FlexTrades is hiring experienced CNC Machinists for nationwide project-based assignments supporting precision manufacturing operations.
This opportunity is designed for machinists with multi-axis CNC experience, strong blueprint and GD&T knowledge, and the ability to set up, operate and adjust vertical machining centers producing tight-tolerance aluminum components.
Position Overview
The CNC Machinist will set up and operate CNC vertical machining centers to produce precision aluminum components according to print specifications.
This role requires experience with 4-axis or greater CNC machining, machine offsets, first article inspections, in-process quality checks and precision measurement.
Responsibilities
- Set up and operate CNC vertical machining centers
- Machine precision aluminum components to print specifications
- Perform machine offsets and process adjustments as needed
- Read and interpret blueprints
- Interpret and apply GD&T requirements
- Complete first article inspections
- Perform in-process quality checks
- Measure and inspect parts using precision measuring equipment
- Deburr parts as required during the machining process
- Produce complex parts with multiple features
- Maintain tight dimensional tolerances
- Follow work instructions
- Follow tooling information and job documentation
- Maintain quality standards
- Maintain safety and production standards
Qualifications
- Experience with 4-axis or greater CNC machining
- Experience setting up and operating CNC mills
- Ability to perform machine offsets and adjustments
- Blueprint reading experience
- Knowledge and application of GD&T
- Experience performing quality inspections
- Experience performing precision measurements
- Experience machining precision components with tight tolerances
- Fanuc controller experience accepted
Preferred Qualifications
- Okuma machining center experience
- Okuma controller experience
About FlexTrades
FlexTrades is a manufacturing workforce solutions company that deploys skilled tradespeople and technical specialists to worksites across the United States. We help manufacturers maintain production, improve quality and complete critical projects by providing experienced professionals who are ready to contribute on day one.
Apply Today
If you have multi-axis CNC machining experience, understand GD&T and can produce complex precision components to tight tolerances, apply today to explore CNC Machinist opportunities with FlexTrades.
FlexTrades is hiring experienced Blanchard Machinists for nationwide project-based assignments supporting precision machining and manufacturing operations.
This opportunity is designed for machinists with recent CNC experience, strong blueprint and GD&T knowledge, and hands-on experience setting up and operating multi-axis machining centers.
Position Overview
The Blanchard Machinist will set up and operate CNC machining centers to produce precision aluminum components while maintaining dimensional accuracy and quality requirements.
This role requires experience with CNC mill setup, 4-axis or 5-axis machining, machine offsets, first article inspections and precision measurement.
Responsibilities
- Set up and operate CNC machining centers
- Perform machine offsets and process adjustments
- Machine precision aluminum components to specification
- Read and interpret blueprints
- Interpret and apply GD&T requirements
- Complete first article inspections
- Perform in-process quality checks
- Document inspection results
- Use precision measuring tools to verify dimensions
- Deburr machined components as required
- Follow work instructions
- Follow tooling information and production requirements
- Maintain a safe and organized work area
Qualifications
- Two or more years of recent CNC machining experience in a manufacturing environment
- Experience setting up and operating CNC mills
- 4-axis or 5-axis machining experience
- Ability to perform machine offsets and adjustments
- Blueprint reading experience
- Knowledge and application of GD&T
- Quality inspection experience
- Experience using micrometers
- Experience using calipers
- Experience using precision measuring tools
- Fanuc controller experience accepted
Preferred Qualifications
- Okuma machining center experience
- Okuma controller experience
About FlexTrades
FlexTrades is a manufacturing workforce solutions company that deploys skilled tradespeople and technical specialists to worksites across the United States. We help manufacturers maintain production, improve quality and complete critical projects by providing experienced professionals who are ready to contribute on day one.
Apply Today
If you have CNC machining experience, understand GD&T and know how to set up and operate multi-axis machining centers, apply today to explore Blanchard Machinist opportunities with FlexTrades.
FlexTrades is hiring experienced Deburrer Technicians for nationwide project-based assignments supporting precision manufacturing and component finishing operations.
This role is designed for technicians with hands-on deburring experience, strong blueprint-reading skills and the ability to perform detailed finishing and inspection work on small precision components.
Position Overview
The Deburrer Technician will remove burrs and finish precision-machined components using grinders, files and hand deburring tools.
This position also involves bead blasting, sandblasting, microscope work, blueprint interpretation, quality inspection and documentation.
