Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Job Description

Your Job Description for Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Company Information

Organization Name: NEU-BAU LLC.

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FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Prepared Date: 04-21-2025

Hiring Manager Job Title: Cabinet Assembly and CNC operator

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Employment Status: Full-time Regular

Primary Location: Belgrade, MT

Job Summary

Operate woodworking machines including Edge Banders, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood finishing equipment. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment.

Education

High School Diploma

Experience

Experience with operating woodworking tools such as Edge Banders, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, drills, and wood hand tools is essential. The ability to handle computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment is highly desirable.

Knowledge

Mechanical - Comprehensive knowledge of wood working machinery and tools, encompassing their application, repair, and maintenance. Proficient in the operation and utilization of a hydraulic forklift.

Skills

Basic Skills

Active Learning- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Active Listening- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Critical Thinking- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

Learning Strategies- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

Mathematics- Using mathematics to solve problems.

Monitoring- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Reading Comprehension- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

Science- Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.

Speaking- Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Writing- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Social Skills

Coordination- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Instructing- Teaching others how to do something.

Service Orientation- Actively looking for ways to help people.

Social Perceptiveness- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Complex Problem Solving Skills

Best Efforts of Employee: Employee agrees to perform faithfully, industriously, and to the best of Employee’s ability, experience, and talents, all the duties assigned to them, to the reasonable satisfaction of NEU-BAU . Such duties shall be assigned from time to time as the needs, business, opportunities of NEU-BAU may require.

Complex Problem Solving- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Technical Skills

Installation- Install casework, finish scribing, level, and use tools according to specifications.

Operation and Control- Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Operations Monitoring- Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Quality Control Analysis- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Repairing- Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

Troubleshooting- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Work Context

Pace and Scheduling - Work starts promptly at 8 am Monday through Friday. Time is of the essence in ensuring the proper functioning of the shop floor. The pace is fast and efficient thought the day.

Transportation- Employees must have their own means to arrive and depart the shop on time. A valid driver's license is required.

Communication - Types and frequency of interactions with other people that are required as part of this job. This includes verbal, non-verbal, and written communication skills necessary for effective collaboration and coordination both within the team and with external stakeholders.

Positive attitude - Positive attitude towards learning our methods of cabinetry production

Collaboration -is key for an efficient and harmonious work environment. Role Relationships - The importance of different types of interactions with others both inside and outside the organization.

Responsibility for Others - The worker is responsible for the safety of their coworkers as well as their own. This includes ensuring that all safety protocols are followed, and any hazards are promptly addressed.

Work Setting - NEU-BAU’s modern cabinetry manufacturing facility is indoors, heated, and naturally ventilated.

Body Positioning – standing throughout the day, with the ability to lift 75 lbs.

Work Attire - Workers must wear appropriate work clothes that are not loose or tattered to avoid injury. Clothing with offensive, political, or otherwise inappropriate messaging is not allowed.

Routine versus Challenging Work - The work primarily involves repetitive assembly of cabinets as part of this job.

Primary Job Duties

Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.

Determine product specifications and materials, work methods, and machine setup requirements, according to blueprints, oral or written instructions, drawings, or work orders.

Feed stock through feed mechanisms or conveyors into planing, shaping, boring, mortising, or sanding machines to produce desired components.

Adjust machine tables or cutting devices and set controls on machines to produce specified cuts or operations.

Monitor operation of machines and make adjustments to correct problems and ensure conformance to specifications.

Set up, program, operate, or tend computerized or manual woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, or wood-nailing machines.

Examine finished workpieces for smoothness, shape, angle, depth-of-cut, or conformity to specifications and verify dimensions, visually and using hands, rules, calipers, templates, or gauges.

Install and adjust blades, cutterheads, boring-bits, or sanding-belts, using hand tools and rules.

Inspect and mark completed workpieces and stack them on pallets, in boxes, or on conveyors so that they can be moved to the next workstation.

Push or hold workpieces against, under, or through cutting, boring, or shaping mechanisms.

Change alignment and adjustment of sanding, cutting, or boring machine guides to prevent defects in finished products, using hand tools.

Inspect pulleys, drive belts, guards, or fences on machines to ensure that machines will operate safely.

Remove and replace worn parts, bits, belts, sandpaper, or shaping tools.

Secure woodstock against a guide or in a holding device, place woodstock on a conveyor, or dump woodstock in a hopper to feed woodstock into machines.

Clean or maintain products, machines, or work areas.

Attach and adjust guides, stops, clamps, chucks, or feed mechanisms, using hand tools.

Examine raw woodstock for defects and to ensure conformity to size and other specification standards.

Trim wood parts according to specifications, using planes, chisels, or wood files or sanders.

Activities

Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Technology

Time accounting software

Qucikbooks Timekeeping software

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

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The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.

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