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Overview

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions, providing equipment for manufacturing display and semiconductor chips. The Machinist V position involves operating complex machinery to produce and modify parts, ensuring quality and safety in a supportive work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Safely operate all machines in the shop, performing complex operations to produce prototype and production parts.
  • Support in-house customers while providing courteous customer service.
  • Utilize Work Orders, Blueprints, and instructions to determine machining processes and requirements.
  • Perform a variety of machining and assembly tasks using standard machine shop equipment.
  • Plan and perform complex machine set-ups to minimize machining time.
  • Perform various machining operations such as milling, turning, and drilling.
  • Monitor machines and verify part dimensions conform to specifications.
  • Conduct visual and dimensional inspections to ensure compliance with specifications.

Requirements

  • Trade school certificate in Machining + 5 years in the field or Journeyman in a machinist’s trade union or verifiable 10 years field experience.
  • Working knowledge of trigonometry for accurate calculations.
  • Experience with calipers, micrometers, gauges, and other inspection tools.
  • Understanding of G and M code programming.
  • Comprehensive understanding of processes, procedures, and systems within the machining discipline.
  • Ability to act as a lead for the team and provide guidance to junior members.
  • Problem-solving skills to resolve diverse scope problems.

Additional Information

  • Full-time position.
  • Location: Tempe Spares Mfg, AZ.
  • Physically demanding position requiring standing, walking, bending, and lifting.
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How this job compares in Tempe, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $37/hr median for welding jobs in Tempe, AZ, whose middle half runs $28–$42/hr across 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 56% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Tempe, AZ

We're tracking 27 other active welding openings in Tempe, AZ right now, from 19 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 467 other active welding openings from 221 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Tempe, or widen the search to Arizona.

Applied Materials currently has 3 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (19), and EZARC (18). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Goodyear at $51/hr, Tolleson at $38/hr, and Tempe at $37/hr. Tempe is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Machinist V - Swing Shift - (T5) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.