Laborup

CNC Setup Machinist

Laborup  •  $36 - $37/hr  •  Rockford, IL (Onsite)  •  1 hour ago
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Job Description

We're partnering with a well-established, industry-leading manufacturer seeking experienced CNC Setup Machinists to join its second-shift team.

This is an excellent opportunity for machinists who enjoy challenging setups, complex components, tight tolerances, and taking ownership of their work.

You'll join a stable, highly respected manufacturing operation offering competitive union wages, excellent benefits, and long-term career opportunities. We're looking for skilled machinists who can do more than simply operate equipment. You should be comfortable setting up machines independently, selecting tooling, establishing offsets, proving out programs, and troubleshooting machining challenges.

Compensation & Schedule

  • Starting Pay: $35.86–$37.06/hr + 2nd-shift differential
  • Shift: Monday–Friday, 3:00 PM–11:30 PM
  • Training: Initial training on 1st shift (7:00 AM–3:30 PM)
  • Overtime: Available and generally voluntary

Responsibilities:

  • Independently set up and operate CNC mills, lathes, and machining centers.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, and setup instructions.
  • Select tooling, fixtures, and workholding equipment.
  • Establish tool offsets, work offsets, and machine reference points.
  • Perform program prove-outs, first-piece inspections, and in-process quality checks.
  • Machine complex components to tight engineering tolerances.
  • Troubleshoot machining, tooling, and dimensional issues.
  • Inspect finished components using micrometers, calipers, indicators, and precision gauges.
  • Make machine-side adjustments to maintain quality and production efficiency.

Requirements

  • 3–5+ years of CNC machining experience.
  • Strong hands-on CNC setup experience with mills and/or lathes.
  • Ability to independently read blueprints and work to tight tolerances.
  • Experience selecting tooling, setting offsets, and proving out setups.
  • Proficiency with precision measuring instruments.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting ability.
  • CNC programming or machine-side editing experience is a plus.

Benefits

  • Excellent medical benefits beginning Day One
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Competitive union wages and job stability
  • Voluntary overtime opportunities
  • Long-term advancement and skill development
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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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