Responsibilities
- Deburr precision-machined components using grinders, files and hand deburring tools
- Remove burrs from internal and external component features
- Perform detailed deburring on intersecting holes
- Deburr cross-drilled holes
- Operate bead blasting equipment
- Operate sandblasting equipment
- Perform inspection and deburring work under a microscope
- Read and follow work instructions
- Interpret engineering drawings
- Verify dimensions and component features
- Confirm workmanship requirements
- Inspect completed work for quality and conformance
- Complete required quality documentation
- Complete inspection check sheets
- Maintain a clean and safe work area
Qualifications
- Previous deburring experience in a manufacturing environment
- Experience using grinders
- Experience using files and hand deburring tools
- Ability to work under a microscope throughout the shift
- Experience reading and interpreting blueprints
- Strong attention to detail
- Understanding of quality standards
- Ability to inspect completed work
- Ability to accurately document completed work
- Ability to perform intricate hand-finishing work
- Ability to pass a vision examination
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with small precision components
- Experience operating bead blasting equipment
- Experience operating sandblasting equipment
About FlexTrades
FlexTrades is a manufacturing workforce solutions company that deploys skilled tradespeople and technical specialists to worksites across the United States. We help manufacturers maintain production, improve quality and complete critical projects by providing experienced professionals who are ready to contribute on day one.
Apply Today
If you have hands-on deburring experience, strong attention to detail and the ability to perform precision finishing and inspection work, apply today to explore Deburrer Technician opportunities with FlexTrades.
FlexTrades is hiring experienced CMM Programmers for nationwide project-based assignments supporting precision manufacturing and quality inspection operations.
This opportunity is designed for programmers with recent CMM experience, strong GD&T knowledge and the ability to create and modify inspection programs for precision machined components.
Position Overview
The CMM Programmer will program and operate Mitutoyo coordinate measuring machines using M-Cosmos software while supporting first-piece, in-process, final, receiving and assembly inspections.
This role requires offline CMM programming experience, strong blueprint and GD&T interpretation skills and hands-on experience performing dimensional inspections using both CMM equipment and manual inspection tools.
Responsibilities
- Program and operate Mitutoyo CMMs using M-Cosmos software
- Perform first-piece inspections
- Complete in-process and final inspections
- Conduct receiving and assembly inspections
- Create and modify CMM programs
- Use teach/learn programming methods
- Perform offline CMM programming
- Interpret complex blueprints
- Review CAD models and GD&T requirements
- Complete first article inspections
- Support FAIR documentation
- Review receiving inspection documentation
- Review supplier quality records
- Perform dimensional inspections using manual inspection tools and gauges
- Document inspection results
- Maintain accurate quality records
- Identify nonconforming materials
- Create NCR documentation
- Support production teams by verifying quality requirements and compliance
Qualifications
- Recent experience as a CMM Programmer/Operator in a manufacturing environment
- Offline CMM programming experience
- Strong understanding of GD&T
- Ability to interpret complex blueprints
- Experience performing dimensional inspections on precision machined parts
- Experience completing first article inspections
- Experience maintaining quality documentation
- Proficiency with calipers
- Proficiency with micrometers
- Proficiency with bore gauges
- Proficiency with indicators and related inspection tools
- Ability to work with metric measurements
- Ability to work with imperial measurements
- Basic computer skills
- Experience using Microsoft Office applications
Preferred Qualifications
- M-Cosmos programming experience
- Ability to perform or learn joystick teach/learn programming
About FlexTrades
FlexTrades is a manufacturing workforce solutions company that deploys skilled tradespeople and technical specialists to worksites across the United States. We help manufacturers maintain production, improve quality and complete critical projects by providing experienced professionals who are ready to contribute on day one.
Apply Today
If you have hands-on CMM programming experience, understand GD&T and know how to inspect precision machined components, apply today to explore CMM Programmer opportunities with FlexTrades.
FlexTrades is hiring experienced CNC Lathe Machinists for nationwide project-based assignments supporting precision machining and complex component manufacturing.
This role is designed for machinists who can independently set up and operate CNC slant bed lathes with live tooling, perform first-piece and first-article inspections, and produce tight-tolerance components from demanding materials.
Position Overview
The CNC Lathe Machinist will set up and operate CNC slant bed lathes with live tooling while supporting production machining, inspection and troubleshooting activities.
