Need to know where to go to find good CNC Machinists!

[maquiza]

What would be the salary for a person that can design in solids, design molds, make parts programs in Mastercam and work in the Machining Center.

[Jerle]

Michelle, I have been an aerospace machinist for 14+ years. Your best bet is to take out an ad in places like Seattle, San Diego, a few Virginia locations or call some of the top companies and politely ask their HR department where they find their employees.

[springlakecnc]

Hi Michelle,
I’m from Grand Rapids Michigan. I didn’t like the statement someone made of “all the good cnc people already have jobs” because, there are MANY unemployed Journeyman Machine Builders, Tool Makers, and cnc people, in the Grand Rapids Michigan Area, and in the whole state. Industrial jobs are leaving Michigan like Rats jumping off a burning ship! Many manufactures are closing or moving to Mexico. I would say in the last 5 years, Michigan has lost over half the industrial skilled trades jobs. There is a lot of industrial talent going to waist around here, like electrical engineers, and Tool Makers, now working at the Home Depot Hardware store, etc., that should be building and wiring up machinery.

[PBMW]

Well then give me a call because I need real machinists for my shop in Seattle

[warrenb]

Hi Michelle,

You're leaving a lot to the imagination. How much are you willing to pay, and where do you need us, and what kind of programming / designing do you want? I've been in Aerospace in all manner of design and CNC and once you get the experience that someone like me has, it's best for both the company and myself to work as a contractor. Most shops won't pay the money I want (or many experienced CNC machinists (and that means experience in both the engineering, design, programming, set-up, inspection) for full time, and even more so they don't need to. You can find dedicated employees that know CNC programming well or machining well, but they are in high demand and you will pay a premium to get them out of, what is probably, a comfortable job. If you want someone experienced in all aspects, chances are they are self employed or you're REALLY going to have to pay them high wages.

[jetski]

We have a low shop rate and do every thing from injection mold tooling to custom motor cycle rims, reverse enginered heads for a 1965 Cushmman, to cnc rapid prototype parts. Our rate it 45.00 per hour and we are in the U.S.A. We are not yet ISO 9000 certified but we will be soon. We are not huge so we pass the savings on to the customer. We are open 24-7, just not in a row (2 man shop). Send me an email, at least let me quote it to see if I charge enough.