This week: MI · WI · AZ · GA · MA · LA · MN · PA · OH · + 1 in Canada
What I'm seeing this week
A few weeks ago we started running something we call Full Reach for shops with a machinist job that's hard to fill. Here's what our first four jobs have produced so far.
Full Reach puts one open machinist job in front of people in four places: a managed Indeed campaign, a post in the MACHINIST Facebook group, a post from one of our LinkedIn partners to their followers, and the job itself on hireCNC and out to partner job sites like ZipRecruiter. We run all of it and screen every resume before anything goes to the shop.
Here's what it has produced, per job:
About 10 machinist resumes sent to the employer in week one
About 7 per job, per week, on average
62 resumes sent to employers so far across the four jobs, and it keeps growing
Every one of those is screened by hireCNC first, so the shop is looking at people who've actually run machines.
Full Reach doesn't replace a full recruiting search. If you need someone hunted down, screened by phone and walked through an offer, that's a different service. But as job advertising, it's doing what it's supposed to: the job is in front of machinists and resumes are landing with the shop.
$1,500 for the first month, Indeed ad spend included. Hiring a machinist? Reply to this email and I'll point you to the right person at hireCNC.
🔥 Featured Machine Shops
MEPCO — Grand Rapids, MI
CNC Swiss Machine Operator — $24–$35/hour
CNC Mill Operator — $24–$35/hour
Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM–3:30 PM, 40 hours straight with no overtime
Five Tsugami Swiss machines on Fanuc controls plus Citizen Swiss on Mitsubishi, and Haas mills plus two Mori Seiki mills with robotic arms
Brass, stainless and Class 30 gray iron, with production lots of 20,000 to 50,000 parts
Medical, dental and vision, 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4%, and an annual bonus
Vacation starts at 4 days after 90 days and grows toward 25 days
Prior hands-on CNC experience required; these openings aren't entry-level
Making steam traps, pumps and valves in Grand Rapids since 1903, in an air-conditioned shop with water-based coolant
Enerpac Tool Group — Antigo, WI
CNC Mill Machinist — $23.79–$32.71/hour
4x10, Monday–Thursday, with a choice of 2nd shift (2:00 PM–12:00 AM) or 3rd shift (8:00 PM–6:00 AM), so you get a three-day weekend every week
CNC mills on Fanuc and Mazatrol controls, running small-batch production in a cell
You set up and run the mills, read prints and catch problems before they become scrap
Fanuc or Mazatrol experience and overhead crane experience are pluses
Precision components for Enerpac's hydraulic tools and controlled-force products; the Antigo plant runs under the Hydratight brand
Misany Engineering — Clarkdale, AZ · NEW
CNC Setup Machinist — up to $33/hour
Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM–3:30 PM, with overtime available through early starts or voluntary Saturdays
A true setup role: 3+ years of CNC setup on mills and lathes, set up by hand with edge finders, indicators and blocks (no probing)
YCM and Fanuc RoboDrill mills, Takisawa and Nakamura lathes, Fanuc controls
High-mix, low-volume work, typically 3 to 50 pieces a run
The company pays 50% of employee-only medical, dental and vision
Started in a garage in 1989; about 15 machinists today, 20 miles from Sedona, and recently ISO 9001:2015 certified
Candidates willing to relocate are considered
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🔎 Additional CNC Jobs Worth a Look
Industrial Services of Peachtree City (Peachtree City, GA) — Experienced Machinist – Manual and CNC Programming — $20–$35/hour
Randolph & Baldwin (Ayer, MA) — CNC Machinist — $30–$35/hour
Halco Production Machining (Shreveport, LA) — CNC Swiss Machinist / Operator (Star Swiss) — $25–$45/hour
Lowell (Minneapolis, MN) — CNC Swiss Machinist – Night or Weekend Shift — $26–$38/hour
KMM Group (Hatboro, PA) — CNC Machinist Setup Operator – 2nd & 3rd Shift — $25–$35/hour
All-Tech Manufacturing (Akron, OH) — CNC Programmer / Setup Machinist (Lathe & Mill) — $27–$35/hour
Relocating for the right shop? Browse every role currently offering relocation assistance. (U.S. roles only — none of these sponsor visas.)
🧳 Contract & Traveling Machinist Roles
Join the hireCNC contract machinist team. These assignments pay an hourly rate plus per diem:
Contract CNC Lathe Machinist III (Woburn, MA) — $45/hour plus $175/day per diem, paid 7 days a week
Contract CNC Lathe Machinist – Setup (Gray, LA) — $38/hour plus $175/day per diem
CNC Machinist – Weekday Overnight (Sauk Rapids, MN) — $36–$42/hour
The Woburn and Gray roles are 3-month assignments with a possible extension. More contract roles: hirecnc.com/jobs/contract
CNC Machining Roles in Canada 🍁
Ellery Manufacturing (Surrey, BC) — CNC Machinist – Vertical Turning / Horizontal Boring – Day Shift — $35–$46/hour
Browse every open role: hirecnc.com/jobs
New jobs land on the board every week — this newsletter goes out every Wednesday with the best of what's open.
hireCNC connects CNC machinists with shops that are actually hiring, no recruiter runaround required.
