Experienced CNC Machinist — Program, Set Up & Run Complex One-Offs

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Seattle, WA · Full-time · $40–$55/hr DOE

 

Getting bored at your production shop? If you've got the chops to take a print and a block of material and get to a good first part on your own — program it, set it up, run it, inspect it — we want to meet you.

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We're not a production floor. We do the work other shops can't or won't: large, complex parts, hard-to-machine materials, R&D and prototype work, fast-turnaround one-offs, and machinery repair. More than half our machines are CNC now, and we need a machinist who can do their own programming and setups on them — not run someone else's programs.

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If loading the same part 500 times sounds like a bad week, you'll like it here.

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Why us

• You'll machine large, complex parts and hard-to-work materials

• You'll plan and execute jobs with real independence — ops, work holding, tooling, program, the whole thing

• You'll work alongside a team of experienced machinists who back each other up

• You'll do the jobs other shops can't or won't touch — one-offs, prototypes, obsolete parts, fast turnarounds

• Both conventional and CNC — big lathes and mills — so you'll use everything you know

 

What we're looking for

• Years of experience doing your own CNC programming and setups, not just running programs

• Fluent in G-code — read it, edit it at the control, and know what the machine's going to do before cycle start

• Comfortable holding tight tolerances, reading GD&T, and inspecting your own work

• Work holding and fixturing for parts that don't sit flat and square

• [Your CAM package — Mastercam / Esprit / Fusion 360] and [Fanuc / Haas / Mazak / Okuma] controls

• Experience with [the materials you cut — stainless, titanium, tool steel, etc.]

 

Nice to have: 5-axis or multi-axis, manual mill and lathe for the jobs that don't justify a program, large-part experience.

This isn't an operator or junior role — if your experience is limited to loading and unloading parts on programs someone else wrote, this particular job isn't the fit.

 

High pay, full benefits

• $40-$55/hr DOE for well-qualified machinists

• Health and dental coverage, vision

• Retirement plan with 3% company match

• PTO starting at 2 weeks per year

• Nine paid holidays

• Overtime available

 

How to apply

Send a resume to info@washingtonmachineworks.com, or call (206) 767-2688 and ask for Reeno — if you'd rather talk than type, that's fine with us. Tell us about a part you were proud of and what made it a pain to make.

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We read every resume and we move fast — if it looks like a fit, you'll hear from us within a few days.

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Washington Machine Works is an equal opportunity employer.