About Micron

Award-winning precision machined products manufacturer with humble beginnings

Since 1952, Micron Manufacturing Company has grown from its humble beginnings as a screw machine shop to an award-winning leader of precision machined components. Micron can provide simple to highly technical parts, made from a variety of materials such as aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, plastics, stainless steel, and steel.

Today, Micron serves a variety of industries with a wide range of CNC machining capabilities that include:

  • Turning
  • Milling
  • Light assembly
  • Design for manufacturing
  • Prototyping for production
  • Inventory management

Micron has established partnerships to provide additional services, including:

  • Grinding
  • Plating
  • Heat treating
  • Finishing

Micron builds their customer relationships from the beginning with the quoting process. It starts with a feasibility process with engineers that specialize in design for manufacture, and continues through implementation of your part to production. Design and engineering support, along with the best machinery available, results in quality parts, on time, on budget, for all sizes and complexities.

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History

Founded in 1952 by Ed Preston, Micron Manufacturing began as a screw machine shop. Today, led by Ed’s son Mike Preston, Micron is one of the industry’s most reliable CNC machining companies for precision components, assemblies and subassemblies.

Micron has effectively combined Lean principles, Continuous Improvement, and Design for Manufacture. We call our unique and productive approach systemicron™.

systemicron is the means by which we are able to machine and deliver components with enduring reliability.

Our customers know that they can rely on us to deliver parts and service with absolute confidence.

Quality Certifications

Micron’s enduring reliability™ is evident in the commitment to quality. Micron is ISO 9001:2015 certified for the manufacture of screw machine products, CNC products, and assemblies.

Associations & affiliations

Micron is active in the precision machining industry and community, through trade organization leadership and participation in the following organizations:

Awards

Micron Manufacturing received the Shingo Silver Medallion for Operational Excellence. The Shingo Prize was established to promote awareness of Lean concepts and to recognize companies that achieve world-class operational excellence.

Micron was voted one of Michigan 50 Companies to Watch, an awards program honoring companies headquartered in the state of Michigan. These companies demonstrate high performance in the marketplace or exhibit innovative products or processes. Companies are selected because of their impact on Michigan’s economy by providing jobs and revenue.

Careers

Micron Manufacturing is a family-owned, ISO-9001 Registered, CNC machine shop known for excellence it’s responsiveness to its customers and its lean production. Our 70 years of operation have brought us from the horse-and-buggy days of screw machines to the modern, systems-oriented world of American manufacturing in the present day. As a small business with less than 50 employees, Micron prides itself on maintaining a great company culture, a friendly work environment, and flexible schedules for our employees. Our shop floor is clean, safe and climate controlled. At Micron we value “living and promoting the American dream,” and we are hoping to find people of a similar mindset to join us.

Micron has a Department of Labor (DOL) registered apprenticeship program to develop CNC machinists and programmers.

 

We offer competitive pay and benefits including Paid Time Off Health Insurance, 401K, and Flexible Spending Account.

2nd Shift CNC Lathe Set-up Operator

Set-up Operator (Swiss Style & or Conventional Lathe) is capable and responsible for using an existing program and layout to produce a finished product. This position is responsible for setting up and operating machines for existing products. Once the machine is running, they will operate the machine or assign it to an Operator.

2nd Shift works 4 tens: Monday thru Thursday 3:00pm – 1:30am.

Duties and Responsibilities are:

  • Review schedule and Identify when a job needs to be setup.
  • Interpret setup instructions and documentation for existing products.
  • Set up the machine with the required materials i.e. tooling, programs, instructions, attachments, fixtures, programs, etc..
  • Complete first piece runoff, ensuring setup, order of operations, clearances, and tolerances are correct.
  • Perform first piece approval on work pieces.

Requirements:

  • High school diploma.
  • Minimum 1yr + Set-up Operator

    Please send resumes to [email protected]: