Robroy Industries

CNC Machining Careers in Gilmer, TX — CNC Turning & Milling | High-Volume Production Machining | Electrical Products Manufacturing

🔎 At a glance

Company Name: Robroy Industries (Raceway Division)
Location: Gilmer, TX 75644
Founded: 1905
Shop Type: Family-owned electrical products manufacturer with in-house CNC machining
Industries Served: Electrical products, including corrosive-environment, food, beverage, and pharmaceutical facilities
Production Style: High-volume production runs
Machining Capabilities: CNC turning with live tooling and sub-spindle, CNC milling
Materials: Stainless steel turning and threading
Certifications: Gilmer-made brands are ETL certified

🏭 About Robroy Industries

Robroy Industries has been in the electrical products business since 1905, when Peter McIlroy started the Enameled Metals Company to make conduit in Etna, PA. More than a century later it is still privately held and family owned, now into its fourth generation of family leadership, which the company says puts it among the 4% of American companies to last that long under one family.

In 1961 Robroy produced the first PVC-coated conduit, Plasti-Bond, and in 1962 it opened its location in Gilmer, TX. Today the Raceway Division in Gilmer makes PVC-coated raceway (Plasti-Bond and Perma-Cote) used to house data and power lines in highly corrosive environments, along with Robroy Stainless conduit fittings and ROCKET RACK sanitary support systems used in FDA-regulated food, beverage, and pharmaceutical facilities.

Gilmer is in Northeast Texas, near Longview and between Dallas and Shreveport, and Robroy describes itself as one of the largest employers in the community. The company calls itself a family business with family values, and it lists achievement, appreciation, balance, and trust as its core values.

👍 Why you'll like working here

• Pay is a fixed union scale with automatic steps: $30.00/hour at day one, $31.50/hour at 3 months, and $32.09/hour after 1 year, with no guessing about where you stand
• The second shift is being built out, so there is room to take real ownership, with extra pay for running all of the CNC machines and for leading an area
• Second-shift differential on top of base pay, plus relocation assistance for candidates coming from out of the area
• Medical, dental, and vision with the company covering 88% including family, 401(k) with a 50% match up to 10%, and a discretionary profit-share deposited into your 401(k) each February (benefits begin at 90 days)
• Robroy's careers page also lists weekly pay periods, a wellness program, tuition reimbursement, performance and safety incentives, and safety footwear and prescription safety eyewear
• Four generations of family ownership and an employer that describes itself as highly profitable and extremely stable

⚙️ What you'll be working on

This is high-volume production machining, with parts ranging from small couplings to large hubs and conduit, and runs that can be around 200 pieces at a time. You will typically run one or two machines at once, working from the daily production requirements.

• Set up and run Haas lathes with live tooling and sub-spindles, along with a CNC mill
• Select the right programs and tooling for each job, and make program corrections as needed
• Read blueprints and measure parts with height gauges, micrometers, calipers, and pin gauges
• Run first-piece and in-process checks and offset the machine to hold tolerance
• Troubleshoot setup and production issues and perform routine preventive maintenance

⭐ Shop highlights

• Family-owned since 1905, with four generations of leadership
• Operating in Gilmer, TX since 1962
• Produced the first PVC-coated conduit (Plasti-Bond) in 1961, per the company's history
• Gilmer-made brands certified through ETL, an independent third-party organization
• Union shop with a fixed pay scale and second-shift differential
• Second shift: 3:30 PM start, 4 x 10-hour shifts
• Relocation assistance, 401(k) match, and annual profit-share

🛠️ Machines & technology

CNC Lathes / Mill-Turn: Haas lathes with live tooling and sub-spindles

CNC Mills: CNC milling machine

Other Production Equipment: Precision measurement tools including height gauges, micrometers, calipers, and pin gauges

📏 Quality & inspection

Quality is built into the job. Machinists perform first-piece and in-process dimensional checks with precision measurement tools, identify and segregate non-conforming product, and follow Robroy's documented ISO processes, procedures, and quality policy. The brands made in Gilmer are also certified through ETL, an independent third-party testing organization.

💼 Current CNC career opportunities

• CNC Machinist - 2nd Shift — Gilmer, TX, $30.00 to $32.09/hour plus second-shift differential

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