Job Description

Overview

At Greene, Tweed, you'll find cutting-edge technology and world-class polymer expertise in an environment that embraces diversity and celebrates success. The Machinist I role involves operating CNC or manual machines to fabricate production parts according to specifications and quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Operate one or more CNC or manual machines to fabricate production parts to print specifications.
  • Perform machine set ups to obtain close tolerances, fitting, and alignment of machined parts.
  • Obtain required inspections on first pieces of a run and perform inspections on work-in-progress.
  • Complete and maintain all necessary records for each job.
  • Maintain work area in a clean, safe, and orderly fashion.
  • Perform routine preventative maintenance of machines according to PM schedule.
  • Make jigs, fixtures, or other specialized non-production devices as qualified.
  • Acquire raw material, supplies, tools, etc. when necessary.
  • Assist in the training of other machinists as requested.
  • Perform first piece inspections on basic products for other machinists.
  • Grind tools when necessary.
  • Troubleshoot drawings, machining, tooling, programming, and material.
  • Utilize Geometric Dimension & Tolerance as called out on print.
  • Provide feedback on trends and recommend process improvements.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • 5+ years of trade school apprenticeship or equivalent shop experience, preferably with engineered plastics.
  • Technical training in shop math and blueprint reading.
  • Ability to understand GD&T is a plus.
  • Able to read and understand basic blueprints.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k

How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$41/hr across 83 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Houston, TX

We're tracking 323 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 188 different employers. 75 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,149 other active welding openings from 515 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (34), Zachry Group (28), and Worley (19). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arlington at $39/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Houston, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Machinist I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.