CNC Plasma & Water Jet Operator at Carrier Vibrating Equipment – Tonawanda, New York

Carrier Process Equipment Group (CPEG) offers customers a comprehensive line of large industrial processing equipment for a wide variety of industries. By combining engineering expertise including high tolerance fabrication and assembly, we design and manufacture custom bulk processing equipment solutions. Please visit us at https://www.cpeg.com/ to see the full scale of our product lines and solutions including the diverse family of brands who make up our portfolio.

We are looking for a full-time CNC Plasma & Water Jet Operator at our Riverview Blvd location in Tonawanda NY. This is an onsite position that is responsible for the efficient setup, operation, and maintenance of CNC plasma and waterjet cutting machines. This role involves setting up the machine, performing routine maintenance, operating cranes and forklifts to move materials, assisting with material inventory audits, and ensuring the quality of the cut products.

Job responsibilities:

• Machine Setup & Operation: Calibrate and operate CNC plasma and waterjet machines.
• Technical Reading: Interpret blueprints, technical drawings and job specifications.
• Maintenance: Perform routine maintenance, troubleshoot issues and clean machines.
• Material Handling: Load and unload raw materials using overhead cranes or forklifts.
• Quality Control: Inspect finished parts for accuracy, ensuring they meet strict tolerances. Verify correct quantity of parts are produced.
• Safety & Compliance: Maintain a clean work environment, adhere to safety procedures and use appropriate PPE.
• Helps identify new and better processes

• 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment operating plasma/waterjet/ laser machinery.
• Understanding of material types, grades and marking requirements.
• Ability to perform basic shop math including addition, subtraction and conversions of decimals to fractions/ fractions to decimals.
• Proficient in using precision measuring tools and equipment including tape measures, calipers and micrometers.
• Competent use all shop machinery, including, but not limited to: Drill press, band saw, ironworker, shear handheld plasma cutter and oxygen acetylene torch.

Preferred experience:

• Prior experience working with ASME standards for processing materials.
• Use of AutoCAD software, CAD/CAM software.
• Machine programming experience.
• Messer or Flow machine brand experience.
• CNC Press brake experience.
• Plate roll experience.

Competitive Benefits

• Generous paid time off as well as 80 hours of holiday pay each year.
• Ability to become an Employee Owner. This benefit is fully funded by the company—no employee contribution required—and builds value for you over time based on the company's performance. While results vary from year to year, the ESOP consistently delivers retirement benefits that exceed those of a typical 401(k) match.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance. We provide a company contribution with Health Savings Account (HSA) participation. Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) are also available for healthcare and dependent care expenses, regardless of whether you are enrolled in a company medical plan.
• Company paid Basic Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), and Long-Term Disability coverage, along with supplemental Short-Term Disability coverage (company pays 50% of premium).
• Voluntary coverages such as additional life insurance, accident insurance and more.
• Employee Assistance Program. Our EAP offers free, confidential support including legal and financial consultations, counseling services, estate planning, travel assistance, and work-life resources such as childcare, eldercare, and health advocacy.
• Employee Referral Program bonus.
• Educational Assistance.
• Career Advancement. CPEG is 100% employee-owned and led by a dynamic executive team of talented individuals who have risen through the management structure.
• Option to contribute to a 401(k) plan with flexible loan feature—invest in your future while keeping access to your funds if you need them.
• Cash Balance Pension Plan. We contribute to this retirement savings on your behalf—no employee contribution required. Combined with a guaranteed 4% rate of return, this means you receive a consistent and valuable retirement benefit every year.

CPEG Buffalo LLC is an equal opportunity organization. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to actual or perceived: race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, creed, religion (including wearing attire, clothing or facial hair in accordance with the tenets of religion), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and transgender status), gender identity or expression, reproductive health decisions, familial status, national origin, physical or mental disability (including gender dysphoria and being a certified medical marijuana patient), genetic information (including predisposing genetic characteristics), age (18 and over), veteran status, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, certain arrest or conviction records, domestic violence victim status and any other status protected by law.

*The salary range indicated in this posting represents the minimum and maximum of the salary range for this position. Actual salary will vary depending on factors including, but not limited to, budget available, prior experience, knowledge, skill and education as they relate to the position’s qualifications, in addition to internal equity. The posted salary range reflects just one component of our total rewards package. Other components of the total rewards package may include participation in group health and/or dental insurance, retirement plan, wellness program, paid time away from work, and paid holidays.