Research Machinist II

Houston, MS - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 15 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Special Instructions to Applicants: All interested applicants should attach a resume in the Supporting Documents section of the application preferably in a PDF format to avoid any formatting issues.

About Rice:

Boasting a 300-acre tree-lined campus in Houston Texas Rice University is ranked among the nations top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has a 6-to-1 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio and a residential college system which supports students intellectually emotionally and culturally through social events intramural sports student plays lectures series courses and student government. Developing close-knit diverse college communities is a strong campus tradition which is why Rice is highly ranked for best quality of life and best value among private universities.

Rice is also a wonderful place to work. Rice faculty staff and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rices culture. They come through in the way we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name RICE Responsibility Integrity Community and Excellence.

Position Summary:

Rice Universitys Research Support Shop better known as the Machine Shop is seeking an experienced Research Machinist to join our team of highly skilled professionals. This Research Machinist will play a critical role in producing advanced precision scientific instruments and components to support cutting-edge research. The Research Machinist will take on additional leadership project management and process optimization responsibilities working closely with researchers engineers and other machinists to drive innovation and efficiency within the shop.

Ideal Candidate Statement:

The ideal candidate is a highly experienced and versatile machinist with proven expertise in complex CNC programming and multi-axis machining advanced precision fabrication techniques and the ability to lead and mentor other machinists. This role demands independent judgment advanced problem-solving skills and initiative to innovate and improve machining processes and workflows. Prior experience managing projects providing technical guidance and interfacing directly with faculty and research teams is essential.

Workplace Requirements:

This position is a full-time on-campus position necessitating all duties to be performed in person at Rice University Campus. PerRice policy 440 work arrangements may be subject to change.

*Exempt (salaried) positions underFLSAare not eligible for overtime.

Minimum Requirements:

Associate Degree
- In lieu of the education requirement additional related experience above and beyond what is required on an equivalent year-for-year basis may be substituted
2 years of industry experience as all-around machinist including setting up and operating manual lathes manual vertical milling machines light sheet metal fabrication. Set up program CNC vertical mill with conversational control and with CAM software (Mastercam).
- In lieu of the experience requirement additional related education above and beyond what is required on an equivalent year-for-year basis may be substituted

Skills:

Good verbal and interpersonal communication skills
Operate lathes and vertical milling machines

Preferences:

10 years of industry experience
Technical or vocational school training preferred
Previous experience in scientific precision instrument fabrication
Experience in R&D machining prototype work

Essential Functions:

Proficient in trade mathematics geometry/trigonometry
Creates customized scientific instruments tools and parts by precision machining
Lathes Bridgeport milling machines saws belt sander and tool grinding
Make sheet metal fabrications using sheet metal shear and sheet metal brake
Works from verbal instructions or self-drawn informal designs.
Checks sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work
Identify multiple surface finishes
Skillfully works a wide variety of materials including brass aluminum copper tool steel stainless steel graphite composites and plastics
Operate assigned machine (Mill Lathe etc.) independently with little to no guidance to include applicable setup
May informally instruct safe shop practices and practical design to non-shop personnel.

Working conditions

Non-smoking air-conditioned shop
40-hour work week Monday through Friday 8:30am-5:00pm

Rice University HR Benefits: Mission and Values:Mission and Values Rice University

Rice University is committed to ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity and welcoming the fullness of diversity into our candidate pools. Rice considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national or ethnic origin genetic information disability or protected veteran status. Rice also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. If an applicant requires a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please contact Rice Universitys Disability Resource Center at or for support.

If you have any additional questions please email us at. Thank you for your interest in employment with Rice University.

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