Machinist III at Rice University in Houston, Texas

Job Description:

Special Instructions to Applicants:

All interested applicants should attach a resume and cover letter in the Supporting Documents section of the application, preferably in a PDF format to avoid any formatting issues.

About Rice:

Boasting a 300-acre tree-lined campus in Houston, Texas, Rice University is ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has a 6-to-1 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio, and a residential college system, which supports students intellectually, emotionally and culturally through social events, intramural sports, student plays, lectures series, courses and student government. Developing close-knit, diverse college communities is a strong campus tradition, which is why Rice is highly ranked for best quality of life and best value among private universities.

Rice is also a wonderful place to work. Rice faculty, staff and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rice's culture. They come through in the way we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name - RICE - Responsibility, Integrity, Community and Excellence.

Position Summary:

Rice's Research Support Shop, better known as the Machine Shop, has a full-time team of highly skilled technicians who create precision tools and machines that help Rice scientists complete their research and experiments. The Research Support team provides services ranging from simply drilling a hole to creating complex scientific instruments. Almost every job completed is one-of-a-kind, created to serve a unique purpose in a specific lab for a particular piece of research.

The Machinist III for the Research Support Shop works closely with graduate students and faculty to produce scientific instrument parts and apparatuses for scientific research, working from sketches, detailed drawings or in conference with faculty and graduate students

Workplace Requirements:

This position is exclusively on-site, necessitating all duties to be performed in-person. Per Rice policy 440 , work arrangements may be subject to change.

Hourly Hiring Range: $26.92 to $33.61, with hiring salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

*Non-Exempt (hourly) positions under FLSA are eligible for overtime.

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 3+ years of industry experience
  
  
  • Current machine shop experience including setting up and operating lathes, vertical milling machines, and programming, set up, operating CNC milling machine
  
  

Skills:

• Good verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Grind cutting tools
• Operate lathes, vertical milling machines, saws, belt sanders, and tool grinding

Preferences:

• 8+ years of related experience
• Technical or vocational school training preferred
• Experience in research and development machine shop environment
• Some experience with sheet metal fabrication

Essential Functions:

• Creates customized scientific instruments, tools, and parts by precision machining use.
• Lathes, Bridgeport milling machine, saws, belt sander, and tool grinding.
• Make Sheetmetal fabrications using sheet metal shear and sheet metal break.
• Read blueprints, drawings, specifications, or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work
• Identify multiple surface finishes
• Operate assigned machine (Mill, Lathe) independently with little to no guidance to include applicable set up
• Run multiple types of machines
• Use advanced trade mathematics together with the use of complicated drawings
• Complete all other duties as assigned

Working conditions

• Non-smoking, air conditioning shop

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Rice University is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity at all levels and considers for employment qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.

Rice University is committed to ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity and the full inclusion of all qualified persons in the workplace. This commitment includes providing reasonable accommodations to persons with disabilities. For applicants with disabilities who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please contact Rice University's Disability Resource Center at 713-348-5841 or adarice@rice.edu for support.

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