Machinist Technician

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress.

The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.

Alcoa is a global industry leader in the production of bauxite, alumina and aluminum, a position enhanced by a portfolio of value-added cast products and select energy assets.

Since developing the aluminum industry more than 135 years ago, Alcoa has built a legacy of breakthrough innovations and best practices that have led to efficiency, safety, sustainability, and stronger communities wherever we operate.

We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits (401K matching, paid holidays, paid time off, company-provided short-term and long-term disability insurances) as well as a path to personal growth & advancement!
 

This is your opportunity to shape your career through the skills and experience you bring to the role now and by training for the roles you may want in the future.

Our success depends on great teams, where you can thrive and do your best work in a supportive environment.

About the Role:

As the Machinist Technician at Alcoa Technical Center (ATC) in New Kensington, PA, you will be directly contributing to a new era for the Aluminum Industry by working primarily on the ELYSIS project.

The ELYSIS process eliminates the use of carbon anodes, replacing those with proprietary materials.

It is the first industrial process that emits oxygen as its by-product and has the potential to transform an entire industry.

In this role, you will be primarily responsible for machining components, while keeping safety, quality, and productivity standards.

Below are additional key responsibilities:


* Responsible for set-up and operation of Fadal CNCs.
+ Essential knowledge of GD&T (geometric dimensions and tolerances).
+ Essential knowledge of G-code and M-code to set-up Fadal CNC.


* Program mills and lathes by entering instructions, including zero and reference points; setting tool registers, offsets, compensation and conditional switches; calculating requirements, including basic math, geometry, and trigonometry; proving part programs.


* Sets-up mills and lathes by installing and adjusting fixtures, three- and four-jaw chucks, tools, attachments, collets, bushings, cams, gears, stops, and stock pushers; indicating vices; tramming heads.


* Set up and loads parts into proper position.


* Verifies settings by measuring positions, first-run part, and sample workpieces.


* Maintains specifications by observing drilling, grooving, and cutting, operations, taking measurements, detecting malfunctions, troubleshooting processes, adjusting and reprogramming controls, sharpening and replacing worn tools.


* Upholds safe operations by adhering to safe work practices.


* Maintains equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements.


* Document actions by entering measured data into a dat...