Machinist

Our INVISTA Victoria, TX Maintenance Team is seeking highly skilled, and innovative leaders to join our team as a Machinist.

Our Team

We look for team members to help us use precision capabilities to create superior value and strengthen our competitive advantage in the growing nylon intermediates market.

Employees will help us achieve our Operations Vision by performing with a Business Owner mentality.

Discover and grow your unique capabilities to help us achieve the most value and drive personal satisfaction in your career!

What You Will Do


* Operate various shop machining equipment such as manual and CNC lathes and mills to achieve required precision tolerances, as well as surface polishing to light band quality.


* Perform field equipment machining (heads, flanges, milling equipment bases, etc.)


* Reference industry and OEM guides and drawings to understand required assembly tolerances.


* Drive value creation in the areas of reverse engineering of parts, inspection, shop equipment testing, and precision manual and CNC machining.


* Proactively identify improvement opportunities in our work backlog, processes, practices, shop tools, and procedures


* Disassemble, inspect, measure, and manufacture damaged or deficient rotating & fixed equipment components.


* Support estimating, planning, materials, scheduling, and customer communication processes.


* Work with our vendors to build strategic partnerships to create superior value.


* Utilize CAD tools to document/update reverse engineering drawings.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Machinist experience operating manual lathes and mills.


* Experience using precision measuring tools and holding tight tolerances.


* Ability to read and follow blueprints.


* Ability to reproduce a part without a drawing (reverse engineer).


* Proficient in computer technology.

What Will Put You Ahead


* Experience operating balance machines, ability to set up and balance impellers, shafts, and rotating equipment.


* Specific programming and machining skills in CNC Lathes and Mills.


* Leadership capability experience.


* Experience in inspection and repair of medium to large rotating equipment casings, shafts, and other parts (i.e.: line boring, milling split lines, drill & tap, etc.).


* Experience in field equipment machining (heads, flanges, milling equipment bases, etc.).


* Inspection experience using 3D parts Scanning and/or precision inspection, drawing development tools such as CAD design.


* Experience using a workflow/work order system or computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) such as SAP and Lean Kit.


* Use of CAM software to program CNC.

Physical Requirements


* Work schedule is subject to change with notification, depending upon business needs.

Additionally, must be available to work scheduled (Planned) or unscheduled (unplanned/short-notice hours on nights and/or weekends, holidays a...