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), 40 hours per week

Shift: Day or afternoon, depending on current requirements

Shift premium: +$3.00/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

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

Strong 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.

Apply through LinkedIn or email your resume to [email protected]. Learn more at axton.ca.

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