1st Shift CNC Programmer (Dept. 301)

Job Description

All offers of employment by Milwaukee Valve Company, LLC. are contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen, blood test, physical capabilities test, and background check, all with acceptable results. Applicants are responsible scheduling and completing the required drug screen, blood test, and physical capabilities test within 7 calendar days of offer acceptance.

Milwaukee Valve Company is looking for a CNC Programmer to join our Prairie Du Sac, WI team in Department 301. This is an exempt position. Established in 1901, Milwaukee Valve manufactures valves for a variety of industries including Industrial, Commercial, Fire Protection, Marine and the dry bulk hauling industries. Our products have been installed on every U.S. Navy ship built for the last 60+ years.

Our heritage, our people, and our passion is to be the best, and Milwaukee Valve is proud of its engineering excellence and its employees who take pride and dedication in their work. In return, Milwaukee Valve offers an excellent benefit package, competitive wages, and promotional opportunities including Health, Dental, Life and Disability Insurance options, Flex Spending, 401K with employer match, tuition assistance, paid time off, and shift premiums. For more information please navigate to :

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Summary : As CNC Programmer the primary responsibilities will be the creation of CNC programs through the use of CAD / CAM software, general editors or manual entry of code on a controller. These programs run on a variety machine types, styles and controllers and have varying complexity. Other responsibilities will be to, perform program compare, maintain documents, conduct tool tests, recommend tools and fixtures, at times performing machine set up and program prove out including the measuring and inspection of the machined parts. The individual will at times be responsible for the instruction of properly performing the tasks related to machine set up.

The CNC Programmer must be able to read, comprehend and follow work instructions and blueprints, they will demonstrate the precise use of instruments such as : Micrometer, Caliper, Height Stand, and Indicators, they will perform proper measurements of parts to .0001 and have an excellent understanding and working knowledge of GD&T with the ability to instruct in these tasks. All work is subject to final inspection and appraisal. Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and / or Experience :

High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year College or Technical school or Minimum 1 year related experience and / or training

Language Skills :

• Ability to communicate effectively with others at all levels with proper etiquette
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as :
• Safety policies and rules
• Operating and maintenance instructions
• Procedure manuals

Reasoning Ability :

Attendance :

Soft Skills :

Mathematical Skills :

Calculations of such things as :

Programming Skills :

Machine Operation :

Performs task correctly such as :

Machine Set-up :

Quality :

Quantity :

Measuring Ability :

Proper use of measuring instruments such as :

Proper measuring techniques :

Blue Prints :

Computer Use :

Safety :

Security :

Physical Demands : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Definitions : Constant (5-8 hrs. / shift) Frequent (2-5 hrs. / shift) Occasional (Up to 2 hrs. / shift)