Job description

Machinist – Engineering & CWS
Central Repair Shop – Machining
Responsibilities

• Operate conventional lathes, milling, drilling, boring, grinding, and shaping machines.
  
• Manufacture, repair, and recondition mechanical components according to drawings and specifications.
  
• Machine shafts, bushes, sleeves, pins, rollers, flanges, threads, keyways, and similar components.
  
• Set up machines, cutting tools, fixtures, speeds, feeds, and machining parameters.
  
• Read and interpret engineering drawings, job cards, tolerances, and material specifications.
  
• Measure completed components using micrometers, vernier callipers, dial gauges, and bore gauges.
  
• Inspect raw materials and components before and after machining.
  
• Perform turning, facing, threading, tapering, boring, drilling, reaming, and surface-finishing activities.
  
• Identify dimensional defects and carry out necessary corrections or rework.
  
• Conduct routine checks and basic maintenance of machines, tools, and accessories.
  
• Maintain machining records and report equipment defects or material shortages.
  
• Follow safety procedures while handling machines, cutting tools, lifting equipment, and materials.
  
• Maintain proper housekeeping and cleanliness within the machining workshop.
  

• Technical Diploma, ITI, or recognized trade certificate in Machining, Mechanical Engineering, or Tool and Die Making.
  
• Minimum 3 years of relevant machining experience in a steel plant, manufacturing facility, machine shop, or heavy industry.
  
• Practical experience operating conventional lathe, milling, drilling, boring, and grinding machines.
  
• Knowledge of machining processes, cutting tools, materials, tolerances, fits, feeds, and speeds.
  
• Ability to read engineering drawings, dimensions, tolerances, and surface-finish requirements.
  
• Skilled in using precision measuring instruments and inspection tools.
  
• Experience machining shafts, bushes, sleeves, rollers, pins, threads, and keyways.
  
• Basic knowledge of machine maintenance, lubrication, tool setting, and equipment inspection.
  
• Good mathematical, technical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
  
• Knowledge of workshop safety, machine guarding, PPE, lifting, and housekeeping procedures.
  
• Physically fit and capable of working in a heavy industrial workshop environment.
  
• Ability to communicate in English and work independently or as part of a team.