Jemms-Cascade Inc.

🔎 At a glance

Company Name: JEMMS-Cascade, Inc.
Location: Troy, Michigan
Founded: 1988
Shop Type: OEM / Precision Manufacturer
Industries Served: Automotive • Aerospace • Construction • Agriculture • Heavy Equipment • Industrial
Production Style: Custom Engineered Components • Standard Products • Specialized Precision Work
Machining Capabilities: CNC Turning • Live Tooling • Y-Axis Machining • Gear Cutting / Hobbing
Machines & Controls: Eurotech • Okuma • Fanuc • Okuma OSP / IGF
CAM Software: GibbsCAM

🏭 About JEMMS-Cascade

JEMMS-Cascade is a family-founded manufacturer that has been designing and building engineered fastening solutions in Troy, Michigan, since 1988.

The company was founded by Donald and Susan Galat with a goal of building superior tools for manufacturing and assembly. Today, the next generation of the Galat family continues that work, supplying custom and standard nutrunner attachments to manufacturers around the world.

JEMMS-Cascade serves the automotive, aerospace, construction, agriculture, heavy-equipment, and general industrial markets. Its products help manufacturers solve difficult assembly challenges involving access, quality, safety, traceability, and process control.

Unlike a traditional production machine shop, JEMMS-Cascade brings engineering, precision manufacturing, assembly, testing, and shipping together under one roof. That allows machinists to work directly with Engineering and contribute to specialized products from the initial design through the finished component.

The work can include complex gear-related parts, custom attachment components, challenging CNC lathe setups, and precision features that require strong programming and problem-solving skills. For experienced machinists, this creates an opportunity to do more than run the same production cycle every day.

JEMMS-Cascade offers a stable environment where skilled employees can expand their programming, setup, process-development, and precision-machining capabilities while contributing to products used in demanding manufacturing applications.

👍 Why you’ll like working here

JEMMS-Cascade gives experienced machinists the opportunity to use their full skill set.

You won’t be limited to loading parts and pressing cycle start. Machinists can program, set up, prove out, troubleshoot, inspect, and improve their own work. Engineering and Manufacturing are located in the same facility, making it easier to collaborate directly when solving machining or design challenges.

The work includes specialized components rather than repetitive production parts all day. Depending on the project, you may gain experience with complex CNC turning, gear-related components, live tooling, Y-axis machining, conversational programming, and process improvement.

JEMMS-Cascade also offers a stable first-shift schedule, overtime opportunities, comprehensive benefits, tuition reimbursement, and room to continue developing your skills. It’s a strong fit for machinists who take pride in owning a job from blueprint through finished part.

⚙️ What you’ll be working on

Machinists at JEMMS-Cascade manufacture precision components used in custom and standard nutrunner attachments and engineered fastening systems.

The work may include complex turned components, gear-related parts, shafts, housings, attachment components, and other specialized parts used in industrial assembly applications.

CNC machinists can be involved in:

• Programming, setting up, proving out, and operating CNC lathes
• Producing precision components from blueprint through final inspection
• Selecting tooling, workholding, fixtures, and machining strategies
• Programming with Fanuc or Okuma OSP controls
• Using conversational programming on Eurotech and Okuma machines
• Working with live tooling, Y-axis, and multi-axis turning applications
• Troubleshooting programming, setup, tooling, and quality issues
• Working directly with Engineering to solve manufacturing challenges
• Improving processes to reduce cycle times and increase part quality
• Inspecting completed parts with precision measuring equipment

⭐ Shop highlights

• Family-founded manufacturer established in 1988
• Engineering and manufacturing under one roof
• Custom and standard engineered fastening products
• Specialized parts rather than repetitive production work all day
• Eurotech and Okuma CNC lathes
• Programming and full setup responsibility
• Live tooling, Y-axis, and gear-related machining
• Stable first-shift schedule
• Overtime available
• Tuition reimbursement and opportunities to develop new skills

🛠️ Machines & technology

CNC lathes

• Eurotech CNC lathes
• Okuma CNC lathes
• Live-tooling and Y-axis capabilities
• Multi-axis CNC turning equipment

Controls & programming

• Fanuc controls
• Okuma OSP controls
• Okuma IGF conversational programming
• Eurotech conversational programming
• GibbsCAM

Additional capabilities

• Gear cutting and hobbing
• Custom tooling and fixturing
• Multi-axis machining
• Process development and cycle-time improvement

📏 Quality & inspection

Quality is built into the manufacturing process at JEMMS-Cascade. Machinists are expected to inspect their own work using micrometers, calipers, gauges, and other precision measuring equipment. With engineering, manufacturing, assembly, and testing located under one roof, quality issues can be identified and addressed throughout the production process.

💼 Current CNC career opportunities

CNC Lathe Programmer / Machinist

Program, set up, prove out, and operate Eurotech and Okuma CNC lathes while producing complex precision components. This first-shift position pays $27.00–$32.00 per hour and includes overtime opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package.

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