Need a Rockstar Machinist for Rocket Engine Components

Salary from $75,000/yr, based on experience & abilities

I think that is very decent money, I am not qualified for the job but have made top money at a number of jobs. (Yes, I have written programs and ran CNC grinders, but not mills and lathes. I prefer manuals and would not take a CNC job unless I was desperate.)

REF: How much does a Machinist make at Boeing in the United States? Average Boeing Machinist yearly pay in the United States is approximately $85,047, which is 67% above the national average.

So $75K at starting is not bad.

This job description sounds awesome. I'm only a student right now, but I would really like to get this job.

michiganbuck said:

Salary from $75,000/yr, based on experience & abilities

I think that is very decent money, I am not qualified for the job but have made top money at a number of jobs. (Yes, I have written programs and ran CNC grinders, but not mills and lathes. I prefer manuals and would not take a CNC job unless I was desperate.)

REF: How much does a Machinist make at Boeing in the United States? Average Boeing Machinist yearly pay in the United States is approximately $85,047, which is 67% above the national average.

So $75K at starting is not bad.

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Yabbut, that's at Boeing.

The Boeing machinists down in So Cal are avoided like the plague by non Boeing shops. Why? Lazy, slow, union mentality. The chances of a Boeing machinist getting paid what he was paid at Boeing are zilch, if gets a job as a machinist at all.

A few shops I knew in the Seattle area were the same, Boeing machinists were radio active

I've been told the same thing now that I'm in the PNW. Avoid ex-Boeing guys lol

triumph406 said:

Yabbut, that's at Boeing.

The Boeing machinists down in So Cal are avoided like the plague by non Boeing shops. Why? Lazy, slow, union mentality. The chances of a Boeing machinist getting paid what he was paid at Boeing are zilch, if gets a job as a machinist at all.

A few shops I knew in the Seattle area were the same, Boeing machinists were radio active

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I think it has less to do with Boeing and more to do with the guys/gals who are looking for mid level jobs when they get cut. The really good ones rarely leave; they either climb the ladder, or work their way into a spot where they will be protected from layoffs.

I was a Boeing machinist, and out of all of the machinists I worked with, I am the only one I know who left the company voluntarily - over about a decade. Worked my way into engineering. Voluntary turnover on that side was still really low, but not approaching zero like hourly jobs used to be.

The union protects a lot of crappy workers, but the pay also used attract some of the best-of-the-best. They have internal processes to screen out the good ones and hang on to them. Many of the R&D mechanics I worked with were absolute all-stars.