This position requires strong setup skills, blueprint and GD&T knowledge, and hands-on experience machining stainless steel, titanium, aluminum, composites and high nickel alloys.
Responsibilities
- Set up and operate CNC slant bed lathes with live tooling
- Perform first-piece inspections during machine setup
- Perform first article inspections
- Machine complex, tight-tolerance components
- Read and interpret blueprints
- Follow setup sheets and routers
- Read and follow work instructions
- Apply GD&T principles during setup and machining
- Apply GD&T requirements during inspection activities
- Inspect parts using calipers
- Inspect parts using micrometers
- Use gage pins and dial indicators
- Use precision scales
- Deburr machined parts using hand tools
- Polish and clean completed parts
- Work with stainless steel
- Machine titanium components
- Work with aluminum and composite materials
- Machine high nickel alloy materials
- Troubleshoot machining processes
- Support efficient machine operation
- Train and mentor facility machinists
- Provide guidance on machine setup and tool loading
- Train machinists on measurement techniques and machine operation
Qualifications
- Experience setting up and operating CNC slant bed lathes with live tooling
- Experience machining high nickel alloy materials
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints and technical drawings
- Working knowledge of G-code and M-code CNC controls
- Experience applying GD&T in a manufacturing environment
- Ability to inspect tight-tolerance parts using precision measuring tools
- Experience performing extensive CNC machine setups
- Ability to convert between inch and metric measurements
Preferred Qualifications
- Dual-spindle lathe experience
- Mill-turn experience
- Steady rest experience
About FlexTrades
FlexTrades is a manufacturing workforce solutions company that deploys skilled tradespeople and technical specialists to worksites across the United States. We help manufacturers maintain production, improve quality and complete critical projects by providing experienced professionals who are ready to contribute on day one.
Apply Today
If you have CNC lathe experience and are comfortable setting up live-tooling equipment, machining high nickel alloys and producing tight-tolerance components, apply today to join FlexTrades as a CNC Lathe Machinist.
FlexTrades is hiring experienced Pipefitters for nationwide project-based assignments supporting industrial piping, fabrication and equipment assembly operations.
This role is designed for skilled tradespeople who can read piping drawings, lay out components, fit and assemble pipe systems, and maintain dimensional accuracy throughout the fabrication process.
Position Overview
The Pipefitter will measure, cut, fit and assemble pipe and tubing systems according to engineering drawings and specifications.
This position requires strong blueprint-reading skills, hands-on fabrication experience and the ability to install valves, fittings, flanges and related piping components while maintaining established quality and safety standards.
Responsibilities
- Read and interpret blueprints
- Read piping drawings and specifications
- Measure pipe and tubing
- Cut and fit piping components
- Assemble pipe and tubing systems
- Lay out piping components according to engineering drawings
- Install valves
- Install fittings and flanges
- Fit and prepare pipe for welding
- Prepare piping systems for final assembly
- Verify dimensions and alignments using measuring tools
- Perform quality inspections throughout the assembly process
- Use hand tools safely
- Operate power tools and fabrication equipment
- Assist with equipment assembly and installation as required
- Follow all established safety procedures
- Maintain required quality standards
Qualifications
- Experience fitting and assembling industrial piping systems
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints and technical drawings
- Experience with pipe layout and fabrication
- Knowledge of piping components
- Knowledge of fittings and flanges
- Ability to use measuring and layout tools
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment
- Ability to work with fractional measurements
- Experience using hand tools
- Experience using power tools
Preferred Qualifications
- Welding experience
- Crane or material handling experience
About FlexTrades
FlexTrades is a manufacturing workforce solutions company that deploys skilled tradespeople and technical specialists to worksites across the United States. We help manufacturers maintain production, improve quality and complete critical projects by providing experienced professionals who are ready to contribute on day one.
Apply Today
If you have industrial pipefitting experience and are comfortable working from blueprints, fitting piping components and supporting fabrication operations, apply today to join FlexTrades as a Pipefitter.
FlexTrades is hiring experienced Precision Grinders for nationwide project-based manufacturing assignments supporting tight-tolerance machining and precision finishing operations.
This role is designed for machinists who can independently set up and operate CNC cylindrical grinding equipment, interpret complex blueprints and GD&T, and hold extremely tight dimensional tolerances throughout the grinding process.
