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Machine Operator
Job Description
Build your CNC experience with an established manufacturer offering compressed schedules, hands-on training, and long-term opportunities for professional growth.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS ROLE
- Compressed Workweek: Work three or four scheduled days each week while maintaining full-time hours.
- Skill Development: Receive hands-on training in print reading, quality inspection, troubleshooting, and basic machine adjustments.
- Modern Equipment: Work with automated CNC machinery, cobots, robotic arms, calipers, gauges, and other precision measuring tools.
- Supportive Team: Learn from experienced employees who encourage questions, communication, and continued development.
- Long-Term Potential: Join a company that values dependable employees and provides opportunities to expand your manufacturing skills.
LOCATION
Tualatin, Oregon
SALARY
$19 to $25 per hour, depending on CNC experience, demonstrated skill level, and assigned shift.
SCHEDULE
Full-time, long-term opportunity. Candidates must be available for one of the following compressed schedules:
- Thursday through Sunday, 5:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Friday through Sunday, 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Load raw materials and parts into CNC machines.
- Start, stop, and monitor equipment to ensure it runs properly and efficiently.
- Keep automated equipment and robotic loading systems supplied with material.
- Inspect completed parts for quality and accuracy.
- Use six-inch calipers, gauges, and other measuring tools to confirm parts meet specifications.
- Read and follow company prints, work instructions, and production requirements.
- Identify quality or equipment concerns and report them to the appropriate team member.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safety-focused work area.
- Learn additional troubleshooting and basic programming adjustments as skills develop.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- Minimum two years of previous CNC machine operating experience, particularly for the compressed weekend schedules.
- Experience loading raw materials, starting and stopping CNC equipment, and monitoring machines during production.
- Ability to use calipers to measure finished parts and verify accuracy.
- Strong mechanical aptitude, observation skills, and safety awareness.
- Dependable, coachable, communicative, and willing to ask questions when something doesn’t look right.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
This position is performed in an active manufacturing and CNC machine-shop environment with moving equipment, machinery noise, oil, and automated systems. Employees must be able to lift approximately 40 pounds, use proper lifting techniques, and request assistance when needed. Long pants and secure, closed-toe footwear are required. Oil-resistant footwear is strongly recommended.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION STATEMENT
Northwest Staffing Resources is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
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Meet Your Recruiter
Recruiter
Debbie Kemper is a Recruiter with NW Staffing Resources based in the Sacramento office. She specialize in matching talented candidates with employers across industries including Administrative, Light Industrial, Manufacturing, Customer Service, Human Resources, Legal and Dental Support.
Her recruiting approach focuses on communication, responsiveness, and consistency. By taking time to understand both employer needs and candidate goals, he/she helps create long-term successful matches rather than simply filling positions.
As part of NW Staffing Resources, founded in Portland in 1985, she supports temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire placements throughout the Pacific Northwest. NW Staffing has earned ClearlyRated Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards annually since 2017 and has been recognized as one of Oregon's Top 100 Companies to Work For.
Whether assisting a candidate with a career change or helping a client solve a hiring challenge, she is committed to delivering a positive staffing experience built on trust, professionalism, and results.
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