Laborup

CNC Machinist

Laborup  •  $45/hr  •  Portsmouth, NH (Onsite)  •  4 months ago
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Job Description

We are hiring multiple CNC Machinists across junior and senior skill bands to support a high-mix, low-volume precision machining environment producing complex, tight-tolerance parts. We’re experiencing strong growth and scaling our machining team accordingly, building a balanced crew of developing talent and seasoned experts. You’ll find the best of both worlds here: the pace and variety of a job shop, paired with the stability, benefits, and progression of a well-run operation that rewards growth.

We're hiring on 1st shift and offer baked-in overtime

This is not a button-pushing role. Our machinists own work end-to-end, from setup through final inspection, and play a direct role in quality, delivery performance, and continuous improvement If you have strong fundamentals, a genuine passion for machining, and the skill to prove it, we want to talk.

Compensation

  • Junior Machinist: $26 - 33 / hr
  • Senior Machinist: $33 - $45 / hr

Shifts

  • Monday - Thursday 6:00am - 4:30pm + Friday from 6am - noon

Consistent Overtime

  • 6+ hours / week baked into the schedule

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision
  • 401(k) with match
  • PTO

Depending on skill level, you will be responsible for:

  • Set up and operate CNC milling and turning centers in a precision, job-shop environment
  • Run work end-to-end: setup, run, inspect, and document results
  • Interpret complex blueprints, routings, and work instructions
  • Select tooling, establish offsets, and build effective workholding strategies
  • Perform manual measurement and inspection using micrometers, gauges, indicators, and other precision tools
  • Hold tight tolerances and own part quality from first piece through final run
  • Read and understand CNC programs; make edits and adjustments as required
  • Troubleshoot dimensional, tooling, and process issues to restore quality and throughput
  • Support setup of proven and unproven parts based on capability
  • Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area
  • Participate in continuous improvement and process optimization efforts

Requirements

We are hiring for two primary profiles and will align level and pay to demonstrated capability.

Junior CNC Machinist: This profile is ideal for a machinist with strong fundamentals who is ready to take the next step.

You likely bring:

  • A few years of machining experience with the ability to run your own setups on medium-complexity parts
  • Experience on mills and/or lathes in a precision environment
  • Confidence using manual inspection tools (calipers, micrometers, indicators) and holding consistent tolerances
  • Ability to read programs, make small edits/offset changes, and calibrate or verify machine condition as needed
  • Strong coachability, ownership mindset, and a desire to grow into advanced setups and tighter tolerances

Senior CNC Machinist: This profile is for a true setup expert who can take on complex, tight-tolerance work, including parts the shop hasn’t seen before, and dial them in efficiently.

You likely bring:

  • 7+ years in precision machining (more is welcome)
  • Proven experience holding 0005” (5 tenths / ~13 microns) or tighter on critical features, with the ability to verify those tolerances manually
  • Strong ability to interpret complex technical drawings and apply GD&T (e.g., true position, parallelism, profile, concentricity, flatness, coaxiality)
  • Experience setting up multi-axis equipment (5-axis mills and/or mill-turn / multi-axis lathes)
  • Experience inspecting parts with a manual or automatic CMM
  • Ability to fluently read G-code / M-code and efficiently edit programs to maintain quality and throughput
  • Background in high-setup environments (often 30%+ setup time) and complex setups with 10+ tools (and potentially far more)
  • Experience setting up unproven parts and troubleshooting tooling/process/machine variables to achieve first-article success
  • Strong documentation habits, teamwork, communication, and an unwavering commitment to safety and craftsmanship

Benefits

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision
  • 401(k) with match
  • PTO
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About Laborup

Laborup is the #1 AI powered talent platform for America’s industrial workforce. We use AI to create jobs, not take them away. We help HR and plant leaders hire and keep the skilled workers who keep plants running: machinists, welders, maintenance techs, operators, industrial electricians, and engineers. USA Today called us the “LinkedIn for blue collar workers,” and Forbes profiled our work in “How AI Is Solving America’s 1 Trillion Dollar Manufacturing Labor Crisis.”

Today we work with manufacturers from 50 person shops to large public companies with tens of thousands of employees, and the story is the same everywhere. It is hard to find talent, hard to keep good people, and staffing costs keep rising. In a market where filling critical industrial roles can take months and turnover is constant, Laborup helps teams move qualified workers from first contact to on site interview in days instead of weeks and keep them on the floor longer.

Most of the workers our customers need are not on LinkedIn or the usual job boards. Laborup uses AI to find this hidden workforce, call and text them, screen and qualify them, build real profiles, and match them directly to the plants and roles where they can succeed. For workers, that means real, permanent roles at serious manufacturers, not one off gigs. For companies, it is durable infrastructure for hiring and retention at scale in a labor market that will stay tight for years.

We work across nuclear, defense, and advanced manufacturing, as well as sectors like aerospace, automotive, and food production. Teams that use Laborup hire 5 to 10 times faster, see around 3 times better retention, and cut cost per hire by up to 50 to 70 percent. That turns into fewer empty shifts, fewer missed orders, more stable teams, and more capacity without more headache.

We are building the modern talent system for America’s industrial base with a simple long term goal: put a billion industrial workers to work in good jobs that matter.

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Knoxville
Year Founded
Unknown
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