CNC Machinist - Rotating Equipment

Overview & Responsibilities We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced CNC Machinist to join our team at our new mechanical manufacturing facility in the KEZAD Free Zone, Abu Dhabi. This role is critical to our expansion and focuses on the high-precision repair and maintenance of turbomachinery rotating equipment, including steam turbines, centrifugal compressors, and pumps. As a senior technical member of the workshop, you will perform complex layouts, setups, and both manual and CNC machining tasks. We are looking for a professional who can operate with minimal supervision, oversee production quality, and mentor other employees on all departmental functions and processes. Job Responsibilities The CNC Machinist is responsible for the end-to-end manufacturing and assembly process, ensuring every component meets rigorous engineering specifications. Machining & Technical Operations Comprehensive Machining: Perform all required layout, complex setups, manual machining, and CNC machining on both ferrous and non-ferrous materials. Equipment Mastery: Adeptly operate vertical and horizontal lathes, milling machines, turrets, and grinders. Advanced CNC Operation: Operate CNC mills and lathes by entering instructions (including zero and reference points), setting tool registers, offsets, compensation, and conditional switches. Setup Excellence: Install and adjust three- and four-jaw chucks, tools, attachments, collets, bushings, cams, gears, stops, and stock pushers; perform indicating vices and tramming heads. Tooling Management: Recognize, deploy, and properly use inserts, fixtures, and tooling. Sharpen and replace worn tools as required. Production Tasks: Execute drilling, grooving, cutting, turning, facing, knurling, and thread chasing operations. Planning, Assembly & Quality Control Technical Planning: Plan machining by studying work orders, blueprints, engineering plans, materials, specifications, and orthographic drawings; interpret geometric dimensions and tolerances (GD&T). Inspection & Verification: Conduct dimensional inspections, verify settings by measuring positions, and check first-run and sample workpieces against international standards. Assembly & Finishing: Perform subassembly, tool setting, deburring of parts, and final assembly of components according to specifications. Programming: Prove part programs and calculate requirements using basic math, geometry, and trigonometry. Leadership, Maintenance & Safety Supervision & Training: Plan and oversee work with minimal supervision while directing and training other employees on all workshop processes. Preventive Maintenance: Maintain equipment by completing PM requirements, following manufacturer's instructions, and troubleshooting malfunctions. Process Improvement: Evaluate experimental procedures and recommend modifications for increased efficiency and production adaptability. Documentation: Maintain continuity between shifts by documenting actions, irregularities, and quality logs. Qualifications and Skills Education: High School Diploma or equivalent. Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in a mechanical manufacturing or repair environment. Technical Expertise: * Proven experience in G-Code programming and execution. Extensive experience in manual machining (highly desired). Ability to read and interpret complex mechanical drawings, reference planes, and locations of surfaces. Core Competencies: Proficiency in basic math, geometry, and trigonometry. Ability to lift stock into position and manage feed mechanisms. Commitment to maintaining a personal inventory of basic tooling for routine setups. Professionalism: A strong commitment to safety, quality, and professional conduct at all times. Leadership: Ability to accept ownership for new requests and explore opportunities to add value to the organization. Base Location & Work Schedule This is a full time, on-site permanent position based out of our Repair Facility in KEZAD Free Zone, Abu Dhabi. The world turns to Elliott. Customers throughout the world choose Elliott for the design, manufacture and service of their critical rotating equipment. Elliott's global service network routinely installs, overhauls, repairs, upgrades and rerates machines from any manufacturer. Customers everywhere turn to Elliott for precision engineering, extraordinary reliability and unparalleled service. To learn more about our Job Applicant Privacy Notice, please click here. We are proud of our legacy, but our focus is on the future, putting our tradition of innovation to work on the new challenges facing global energy production and processes. Using advanced technologies, producing high-quality products, and offering reliable services are just a few of the ways that Ebara Elliott Energy is doing its part to contribute to a cleaner, more sustainable future. As a solution provider in the energy industry, Ebara Elliott Energy designs, manufactures, and services technically advanced centrifugal and axial compressors, steam turbines, power recovery expanders, custom pumps, and cryogenic products used in the petrochemical, refining, oil & gas, and liquefied gas industries, as well as in power applications. We employ 2,300 people in 30 locations around the world. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ebara Corporation, a major industrial conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Ebara employs 19,000 people and has sales of US $5 billion. Learn about the latest happenings at Ebara Elliott Energy and submit your resume/CV to be considered for future job openings. 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