CNC Operator

Welcome to Lava Island

Lava Island is an indoor play oasis where kids fly across trampolines, vanish into towering jungle gyms, dive into foam pits, and race down slides while families share pizza and celebrate birthdays in the party rooms. It is loud, bright, and full of energy.

Every trampoline, deck, slide, and play piece is made by hand. Active Play Solutions (APS) is the team that makes them.

The Job

You will run the cutting machines on the APS production floor in Denver. That means the steel cutting machine and the CNC / beam saw. You will load stock, set up the program for each job, run the machine, and produce the precision-cut components that go into every new park.

This is a real machinist seat, not a button-pusher job. You will read cut files, confirm them against work orders, monitor the cuts, and keep the machines running clean. You will work alongside the Production Manager and the rest of the production crew.

Why APS

• Real product. The work you do today shows up in a park kids will play in.
• Cross-training. Strong CNC skills are the floor, not the ceiling. You can grow across the production floor over time.
• Steady company. APS is growing, and we are hiring for the long run.
• Predictable schedule. Day shift in our Denver warehouse. No travel.
• Benefits. Per company benefits program.

What You Will Do

• Run the steel cutting machine and the CNC / beam saw.
• Load stock, set up programs, monitor cuts for accuracy and safety.
• Read cut files from the Automation Designer and confirm each program against the work order.
• Catch your own quality issues. Do not pass problems downstream.
• Keep the machines clean, maintained, and running. Surface preventive maintenance and repair needs to the Production Manager.
• Cross-train into other stations and production groups over time.
• Follow all safety protocols. Cutting equipment is the heaviest, most safety-critical work on the floor.

What You Need

• CNC or industrial cutting machine experience. Typically two or more years on CNC routers, beam saws, plasma or steel cutters, or similar programmed cutting equipment.
• Comfort loading, programming, and running automated cutting machines.
• Working knowledge of safe operation around heavier industrial equipment, including PPE and lockout procedures.
• Reliable. Show up, hold a steady pace, do the work.
• Open to cross-training into other production groups over time.

Experience cutting both wood and metal is a plus. Familiarity with G-code or common CNC programming environments helps. So does bilingual (English / Spanish).

Ready to Join the Crew?

If you want a real cutting machine seat in a Denver manufacturing company making the stuff kids play on, we want to meet you. Apply today.