
Milling Machinist - Additive
Coon Rapids, MNFull-time$21.2–40.67/hrSeen 3mo agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Cretex is hiring a Milling Machinist - Additive. The CNC Machinist operates CNC machines to support the manufacture of components and devices for the medical device industry. This role involves performing quality inspections, preventative maintenance, and tool changes on milling and lathe CNC machines. A sign-on bonus is available, dependent on the level of experience.
Key focus areas include Operate milling & lathe CNC machines, Perform quality inspection on completed parts, and Perform preventative maintenance on milling & lathe CNC machines to ensure consistent machine performance.
Successful candidates bring Strong Math Background, Understanding Of Geometric Dimensioning And Tolerancing (GD&T), and Ability To Read And Interpret Blueprints. Important skills include Operate Milling CNC Machines, Operate Lathe CNC Machines, Quality Inspection, Preventative Maintenance, Tool Changes, and Geometric Dimensioning And Tolerancing (GD&T). Preferred (not required): Machining Medical Components, Machining Medical Devices, Machining Medical Instruments, and Working With Tight Tolerances.
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Full job description
Overview
rms Company provides contract manufacturing of high-quality, tight-tolerance medical implants, components and sub-assemblies using cutting-edge technology. rms is part of the Cretex Medical family of companies. Learn more at www.rmsmachining.com and www.cretexmedical.com.
CNC Machinist Position Summary
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The CNC Machinist operates CNC machines to support the manufacture of components and devices for the medical device industry.
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Shifts Available: 1st Shift Mon- Thurs 5:30 am - 3:30 pm
Sign-On Bonus Available: $1,000-$5,000 dependent on level of experience!
Responsibilities
CNC Machinist Duties and Responsibilities
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Operate milling & lathe CNC machines
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Perform quality inspection on completed parts
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Perform preventative maintenance on milling & lathe CNC machines to ensure consistent machine performance
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Complete tool changes
Qualifications
CNC Machinist Position Requirements
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Operator experience with milling or lathe CNC machines
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Strong math background, preferable in machine math/shop math
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Understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
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Ability to read and interpret blueprints
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Experience using a microscope
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Ability to read measurement equipment such as micrometer, caliper, pressure micrometer
CNC Machinist Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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Machining experience with medical components, devices, or instruments
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Previous experience with tight tolerances
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Programming experience with Milling CNC Machines
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Experience with set-up on Milling CNC Machines
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Experience in troubleshooting of Milling CNC Machines
rms Company Benefits
As a Cretex Medical company, rms offers a full benefit package to its employees. Benefits include medical, dental, vision and life insurance options. rms also offers a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, profit sharing, short- term and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, and an onsite medical clinic.
rms Company also offers company specific benefits, such as:
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Onsite Clinic
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Paid Parental Leave
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Monthly Social Events
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Annual Employee Appreciation Week
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Volunteer Opportunities
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Training and Development Opportunities
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Tuition Reimbursement
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Wellness Program
Cretex Companies use cutting oils, solvents, and other chemicals in the manufacturing process. Testing is conducted on a periodic basis to ensure that all chemicals are kept well below the OSHA permissible exposure levels.
Pay Range
USD $21.20 - USD $40.67 /Hr.
Pay Range Details
This pay range reflects the base hourly rate or annual salary for positions within this job grade, based on our market-based pay structures. Actual compensation will depend on factors such as skills, relevant experience, education, internal equity, business needs, and local market conditions. While the full hiring range is shared for transparency,offers are rarely made at the minimum or maximum of the range.
Company Benefits
All Employees:
Our 401k retirement savings plan with a company match contribution; onsite health clinics, discretionary holiday bonus program (based on years of service), Cretex University, 24/7 employee assistance program with access to five confidential visits with a licensed counselor at no cost, wellness program with incentives, an employee death benefit, and employee sick and safe leave are available to all Cretex employees.
20+hours:
Cretex’s medical benefit package includes: comprehensive medical insurance with access to virtual providers; dental insurance (Little Partners Dental benefit covers services 100 percent for children 12 and younger when seen by a Health Partners in network provider); vision insurance; a pre-tax health savings account, healthcare and dependent care pre-tax reimbursement accounts; paid holidays, paid time off; and our discretionary profit sharing program are available to employees working 20+ hours/week.
30+ hours:
Parental Leave, accident and critical illness benefits, optional employee, spouse, and child life; short and long term disability; company provided life insurance; and tuition assistance programs are available to employees working 30+ hours per week.
(Some benefits are subject to eligibility criteria.)
Applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, family status, status with regard to public assistance, or any other protected status as required by law.
Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment and eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visitwww.dhs.gov/E-Verify .
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Job LocationsUS-MN-Coon Rapids
ID 2026-6336
Category Operations
Position Type Regular Full-Time
How this job compares
Set against the 853 open Machinist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$21.2–40.67/hr
- Minnesota median$27–36/hr38 hourly ranges
- US median$27–36/hr391 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $30.94/hr, is close to the Minnesota median midpoint ($31/hr) — in the middle half of Machinist hourly ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 45 open Machinist jobs in Minnesota and 853 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- Cretex (this employer)4 open
- JDM Machining, Inc3 open
- Millerbernd Manufacturing Co.3 open
- Experience
- Machinist postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (561 postings).
- Education
- 4 of the 853 open Machinist jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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