Cnc Programming Manager Jobs in Indiana (NOW HIRING)

Who We Are:

Lippert is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to shaping, growing and bettering the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle and building products industries.  We combine our strategic manufacturing capabilities with the power of our winning team culture to deliver unrivaled customer service, award-winning innovation and premium products to all our customers.

Why We are Different:

At Lippert, Everyone Matters. This is not just a tagline or empty promise; it is who we are.  We have intentionally created a culture that values and celebrates our team members’ unique and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.  We strive to give our team members a deeper sense of purpose at work, and we continue to build a better work environment by aligning our cultural and business strategies with the needs of our team members.

What You will Get:

1. A unique, inclusive, and supportive company culture.
2. Comprehensive benefit offerings including medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match, vacation, and more!
3. Fair and competitive compensation.
4. Career development and mentoring and opportunities to grow.
5. Holiday, personal and vacation days.

Summary/Objective:

The CNC Programmer will write CNC programs parts and assist other machinists with creating and modifying CNC programs.  The CNC Programmer will also utilize CAD/CAM to download 3D models to CNC machines.  He/she will also be responsible for molding tooling design and fabrication using 3D modeling software. The position runs production lots, communicates with co-workers regarding production runs, and maintains a safe, organized, and clean work environment and adheres to our Quality Standards.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Ensure production schedule completion and facilitate quality paperwork.
2. Understand 2D and 3D drawings and create CNC programs complex new parts as needed.
3. Assists in creation and maintaining of setup/instruction sheets for all programs.
4. Develop and assist with the design of fixtures.
5. Review CNC programs, inserts and tooling to minimize machining cycle times and reduce tooling costs.
6. Assist with part quoting estimates.
7. Manage all insert and tooling inventory. Recommend and specify insert tooling.
8. Complete special assignments as requested.
9. Properly and safely loads and unloads castings and raw materials in CNC machinery.
10. Uses gages and measuring instruments to meet tolerance requirements.
11. Ability to setup, program, operate and troubleshoot CNC lathes and mills without assistance. Must be self-sufficient.
12. Ability to reduce setup time and machining through process improvements.
13. Must be proficient with plant specific controls (FANUC, Haas, Okuma, Nakamura-Tome, Robodrill).
14. Understands, interprets, and edits plant specific code programming.
15. Recognizes, deploys, and properly uses inserts, fixtures, and tooling.
16. Understands and has the ability to perform tool wear offsets.
17. Assists in daily and regular cleaning and light maintenance tasks on CNC machinery.
18. Assists in the organization and maintenance of the machine shop work environment.
19. Is flexible with time and schedule to assure availability to customer or company as circumstances warrant.

Other Key Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

1. Follow all company rules, quality standards and safety policies (OSHA).
2. Follow all safety rules.
3. Performs all tasks in a safe and responsible manner.
4. Reads and interprets blueprints.
5. Provides constant feedback and input into process improvement within the department.
6. Utilizes and abides by ISO requirements and safety procedures.
7. Complies with all quality policies, specifications, regulations, and instructions.
8. Communicates thoughts and ideas, both verbally and in writing, to co-workers and management.
9. Attends scheduled meetings and actively participates by providing meaningful input.
10. Communicates honestly, professionally, and respectfully with others and demonstrates effective listening skills.

Working Conditions:

• Primarily working indoors, office environment.
• May sit for several hours at a time.
• Prolonged exposure to computer screens.
• Repetitive use of hands to operate computers, printers, and copiers.

Qualifications:

1. High school diploma or graduation from a certified technical school
2. Minimum of 2-4 years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Competencies:

1. Mathematical skills
2. Mechanical capacity
3. Technical capacity
4. Time management
5. Minimum of 10 years in a professional machine shop workplace
6. Working knowledge of Mazatrol, HAAS and G-Code programming
7. Working knowledge of MasterCAM or similar CAD/CAM software
8. Knowledgeable with designing in Solidworks
9. Demonstrated ability to interpret technical drawings
10. Experience using calipers, micrometers, bore gages and other machine shop measuring instruments
11. Familiar with computers and computer technology
12. Creative, thinks outside of the box
13. Strong technical aptitude: has the ability to visualize fabrication steps and think through a complete manufacturing process
14. Must be able to communicate effectively with other team members to explain ideas and concepts
15. Organized, able to maintain clean and orderly work area
16. Drives at root cause to solve problems
17. Team player
18. Must read, write and speak English

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position has no supervisory responsibility.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to talk and hear. The team member is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The position requires frequent lifting, pushing and pulling objects that are 25 pounds. The team member may frequently be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to talk and hear. The team member is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The position requires frequent lifting, pushing and pulling objects that are 25 pounds. The team member may frequently be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time hourly position, and hours of work and days are decided by production schedules and your reporting manager.

Travel:

No travel is expected for this position.

Preferred Education and Experience:

None

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:
None

Work Authorization/Security Clearance:

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the Team Member for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Lippert provides equal employment opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, citizen status, protected veteran status, military service, marital status or any other legally protected category as established by federal, state, or local law.  This policy governs all employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, transfer, leave-of-absence, access to benefits, layoff, recall, termination and other personnel matters.  All employment and personnel-related decisions are based solely upon legitimate, job-related factors, such as skill, ability, past performance, and length of service with Lippert.

Lippert’s strong commitment to equal employment opportunity requires a commitment by each individual team member.  Compliance with the letter and spirit of this policy is required of all team members.  Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to your leader or to any member of leadership.  Team members who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

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