CAD CAM Programmer

Review sketches, engineering drawings, customer prints, specifications, and technical data received from the Sales team to prepare accurate CAD/CAM drawings for new and existing projects. • Generate, modify, and maintain CAD/CAM drawings and CNC programs, ensuring accuracy, manufacturability, and compliance with customer requirements and project specifications. • Interpret engineering drawings, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), technical specifications, and written procedures to ensure correct dimensions and manufacturing requirements. • Coordinate with the Sales team to obtain customer approval for drawings and confirm all variations, amendments, and technical requirements before releasing drawings for production. • Verify that drawings, CNC programs, tooling, hardware, and materials are correctly selected and compatible with the available machinery and manufacturing processes. • Generate CNC programs using CAD/CAM software and perform both online programming at machine controls and offline programming using dedicated software. • Prepare cutting lists and manufacturing documentation, ensuring all drawings, approvals, and project specifications are finalized before production commences. • Control the distribution, storage, revision, and transfer of CNC programs between the server and CNC machines, ensuring that approved and updated programs are used for production. • Monitor job progress, drawing completion, and production schedules, coordinating with the line foreman and shop-floor personnel to release jobs to the plasma cutting machine and other relevant machinery and ensure timely completion. • Develop, review, and maintain part manufacturing processes, including appropriate tooling, inserts, chip breakers, fixtures, work holding components, and machining methods. • Troubleshoot machining-related issues involving CNC programs, tooling, manufacturing processes, and mechanical operations, coordinating with the Manufacturing Engineer and production team to implement corrective actions. • Apply practical knowledge of measuring instruments, inspection equipment, dimensional accuracy, and quality requirements to support manufacturing and inspection activities. • Maintain accurate technical documentation, CNC program records, and manufacturing data using Microsoft Excel, Word, and other relevant software. • Monitor, document, and control changes to drawings, CNC programs, and manufacturing processes to maintain accuracy, consistency, and traceability. • Coordinate with the Sales team, Manufacturing Engineer, line foreman, and other relevant departments to resolve technical issues, ensure compliance with project specifications, and improve manufacturing efficiency. • High school diploma or GED required. • Two years related experience and/or training or an equivalent combination of education and experience. • Two years preferred CAD/CAM experience. • Five years preferred experience with operation of CNC lathes and/or mills. • Five years preferred experience with work holding and fixtures for CNC lathes and/or mills. • Ability to perform general tasks and operation of Microsoft Outlook. • Ability to create/edit documents and operate Microsoft Word. • Ability to create/design, to make edits, and maintain spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel.