Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com.

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ummary: Operates conventional, special purpose, and numerical control (NC) machines and machining centers to fabricate metallic and nonmetallic parts by performing the following duties.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, and specifications to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work piece.
• Selects, aligns, and secures materials on machines such as mills, lathes, and grinders.
• Starts and observes machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining, and adjusts machine or machine’s program as required.
• Sets up and operates machine on trial run to verify accuracy of machine settings on existing jobs or programmed data.
• Confirms controls to regulate machining factors such as speed, feed, coolant flow, and depth and angle of cut, or enters commands to retrieve, input, or edit computerized machine control media.
• Verifies conformance of finished work piece to specifications.
• Verifies dimensions and alignment of assembly through the use of calipers, micrometers, depth micrometers, and indicators to verify dimensions to print.
• Confers with machinists, engineers, production personnel, programmers, and Material Preparation and Finishing Department or others to resolve machining or assembly problems.
• Updates inventory systems for usage and scrap, and prepares Material Tags for non-conforming parts.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

High school diploma, or GED, required.

Machine Operator experience in a manufacturing environment

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Strategic and creative thinking to analyze issues that may arise and create solutions.
• Ability to respond positively to feedback and implement change in process and procedures as needed.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment. 
• High level interpersonal skills to work effectively with others to meet production demands
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to roll up one's sleeves to get the job done
• Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams in a matrix organization
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Physical Demands:

• Employee is regularly required to stand for 4 hours at a time, with minimal breaks.
• Employee is regularly required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds.
• Employee is regularly required to operate machinery, including but not limited to fork lifts
• Employee is regularly required to wear safety glasses
• Employee is required to be on site during scheduled shift to perform daily duties and responsibilities.
• Requires daily face-to-face interaction with employees on production line.

Work Environment

• The employee will normally work in a temperature-controlled production environment, with some exposure to loud noise.

Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles…people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.