Manual Lathe Machinist – Job Shop / Custom Work

Axton Incorporated – Delta, BC

Pay: From $45.00 per hour, based on experience

Job Type: Full-time, permanent

Schedule: Monday to Thursday, 10-hour shifts

Shift: Day or afternoon shift, depending on current requirements

Hours: 40 hours per week, including paid lunch

Shift Premium: Available for afternoon shift

Experienced Manual Machinists – Custom Work, Not Production Runs

Axton Incorporated is looking for an experienced Manual Lathe Machinist to join our machine shop in Delta, BC.

We are specifically looking for someone with strong hands-on manual/general lathe experience who is comfortable setting up and machining custom components from engineering drawings.

This is not a repetitive CNC production position.

Axton manufactures custom pressure vessels, heat exchangers and process equipment. Our machine shop supports this work by machining custom, one-off and low-volume industrial components.

The right person for this position knows how to take a drawing and a component, determine the setup and machining approach, select the appropriate tooling and produce an accurate finished part.

What You'll Be Doing

- Set up and operate manual/general lathes
- Perform turning, facing, boring, threading, drilling and other general lathe operations
- Machine custom and low-volume industrial components
- Set up your own jobs from engineering drawings and specifications
- Determine machining sequences and appropriate setups
- Select tooling, speeds and feeds
- Accurately machine components to specified dimensions and tolerances
- Use micrometers, verniers, bore gauges and other precision measuring equipment
- Inspect your own work throughout the machining process
- Troubleshoot machining, tooling and setup challenges
- Work closely with our fabrication,



engineering and quality teams

What We're Looking For

Required:

- Strong hands-on experience setting up and operating manual/general lathes
- Ability to independently set up jobs from engineering drawings
- Experience with turning, facing, boring and threading operations
- Experience machining custom, one-off or low-volume components
- Strong understanding of tooling, speeds and feeds
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, dimensions and tolerances
- Experience using precision measuring equipment
- Strong mechanical aptitude and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Preferred:

- Canadian Red Seal Machinist certification
- Experience machining large industrial components
- Experience in a job shop, custom fabrication shop, repair shop or heavy industrial manufacturing environment
- Additional experience operating other manual machining equipment

Why Work at Axton?
- Starting at $45.00/hour, based on experience
- 4-day workweek – Monday to Thursday
- 10-hour shifts with paid lunch
- Afternoon shift premium where applicable
- Extended health care
- Dental care
- Life insurance
- Company pension plan
- Stable, long-term employment
- Varied custom machining instead of repetitive production work
- Opportunity to work on large, specialized industrial equipment

About Axton Incorporated Axton Incorporated is a Canadian manufacturer of custom-designed pressure vessels,



heat exchangers and process equipment.

Located in Delta, BC, we have served industrial customers throughout North America for more than 50 years.

Our facility combines heavy fabrication, machining, engineering and quality control. Because much of our equipment is custom designed and manufactured, our machinists work on a wide variety of components, materials and setups.

We're looking for an experienced machinist who enjoys the hands-on skill, problem-solving and craftsmanship of manual machining.

If you're comfortable setting up your own lathe work and would rather machine interesting custom components than run the same production part all day, we'd like to hear from you.

Learn more about Axton Incorporated and the equipment we manufacture at axton.ca.

Advantages

- Company pension
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance

Job Type: Full-time, permanent Pay: From $45.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule: Monday to Thursday, 10-hour shifts

Work Location: In person – Delta, BC

Pay: From $45.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits

- Company pension
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Vision care

Application question(s):
- Do you have hands-on experience independently setting up and operating manual lathes from engineering drawings?
- What size and type of manual lathes have you operated? Please include approximate swing and length where possible.
- Briefly describe the largest or most complex component you have personally set up and machined on a manual lathe.

Experience:
- machining/manual lathe: 3 years (required)

Licence/Certification:
- Red Seal Machinist (required)

Work Location: In person

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