Shift & Compensation
- Shift: 1st Shift
- Hours: Monday–Friday, 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM (Possible OT as needed)
- Pay: $18.00–$21.00 per hour, based on experience
Job Duties
Our client is a manufacturer of large industrial machines designed to break down wooden pallets. We're looking for a hands-on mechanical assembler who brings real mechanical skill, and their own tools, to build these machines from the ground up using blueprints and assembly drawings.
Responsibilities include:
- Assemble large industrial equipment using your own hand tools
- Read and interpret blueprints and assembly drawings with minimal guidance
- Install, fit, and secure metal and steel components
- Perform mechanical assembly work including fastening, aligning, and adjusting parts
- Troubleshoot basic fit and assembly issues during the build process
- Lift and move materials weighing up to 80 lbs. repeatedly throughout the workday
- Operate a forklift as needed
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment
Background Profile
They need people with a mechanical background who can read a tape measure properly. Experience in any of the following areas is valued:
- Welding
- Painting
- Electrical
- Framing
- Reading blueprints
- DOT / CDL
Additional requirements:
- Proven mechanical aptitude with hands-on assembly or equipment-building experience required
- Must have your own basic hand tools (wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers, etc.) — see attached tool list
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints and assembly drawings required
- Must be able to read a tape measure properly
- Need to be able to lift 80 lbs. repeatedly throughout the shift
- Forklift experience is a plus
- Electrical or welding experience is a plus and may lead to cross-training opportunities
- Willing to train candidates coming out of welding school — must be willing to learn and open to doing things a new way
- Dependable, detail-oriented, and able to work independently or as part of a team
Tools Required
Candidates must supply their own tools:
- Tool box or cart
- Ball peen or mini sledge hammer
- Tape measure “Name brand”
- Set of screwdrivers
- Wrench set Metric and Standard
- Socket set Metric and Standard
- Combination square
- Channel locks
- Allen wrench set Metric and Standard
- Punch set
- Weld hood (for welders)
- Welpers (for welders)
Skills Required
Must have:
- Able to read a tape measure properly
- Basic math skills (Addition, subtraction, division, multiplication)
- Knowledge of basic hand tools and how to use them
- Lift 80 lbs
- Handle basic power tools (drills, impacts, grinders etc.)
- Be able to work alone or on a team
Desired:
- Knowledge of machinery (lathe, mill, drill press, bandsaw, torch, plasma cutter)
- Blueprint reading
- Fabrication experience
- Welding (MIG welding not machine or robot welding)
- Electrical knowledge (Single phase, 3 phase, machine control voltage)
- Problem solving
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