CNC Machinist
Date: Aug 28, 2025
Location: Carthage, MO, US
Company: Leggett & Platt
We make life more comfortable.
Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.
Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.
From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.
Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history
Bedding
The world leader in bedding technology.
Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.
Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery – our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.
Learn more about Bedding Components: L&P Bedding Group
Leggett & Platt
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JOB DESCRIPTION
POSITION: CNC MACHINIST
REPORTS TO: MANUFACTURING MANAGER
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be able to follow verbal and written instructions
- Show previous experience in operating CNC equipment or related fields
- Must have cooperative attitude, necessary to work effectively with others
- Must have acceptable attendance
- Satisfactorily pass CNC aptitude test
- Must be able to move quickly from machine to machine and make necessary adjustments
- Must be able to fill out all necessary paperwork accurately
- Must be able to read and understand prints/drawings
- Must be able to use and understand basic inspection tools (calipers, micrometers, etc)
- Commitment to Quality Management Systems and Continuous Improvement
- Commitment to L&P Safety and Environmental initiatives
PRIMARY DUTIES:
The primary duties of the employee are (but are not limited to) the following:
- Do machine set-ups and changeovers
- Report to the supervisor any problems or parts that would create costly downtime
- Initiate action to prevent the occurrence of any non- conformity related to the product, process and/or the system
- Make sure area is kept clean and orderly
- Identify and record any problems relating to the product, process and to the system
- Initiate, recommend or provide solutions through designated channels
- Verify the implementation of solutions
- Report to the supervisor any recommendations to correct machine problems such as performance that effect quality or machine life
- Follow all written procedures, work instructions and quality plans
- Control further processing, delivery or installation of non-conforming product until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected
- Will discontinue production and notify supervisor as needed if process does not fall within specifications or is suspected to be nonconforming
- Conform to all Quality/Safety requirements and procedures
- Participate in the Continuous Improvement Process
- Perform other duties as requested or as deemed appropriate
REQUIREMENTS:
You must be able to perform these duties on or about 30 days
- Operate machinery efficiently.
- Report any serious problems to the supervisor
- Accurately use and understand basic inspection tools.
- Understand work instructions & quality plans for process.
You must be able to perform these duties on or about 60 DAYS
- Able to perform all 30 day requirements.
- Must be able to perform machine changeovers.
- Inspect finished product for quality defects.
- Know and understand all nonconformities and specifications.
You must be able to perform these duties on or about 90 DAYS
- Understand all processes involved with the position.
Nearest Major Market: Joplin
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Machinist, CNC, Industrial, Equipment Operator, Hydraulics, Manufacturing, Engineering