Laborup

CNC Set-Up Machinist

Laborup  •  $30 - $40/hr  •  New Haven, CT (Onsite)  •  16 hours ago
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Job Description

We are hiring skilled CNC Set-Up Machinists to join our growing precision machine shop, heavily focused on manufacturing critical components for the aerospace and defense sectors. Whether your expertise lies in CNC Mills, CNC Lathes, or you are a well-rounded machinist looking to master both, this position offers the perfect runway to elevate your skills.

This role is designed for a machinist who understands the fundamentals and is hungry to advance their experience in complex, high-precision setups. You will take ownership of the setup process, interpreting blueprints, selecting tooling, loading offsets, and proving out first articles before production runs.

Why Join Us?

  • Advance Your Craft: This is a prime opportunity to transition into complex, high-precision aerospace and defense work, mastering intricate setups that will truly elevate your career.
  • Exciting Growth Phase: We are under new management and are now part of an aerospace and defense-focused startup making massive investments in advanced machinery, technology, and team development.

Compensation

  • $30 - $40 / hr based on experience
  • Target earnings of $85,000 - $100,000 / yr (Calculated on a 50-hour schedule with consistent overtime)
  • Unlimited optional overtime available
  • Double-time pay on Sundays

First Shift

  • 1st Shift: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Monday - Friday

Responsibilities

  • Setup & Operation: Complete machine setups and safely operate 3, 4, and 5-axis CNC mills AND/OR 2-axis and 3-axis CNC horizontal lathes.
  • Blueprint Interpretation: Read aerospace and defense blueprints, blueprints with GD&T callouts, and manufacturing work instructions to successfully prepare jobs for production.
  • Tooling & Offsets: Select correct tooling, establish accurate work and tool offsets, and handle machine-side program adjustments to prepare machines for high-precision runs.
  • G-Code & Troubleshooting: Use a working knowledge of G-code and Fanuc controls to navigate programs, perform basic troubleshooting, and make necessary offset corrections.
  • First-Piece Inspection: Prove out first articles and conduct continuous in-process checks using manual precision measuring tools like micrometers, calipers, dial indicators, and bore gauges.
  • Quality Control: Deliver high-quality parts that consistently meet rigorous aerospace tolerance standards while keeping a safe, clean, and organized workspace.

Requirements

Qualifications

Required

  • Experience: 3+ years of CNC setup experience on Mills (3, 4, or 5-axis) AND/OR Lathes (2 or 3-axis).
  • Setups: Proven ability to independently own the setup process and run production without direct supervision.
  • Technical: Strong blueprint reading skills and a deep understanding of GD&T and complex work instructions.
  • Programming: High level of fluency in G-code and hands-on experience with Fanuc controls and machine-side program edits.
  • Precision: Proven ability to hold incredibly tight tolerances.
  • Metrology: Strong understanding of precision measurement, with proficiency using traditional manual inspection tools (micrometers, calipers, indicators, etc.), not just digital gauges.

Preferred

  • Industry: Prior experience machining aerospace, defense, medical, or semiconductor components.
  • Equipment: Experience with Hardinge, Doosan, Swiss-style, or similar CNC lathes.
  • Versatility: Dual capability on both CNC milling and turning centers is a massive plus.

Benefits

  • Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
  • Company matching 401k
  • Paid vacation
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid sick days.

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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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