CNC Horizontal Boring Mill (HBM) Machinist – Job Shop / Custom Work

Axton Incorporated – Delta, BC

Pay: $45.00 to $50.00 per hour, based on experience
Job Type: Full-time, permanent
Schedule: Monday to Thursday, 10-hour shifts (paid lunch)
Shift: Day or afternoon shift, depending on current requirements
Hours: 40 hours per week
Shift Premium: Additional $3.00 per hour for afternoon shift

Experienced CNC Horizontal Boring Mill Machinists Wanted

Axton Incorporated is looking for an experienced CNC Horizontal Boring Mill (HBM) Machinist to join our machine shop in Delta, BC.

We need someone who can set up, program and run a CNC horizontal boring mill on large, heavy industrial components. Manual HBM experience is a bonus, but CNC HBM experience is the priority for this role.

Axton manufactures custom pressure vessels, heat exchangers and process equipment. Our machine shop supports this work by machining large one-off and low-volume components such as tubesheets, flanges, nozzles, channels and heads. You will be setting up new jobs regularly, not running the same production part all shift.

The Machines

- Fermat WF13 4.5-axis CNC horizontal boring mill: X=248", Y=118", Z=23.6", W=28.7" spindle extension, full rotary table. Our largest HBM, used for tubesheets and large exchanger components.
- Doosan DBC 110 4.5-axis CNC horizontal boring mill: X=100", Y=78", Z=60". Enough reach for full-diameter cuts on large vessels in a single setup.

The machine shop also runs a Puma CNC lathe, a Century CNC vertical boring mill and manual machines, all inside our 72,000 sq ft facility with 20-ton overhead cranes.

What You'll Be Doing

- Set up and operate CNC horizontal boring mills on large, heavy workpieces
- Write, edit and prove out CNC programs at the control
- Set work offsets, tool offsets and datums; indicate and square large parts
- Boring,



milling, facing, drilling and tapping, including tube hole patterns
- Use rotary tables and fixtures to machine multiple faces in one setup
- Plan setups and machining sequences from engineering drawings
- Select tooling, speeds and feeds for carbon steel, stainless and alloy materials
- Hold tolerances using micrometers, bore gauges, dial indicators and other precision tools
- Inspect your own work throughout the job
- Work closely with our fabrication, engineering and quality teams

What We're Looking For

Required:

- 2+ years running a CNC horizontal boring mill (setup and operation, not just loading parts)
- Ability to edit and troubleshoot CNC programs at the machine
- Experience with common controls such as Fanuc, Heidenhain, Siemens or similar
- Ability to independently set up jobs from engineering drawings
- Robust understanding of tooling, speeds and feeds
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, dimensions and tolerances
- Experience using precision measuring equipment
- Red Seal Machinist certification

Preferred:

- Manual horizontal boring mill experience
- CAM programming experience
- Experience with large, heavy components and overhead crane rigging
- Job shop, custom fabrication, repair shop or heavy industrial manufacturing background
- Experience machining pressure vessel or heat exchanger components

Why Work at Axton?

- $45.00 to $50.00/hour, based on experience
- 4-day workweek, Monday to Thursday




- 10-hour shifts with paid lunch
- $3.00/hour afternoon shift premium
- Extended health care, dental, vision and life insurance
- Company pension plan
- On-site parking
- Stable, long-term employment
- Varied custom work instead of repetitive production runs
- 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 our equipment is custom designed and built, our machinists work on a wide variety of components, materials and setups.

If you know your way around a CNC horizontal boring mill and would rather machine large, interesting custom parts than run the same part all day, we'd like to hear from you.

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

Pay: $45.00-$50.00 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 setting up and running a CNC horizontal boring mill (not just loading parts)? How many years?
- Which CNC controls have you run (Fanuc, Heidenhain, Siemens, other)? Can you write or edit programs at the machine?
- Briefly describe the largest or most complex part you have set up and machined on a horizontal boring mill, including the machine make/size.

Experience:

- CNC horizontal boring mill: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Red Seal Machinist (required)

Work Location: In person

📌 CNC Machinist – Horizontal Boring Mill (Red Seal) (Delta)
🏢 Axton
📍 Delta