Position Overview
The Precision Grinder will perform internal and external cylindrical grinding on a variety of components using CNC grinding equipment.
This position requires strong setup skills, experience with wheel dressing and tooling adjustments, and the ability to verify part quality using precision measuring instruments while maintaining strict production and inspection standards.
Responsibilities
- Set up and operate CNC cylindrical grinding machines
- Perform precision finish grinding operations
- Complete internal grinding operations
- Complete external grinding operations
- Read and interpret blueprints and engineering drawings
- Interpret GD&T requirements
- Follow setup sheets, routers and inspection documentation
- Hold dimensional tolerances ranging from .0001? to .001?
- Dress grinding wheels as required
- True and sharpen grinding wheels
- Maintain grinding wheels throughout production
- Perform tooling offsets
- Validate tooling condition
- Make machine adjustments as needed
- Use precision measuring instruments to verify part quality
- Complete machine setups and changeovers efficiently
- Operate overhead cranes when required
- Follow all established safety requirements
Qualifications
- Direct experience setting up and operating CNC grinding machines
- Experience with CNC cylindrical grinding equipment
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints
- Working knowledge of GD&T
- Experience holding tolerances as tight as .0001? to .0005?
- Experience using precision measuring tools and gauges
- Ability to dress, true and sharpen grinding wheels
- Experience making offsets and machine adjustments
- Strong attention to detail and quality
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with Fanuc controls
- Familiarity with G-code and M-code programs
- Overhead crane experience
About FlexTrades
FlexTrades is a manufacturing workforce solutions company that deploys skilled tradespeople and technical specialists to worksites across the United States. We help manufacturers maintain production, improve quality and complete critical projects by providing experienced professionals who are ready to contribute on day one.
Apply Today
If you have hands-on CNC cylindrical grinding experience and are comfortable working to extremely tight tolerances with precision measuring equipment, apply today to join FlexTrades as a Precision Grinder.
FlexTrades is hiring experienced SMT Operators for nationwide project-based manufacturing assignments supporting printed circuit board assembly and electronics production.
This role is designed for operators who can run surface mount technology equipment, follow documented manufacturing processes, complete production records accurately and maintain consistent quality throughout repetitive production workflows.
Position Overview
The SMT Operator will operate production equipment used to manufacture PCBs, PCBAs and CCAs.
This position includes running pick-and-place machines, stencil printers, reflow ovens, SPI and AOI equipment while loading materials, monitoring machine performance, completing production documentation and supporting basic troubleshooting.
Responsibilities
- Operate SMT production equipment according to established work instructions
- Run pick-and-place machines
- Operate stencil printers
- Operate reflow ovens
- Use SPI equipment during the production process
- Perform automated optical inspection using AOI equipment
- Load materials supplied in tape, reel and tray formats
- Hand place larger components into solder paste when required
- Hand solder larger components when required
- Monitor SMT equipment throughout production
- Perform basic troubleshooting on equipment
- Address feeder issues as needed
- Complete production documentation accurately
- Maintain traveler records
- Record required process data
- Document lot numbers
- Record oven information
- Maintain required AOI records
- Follow cleanroom procedures
- Follow ESD requirements
- Maintain established quality standards
- Support repetitive production workflows while maintaining attention to detail
Qualifications
- Experience operating SMT equipment in a manufacturing environment
- Experience producing PCBs, PCBAs or CCAs
- Familiarity with pick-and-place machines
- Familiarity with stencil screen printers
- Familiarity with reflow ovens
- Familiarity with SPI equipment
- Ability to follow documented manufacturing processes and procedures
- Experience completing production documentation
- Strong attention to detail
Preferred Qualifications
- AOI experience
- Experience working in an AS9100-regulated manufacturing environment
- Experience working in an ISO-regulated manufacturing environment
About FlexTrades
FlexTrades is a manufacturing workforce solutions company that deploys skilled tradespeople and technical specialists to worksites across the United States. We help manufacturers maintain production, improve quality and complete critical projects by providing experienced professionals who are ready to contribute on day one.
Apply Today
If you have hands-on SMT production experience and are comfortable operating pick-and-place equipment, stencil printers, reflow ovens, SPI and AOI systems, apply today to join FlexTrades as an SMT Operator.
FlexTrades is hiring experienced Manual ID Honers for nationwide project-based assignments supporting precision machining and small-lot manufacturing operations.
