CNC Machinist/Operator

Company: S&C Electric
Location: Chicago
Posted on: March 2, 2025

Job Description:

As an S&C Electric team member, you'll work on projects that have real-world impact. You'll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. We continue this legacy as a trusted, forward-thinking leader in the electrical industry. You will advance a safer, more reliable, and more resilient electrical grid. Our products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. We're big enough to be a respected industry leader but small enough for you to impact our company directly. Our commitment gives you opportunities to impact on and off the job positively.

Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow's energy challenges and become an employee-owner!

Hours

• 4:30 pm- 1:00 am (Monday- Friday)
• Occasional overtime on Saturdays
  Compensation
  
  At S&C, we are dedicated to providing competitive and equitable compensation for all our team members, with a commitment to transparency in our pay practices. The estimated hourly base pay rate for this position in US - Chicago can be found in the JOB INFO section below This role is also eligible for S&C's annual short-term incentive bonus, subject to eligibility criteria.
  
  Join Our Team as a CNC Machinist!
  
  Are you passionate about CNC machining? S&C Electric Company is seeking a dynamic individual to coordinate our machining function. As a machinist, you'll be crucial in ensuring smooth operations and supporting our diverse team. In this job, you will work in a production environment, continuously tending a machine. After an initial training period, productivity and quality requirements must be met. Duration of set-ups and run times will vary. Tasks require a moderate degree of eye-hand coordination, manual dexterity, and the use of both hands and arms on a repetitive basis for a full range of motion.
  
  Key Responsibilities:
  
  • Deburring of parts using hand tools such as handheld scrapers and sanders and power tools such as pedestal belt sanders and power drill press.
  • Metal finishing equipment such as sand, vapor, and metal sprayers.
  • Inspection of parts using inspection instruments such as scales, tape measures, calipers, and various inspection gages.
  • Handling of various lubricants such as cutting oil, coolant, and grease.
  • Identifying need for and changing dull cutting tools.
  • Enrollment and successful completion of courses offered at S&C Continuous Improvement Institute is required.
    What you'll Need To Succeed:
    
    • Ability to set up and operate metal cutting and finishing machinery.
    • Ability to read blueprints and to follow specific written instructions and procedures.
    • A basic knowledge of measuring equipment such as scales, tape measures, dial calipers and micrometers.
    • A working knowledge of shop math.
      Physical demands:
      
      • Standing: Most task are performed in a standing position with intermittent walking
      • Lifting: Frequent lifting of components ranging from 5 lbs. to 50 lbs.
      • Walking: Frequent walking short distances from job to job throughout the plant.
      • Carrying: Occasional carrying of bulky items weighing up to 35 lbs. short distances.
      • Pushing/ Pulling: Use of manual tools or hand trucks to occasionally move skids short distances.
      • Bending: Occasional bending required to perform a variety of tasks.
      • Reaching: Frequent reaching to load and unload parts from fixture in machine or tubs.
        
        S&C Electric is committed to equal-opportunity employment. All employees and applicants will be considered without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation to complete the application, please email us at ...@sandc.com .
        
        No fixed Deadline
        
        About Us
        
        In 1909, S&C Electric Company transformed the delivery of safe, reliable electricity with the invention of the Liquid Power Fuse. Today, as the world faces extreme weather events and the demand for electricity grows, S&C continues to innovate and advance the electrical grid, ensuring reliable and resilient power for homes, communities, and critical infrastructure around the world.
        
        With a diverse, global workforce and core values around integrity, safety, and quality, S&C is a trusted industry leader and top workplace that offers meaningful careers to more than 3,500 team members. As a people-first organization, S&C is committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative workplace where team members advance their careers through robust talent-development programs and involved leadership.
        
        S&C's deeply rooted belief diversity fosters greater creativity, innovation, and success guides the company to advance and sustain a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture.
        
        S&C provides a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):
        
        • Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical & Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, , Health Savings Account (HSA), Group Life Insurance, optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance, Wellbeing Resources including Employee Assistance Program and Family Forming Benefits (i.e., Adoption and Fertility support)
        • Leave Benefits: Vacation Time, Sick Time, Paid Holidays and Company Shutdown days, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves, Paid Parental Time and Military Leave
          Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (KSOP) offering traditional and Roth 401(k) options and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) component; KSOP participants can receive annual ESOP company contributions of over 11% of eligible earnings (3% Core, up to 3.5% Match, Variable Periodic).
          
          About the Team
          
          In (Production Operations/QA) we are responsible for maintaining S&C's longstanding reputation for quality products. While constantly integrating the latest technology into S&C's processes and adhering to the highest standards of quality, our work solidifies the trust our customers have in S&C that our equipment will be integral to solving tomorrow's energy challenges. We strive for continuous improvement in everything we do, knowing that our work impacts our customers, out team members, and our world.

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