CNC Machine Operator
Dalgren Precision • Grand Rapids, MI
$23–$28/hr · On-site · Full time
Verified practicesVerified practicesPosted 1 week ago · 10 applicantsAccessibility verification
What Dalgren Precision has confirmed, with the source
Accessible digital documents
Travelers are also available as large-print or on a tablet.
Employer reported · May 28, 2026Sign-language interpreter at work
Two of our shift leads are fluent in ASL. Interpreters booked for formal meetings.
Employer reported · May 28, 2026Visual alerts and alarms
Strobe alarms — required by our hearing-protection policy.
Verified by Openwork · May 28, 2026Step-free entrance
Verified by Openwork · May 28, 2026Elevator to all work areas
Single-story shop; offices on the ground floor.
Employer reported · May 28, 2026Accessible restroom
Verified by Openwork · May 28, 2026Also confirmed: accessible parking, reachable by public transport, ergonomic equipment, advance notice of changes, information not shown by color alone, job coach welcome at work, workplace mentor or buddy, works with vocational rehabilitation. Ask about: clear non-visual wayfinding, accessible workstation.
What you’ll actually do
Run CNC machining centers to written specifications. Every job has a traveler and a spec sheet, and every part is measured.
- Read the traveler for the next job
- Load the material and set up the machine
- Run the first part and measure it against the spec sheet
- Run the batch, measuring at the set interval
- Record measurements on the inspection sheet
- Stop and flag the shift lead if a part is out of tolerance
Skills and experience
Required
- Read a written specification and measure to it
- Comfortable with repetitive, precise work
- Stand for an eight-hour shift
Preferred
- CNC or machine shop experience
- Blueprint reading
How this job works
- Schedule
- The same hours every week
- Meetings
- 0–1 per week
- Independent or collaborative
- Mostly independent work
- Customer contact
- None
- Switching between tasks
- Long stretches on one task
- Feedback
- In writing
- Instructions
- Mostly in writing
- Noise and surroundings
- Busy and often loud
- Standing
- Standing for most of the shift
- Walking
- Some walking between areas
- Lifting
- Up to 50 lb
- Fine hand movements
- Constant precise hand work
- Technology
- Haas CNC control, Paper traveler and inspection sheet
- Hours
- Fixed shift: first 6:00–14:30 or second 14:30–23:00. You pick one and keep it.
Hiring process
Application review · within 3 business days
Reviewed by the shop supervisor.
Shop visit · about 1 hour
Walk the floor during a running shift so you can judge the noise and pace yourself.
Measurement work sample · about 1 hour
Measure five sample parts and record the results. No machining experience needed.
Structured interview · about 30 minutes
The same five questions for everyone, sent in advance. Interpreter or text format on request. Support person welcome.
Decision · within 3 business days
A call or text message, then a written offer.
About two weeks. Available on request: work sample instead of an interview, structured interview, support person or job coach welcome, written onboarding plan and more.