Cam / Cnc Programmer

Imagine yourself in a CNC career that goes beyond just machining and programming. This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in everything from product design, engineering, to coaching and training of other machinists.
This is a day shift opportunity with a stable, industry leader where you can earn a competitive salary, with excellent benefits, and advancement potential as you learn more of their business.
Rockford Ball Screw Company is seeking experienced CAM Programmers to join their Engineering Team in Rockford, IL. This is high-level role has a wide range of responsibilities from using CAM systems to create programs, vetting of programs and edits, documenting the initial machine set up and providing support to other machinists.
Why join the Rockford Ball Screw Team:

• Competitive pay:
  based on experience plus quarterly bonuses.
• Excellent Benefits starting Day one:
  Health, dental, and vision coverage, 401k after 30 days, 3% contribution to 401k after 1 year of employment!
• Day Shift Schedule:
  Monday through Friday, daytime hours!
• Advancement:
  As Rockford Ball Screw continues to grow, you have the opportunity to advance into other roles within the engineering department or other departments that may fit your interest and skill set.
• Stability:
  Their facility was expanded in 2019 and continued to thrive during the pandemic. Experience incredible stability with an organization that is an industry leader wide range of industries such as;
  Energy, Heavy Lifting, Marine, Medical, Recreation Vehicles, Packaging, Manufacturing, and Aerospace to name a few.

Requirements:

• 2-year technical degree or equivalent combination of education and technical experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of direct CAM programming experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of machine shop experience preferred. Automation experience with robotics is desired.

Please click apply or email your information to:
[email protected]
Responsibilities:

• Leads and administers use of the CAM system to create CNC programs off-line and ensure their alignment with part drawing and setup documentation.
• Validate and refine CAM programs (as well as setup documentation) on the CNC machines as needed to achieve process capability and production release.
• Assist with the process for distributing CNC programs in a controlled manner to ensure only 1 program per part on a given machine and the corresponding setup documentation is available in advance to support quick changeover setup prep.
• Assist with resolving process / production issues including corrective actions to help eliminate / reduce scrap and rework.
• Assists in the analysis of equipment and tooling for improvements in methods, procedures, or design to improve profitability.
• Good working knowledge of many types of cutting tools and how to apply them.
• Help mentor / coach Setup employees on best practices for CNC programs, tooling selection and improving tooling life / minimize tooling costs.
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment, follow safety rules.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

About the company:
Rockford Ball Screw, founded in 1973, is the industry leader in Ball Screws and Linear Guide Rails and continues to serve its customers with a state-of-the-art facility, providing personalized customer service every step of the way. It offers an extensive product family, and one of the largest inventories of ball screw and ACME screw product lines in the industry, including catalogued, non-catalogued, standard, and non-standard offerings. Innovative engineering expertise and state-of-the-art manufacturing processes ensure top performance and reliability in all its products.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.