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Job Description
Company Overview
Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the worlds transition to clean energy with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve peoples quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoridesaltcooled hightemperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety affordable costs and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.
Job Summary
Kairos Power is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Machinist with experience setting up programming and operating a variety of multiaxis machine tools including lathes milling machines boring machines and grinders to produce precision parts and components from both metallic and nonmetallic materials. Responsibilities include interpreting blueprints and technical drawings selecting appropriate tooling and materials and ensuring all work meets tight tolerances and quality standards. The Machinist creates and edits NC programs for CNC machines performs inprocess inspections and adjusts setups as needed to maintain accuracy and efficiency.
Responsibilities
Job Planning
- Reads blueprint or job order for product specifications such as dimensions and tolerances and tooling instructions such as fixtures feed rates cutting speeds depth of cut and determines sequence of operations.
- Establishes work coordinate systems and tooling offsets.
- Creates work holding methods and plans for all machine operations.
Machine Setup and Operation
- Positions and secures workpiece in holding device machine table chuck centers or fixtures.
- Sets up and operates machines and equipment other than machine tools.
- Observes operation of machine and verifies conformance of machined workpiece to specifications.
Programming
- Creates and edits NC programs using industry software such as MasterCam.
Production Control
- Maintains compliance with internal quality standards and proficiently utilizes job scheduling software to track production and shop floor operations.
Documentation
- Completes and maintains accurate job travelers and first article inspection reports to ensure documentation compliance and traceability throughout the manufacturing process.
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED required along with five years of relevant machining experience (including mill lathe 3axis 5axis and livetooling); or an equivalent combination of education training and handson experience
- Knowledge of CAMCAD software and GCode; Experience in Solidworks is a plus
- Ability to create and edit machining programs CAM software (Mastercam preferred)
- Understanding of basic and advanced GD&T such as: tolerancing flatness parallelism thread tolerances profile tolerances perpendicularity
- Ability to work with shop mathematical concepts to practical situations
- Ability to maintain and use precision measuring tools such as: Vernier Calipers Micrometers Height gages Gauge Pins Gauge Blocks Thread Gauges etc.
- Knowledge and understanding of CNC cutting tool selections. cutting tool surface footage and chip load feed rates
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals
- Ability to utilize computers and companyspecific software including timekeeping tools training platforms and work order systems to perform daily responsibilities effectively
- Ability to work with highly collaborative team
- Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently
- Prioritizes and ensures safety of oneself and others
- Ability to proactively collect manage and transfer knowledge
- Ability to seek different and novel ways to create efficiencies when working on problems challenges and issues
Physical Demands
- Remaining in a stationary position often standing or sitting for prolonged periods
- Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another
- Adjusting moving transporting installing positioning or removing objects up to 25 pounds in all directions
- Communicating with others to exchange information
- Operating motor vehicles heavy equipment or machinery
- Use hand tools
- Repetitive assembly operations of manufacturing test fixtures and test setups in collaboration with engineering and manufacturing teams
Environmental Conditions
- Noisy environments
- Odors or fumes from chemicals or chemical reactions
- Accessing the accuracy neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned
- Highconcentration demanding and fastpaced
Safety and PPE
- Reading and interpreting hazardous warning signs
- Manipulating cleaning and disposal of hazardous materials
- Reporting issues with equipment or unsafe conditions
- Color identification: detecting distinguishing recognizing and identifying colors
- Wearing proper PPE to include face mask face shields gloves safety shoes
Certification
- Capable of obtaining forklift and boom lift certification
Additional Requirements
- Occasionally requires overtime
- Occasionally requires working weekends
- Occasionally requires schedule flexibility
- Occasionally requires nonstandard workweek hours
- Occasionally requires working 2nd shift beginning at 4:30pm local time
- Occasionally requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines
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About our Benefits
We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here fulltime employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:
- Competitive compensation packages
- Medical dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
- Paid Vacation
- 401(k) and pretax health insurance dependent care and commuter benefits (FSA)
Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we do business. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences abilities and perspectives.
Kairos Power participates in EVerify.
Candidates only no recruiters or agencies please.
Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energys general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply.
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