short runs and longer production runs
- Utilize knowledge of turret punch press tooling to change and maintain tools
- Check accuracy of work using blueprints and precision measuring tools
- Experience with material loading automation
- Edit G code as necessary
- Work from blueprints, rough sketches, and customer samples for prototype production
- Demonstrate good decision-making skills
- Perform physical tasks such as standing, walking, sitting, bending, twisting, squatting, reaching, and performing repetitive hand and finger movements
- Work in cold or hot temperatures in the plant
- Maintain excellent attendance
Qualifications & Skills:
- Previous experience as a CNC Punch Press Operator in a sheet metal job shop or contract manufacturer is required
- Proficiency in setting up and operating CNC Punch Press machines
- Ability to perform machine setup, program retrieval, and tooling setup
- Familiarity with turret punch press tooling and its maintenance
- Strong ability to check the accuracy of work using blueprints and precision measuring tools
- Experience with material loading automation
- Ability to work from blueprints, rough sketches, and customer samples
- Excellent decision-making skills
- Physical stamina to perform the required tasks
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Forklift or pallet jack experience is a plus
As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.
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Kelly applies targeted recruiting initiatives to the Veterans population (in all stages of transition) by aligning customer defined requirements with military skills and experience. The transition from military to civilian life can be stressful and complex for veterans, and our staff is trained to assist in this transition. Unlike our competition, Kelly places these resources without geographic or industry constraints, offering our customers and our employees greater flexibility. Kelly has a wide variety of local opportunities, for Veterans and their spouses, within our workforce solutions as well as national recruiting programs on behalf of our customers. Kelly’s leading placement opportunities for Veterans are within Information Technology, Engineering, Science, Light Industrial and Call Center.
Our specially trained Veteran recruiters are armed with a number of tools to help Veterans obtain roles that match their potential including skill translation tools, leading Veteran- centric job boards and Veteran/spouse social media networks, among others.
Through Kelly’s vast branch network, we are closely located to the majority of major military installations across the United States. Kelly recruiters participate in onsite and virtual military career fairs as well as advertise through local and national Veteran job boards. In recent years, over 150 Kelly branches have worked directly with their local military installations to recruit spouses and transitioning personnel. These teams not only engages with transitioning talent from local bases, but also have a strong focus on Veterans in areas where the military has identified high Veteran unemployment. This approach ensures that military talent is engaged and shared across the centralized military recruiting team and documented in a centralized database, so that other Kelly locations can benefit from hiring or relocating this valuable pool of talent.
Our focus on military recruiting is a win on multiple levels. Kelly gains top talent with the skills needed to excel; our clients receive the benefit of that talent to help them compete in an ever challenging business landscape; and Veterans receive gainful employment in line with their skills and abilities to ease the transition to the next phase of their lives.
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