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Estimated Pay info$46 per hour
Hours Full-time
Location Birmingham, Alabama

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Job Description
Snelling is recruiting a Lathe Operator for a steel company in the Birmingham area. If you’re ready to join a team who is working to make the steel industry more sustainable and do meaningful work, you’re ready to join this dynamic team! 

Hours: 6:00 AM–6:00 PM. 
Starting pay $27.00-30.00/hr per hour, depending on experience, with opportunities for growth and advancement
 
What You'll Do as a Lathe Operator:
  • Maintain a safe work environment and keep work area clean and organized
  • Set up, adjust, and operate CNC Lathe machine tools and many specialized or advanced variations of tools to preform precision machining
  • Manage daily operations to include cutting rolls, spray welding roll passes, overseeing lathe maintenance/tooling and inventory
  • Maintain accurate records and documentation for each job
  • Ability to recall specifics, methods, and processes
  • Perform additional duties as needed
 
Experience You'll Need as a Lathe Operator:
  • Experience working with Dainichi Lathes & LeBlond Lathes 
  • Dependability in attendance, work completion, and flexibility to meet needs
  • Must be able to learn quickly and multitask
  • Ability to stand for duration of a shift, up to 12 hours; frequent physical activity such as walking, climbing stairs or reaching to work with equipment throughout the shift
 
Benefits:
  • Day 1 Benefits Coverage with low cost Medical, Vision, Dental
  • Day 1 Paid-time Off and Vacation
  • 4.5% Company Match 401(k) plan
  • $500 Annual Company-paid Lifestyle Benefit
  • Competitive Compensation and Bonuses
  • Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Training and Advancement Opportunities
 
All qualified Lathe Operator candidates please submit resumes for immediate review. Please call 205.879.9950 for more information. You can also email your resume to whittney@snellingbham.com.  
 
Snelling Staffing Services, with over 75 years of staffing expertise, specializes in clerical, administrative, professional and industrial positions, permanent and temporary.  There's never a fee or contract for our candidates! Snelling Staffing Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Snelling Staffing Services is a drug-free workplace.
 
 

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Posting ID: 1298048691 Posted: 2026-09-29 Job Title: Lathe Operator Hr