This role is designed for machinists who can set up and operate manual honing equipment, hold extremely tight internal diameter tolerances and verify finished parts using precision measuring instruments.
Position Overview
The Manual ID Honer will perform precision internal diameter honing on aluminum and stainless-steel components.
This position requires strong machining fundamentals, blueprint and GD&T knowledge, and the ability to work from setup sheets, control plans and inspection requirements while maintaining dimensional accuracy down to .0001?.
Responsibilities
- Set up and operate manual honing equipment
- Hone internal diameters to tight tolerance requirements
- Inspect finished parts using precision measuring equipment
- Read and interpret blueprints
- Interpret GD&T callouts
- Follow inspection documentation
- Follow setup sheets and control plans
- Meet established quality inspection requirements
- Verify tool condition
- Verify tool offsets
- Confirm dimensional accuracy
- Perform machine setups and changeovers
- Work with aluminum components
- Work with stainless-steel components
- Maintain quality standards during small production runs
- Support safe material handling and shop operations as assigned
Qualifications
- Strong machining knowledge including tooling, speeds, feeds and material removal
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints
- Understanding of GD&T concepts
- Experience using precision measuring tools
- Experience using micrometers and gauges
- Ability to hold tolerances as tight as .0001?
- Manufacturing experience in a precision machining environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience setting up and operating manual honing machines
- Precision grinding experience
- ID grinding experience
- OD grinding experience
- Centerless grinding experience
- CNC precision grinding experience
- Manual precision grinding experience
About FlexTrades
FlexTrades is a manufacturing workforce solutions company that deploys skilled tradespeople and technical specialists to worksites across the United States. We help manufacturers maintain production, improve quality and complete critical projects by providing experienced professionals who are ready to contribute on day one.
Apply Today
If you have manual honing or precision grinding experience and are comfortable holding extremely tight tolerances, apply today to join FlexTrades as a Manual ID Honer.
FlexTrades is hiring experienced Braid Operators for nationwide project-based manufacturing assignments supporting cable assembly and braided component production.
This role is designed for operators who can independently set up and run horizontal braiding equipment, work with multiple braid materials and maintain strict quality requirements throughout the production process.
Position Overview
The Braid Operator will set up and operate horizontal braiding machines used to apply Nomex, metal and other specified braid materials to cable assemblies.
This position requires hands-on experience with carrier and bobbin loading, machine threading, braid coverage inspection and operator-level troubleshooting while following established work instructions, SOPs and production documentation.
Responsibilities
- Set up and operate horizontal braiding machines
- Review work instructions, SOPs and production paperwork before starting jobs
- Load and unload carriers and bobbins
- Thread braiding machines
- Feed cable assemblies through the braiding process
- Apply Nomex braid materials as required
- Apply metal braid materials as required
- Apply other specified braid materials to cable assemblies
- Verify braid coverage meets production requirements
- Inspect completed work for quality
- Identify setup issues and visual defects
- Correct braid setup and process concerns as needed
- Perform basic operator-level maintenance
- Clean and oil braiding equipment as required
- Train and mentor team members on braiding equipment
- Share braiding best practices with less-experienced operators
- Support production schedules while maintaining quality and safety standards
Qualifications
- Experience operating braid machines in a manufacturing environment
- Experience setting up and running horizontal braiding equipment
- Experience with 16-carrier braiders
- Experience with 32-carrier braiders
- Experience with 36-carrier braiders
- Experience with 48-carrier braiders
- Knowledge of braiding terminology including carriers, bobbins, braid rings, tube guides and core tubes
- Experience braiding to A-A-56959 specifications
- Ability to read and follow work instructions
- Ability to follow SOPs and visual documentation
- Ability to identify and correct braid setup issues
- Ability to identify and correct quality issues
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong quality focus
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Wardwell braiding equipment
- Boeing or BAC project experience
About FlexTrades
FlexTrades is a manufacturing workforce solutions company that deploys skilled tradespeople and technical specialists to worksites across the United States. We help manufacturers maintain production, improve quality and complete critical projects by providing experienced professionals who are ready to contribute on day one.
Apply Today
If you have hands-on braiding experience and are comfortable setting up horizontal braid machines, working with multiple carrier configurations and maintaining strict quality standards, apply today to join FlexTrades as a Braid Operator.
