ABOUT EILBECK HEAVY ENGINEERING

Eilbeck Heavy Engineering is a leading Australian provider of heavy machining, precision manufacturing and engineering services, producing high-quality components for industries including mining, defence, infrastructure, steel, manufacturing and materials handling.

Our workshop houses an extensive range of modern CNC and specialist machining equipment, providing both large-capacity heavy machining and precision gear manufacturing capabilities.

Our machining equipment and capabilities include:

- MAAG 450 gear shaping machine, with capability for gears up to approximately 5 metres diameter

- Klingelnberg RAPID 160 gear grinding machine

- Gear milling capability across various gear milling machines -5-axis machining centres, including Okuma and DMG equipment

- Portable and fixed bed CMM inspection and dimensional verification

Eilbeck Heavy Engineering manufactures a large and engaging variety of subcontract machining work for a range of blue-chip companies throughout Australia. Our work is predominantly jobbing and low-volume manufacturing, meaning our machinists are regularly exposed to different components, materials, machining challenges and customer requirements.

ABOUT THE OFFER

- Full-time, stable employment

- Competitive remuneration based on experience and qualifications

- Overtime opportunities

- Supportive team environment

- Work with an established Australian engineering business

- Ongoing training and development opportunities

- Fast and seamless recruitment and onboarding experience

ABOUT THE ROLES





We are currently looking for an experienced Gear Machinist / 1st Class CNC Machinist to join our engineering and manufacturing team in Ingleburn, NSW.

We are particularly interested in finding someone with genuine gear manufacturing experience who understands not only how to operate the machinery, but also the fundamentals of gear geometry, gear cutting, gear grinding, gear measurement and gear quality standards

Duties include –

- Gear shaping, gear milling, gear grinding and other gear cutting processes

- Different types of gears, including spur, helical, bevel, worm and internal gears

- Setting up and operating gear manufacturing equipment

- Reading and interpreting detailed gear drawings and manufacturing specifications

- Understanding gear terminology and geometry, including module, diametral pitch (DP), pressure angle, pitch diameter, base diameter, helix angle, addendum, dedendum, tooth thickness and backlash

- Understanding and interpreting AGMA, DIN and ISO gear standards and their associated manufacturing, accuracy and inspection requirements

- Identifying and applying the required gear accuracy/quality grade

- Measuring and inspecting gears using appropriate gear measurement techniques

- Checking critical gear characteristics including tooth thickness, pitch, runout, profile and other specified gear geometry





- Using conventional precision measuring equipment

- Performing dimensional verification using portable CMM arms and fixed-bed CMM machines

- Reading and interpreting CMM and inspection reports

- Identifying gear machining or quality issues and making the necessary setup or machining corrections

- Producing components to tight tolerances in accordance with engineering drawings and customer specifications

ABOUT YOU

- Must be an experienced Machinist who can be given a gear drawing or customer specification, understand the gear geometry and required quality level, determine the appropriate machining and inspection requirements, set up the required equipment, manufacture the component and verify that the finished gear complies with the specified requirements.

- Strong experience working with large industrial gears, pinions, gear shafts, gearboxes and heavy engineering components is highly regarded.

- Must enjoy jobbing and specialised machining, rather than repetitive high-volume production.

- The variety of work requires a machinist who is technically capable, practical, adaptable and confident working through different machining and gear manufacturing challenges.

- Experienced tradesperson who takes pride in producing high-quality precision work and who wants to be part of a well-established Australian engineering and manufacturing business

- Willing to locate anywhere within Australia or globally

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

- Fulltime permanent

- Competitive salary

- Immediate start preferred or can start in January 2027

CONTACT PERSON

- ••••@eilbeckcranes.com

📌 Gear Machinist / 1st Class CNC Machinist (Ingleburn)
🏢 Eilbeck Heavy Engineering
📍 Ingleburn