Job Information
Aerotek L3 Machinist in Lafayette, Indiana
Job Title: L3 Machinist
Job Description
The machine shop is responsible for metal cutting, drilling, grinding, and deburring parts to the control plan (blueprint and instruction) specification. Once finished, the product goes to final quality inspection. The LV III machinist's role involves staging parts using a forklift and pallet jack, loading the machine with raw material, operating CNC machines, deburring parts, cutting plugs using air-powered tools, offloading machines with finished parts, and performing general helper duties around the machine shop. This role is dynamic and requires flexibility to help with various tasks in the machine shop to ensure parts reach production.
Responsibilities
Responsible for production, quality, housekeeping, and other related duties associated with the operations.
Set up and operate CNC machines, transport material, operate wash tanks, and operate forklift to move material around the facility.
Troubleshoot and solve everyday problems.
Flexibility to float from one machine to another.
Essential Skills
Blueprint reading
Mechanical skills
Machine operating
Quality inspection
Production
Machine operation - Metal cutting
Manual machining - basic shop class experience from high school
Load parts, push button to run machine, and quality inspection of parts to specification
Troubleshooting
Change over
Grinding
Machine operation
Boring mill
Reaming
CNC operation
Additional Skills & Qualifications
1+ year experience in a manufacturing environment
Experience running a machine in a manufacturing environment (CNC preferred)
Experience reading and interpreting blueprints
Experience performing quality inspection on finished parts
Sit down forklift experience
Deburring experience
Why Work Here?
We value community engagement with partnerships with local organizations and institutions. Employee engagement is important to us, and we regularly schedule events such as Fall Festival, Trunk-or-Treat, vaccine clinics, and blood drives that include employees and their loved ones. Employees can apply for full-time positions after 90 days, with attendance and performance being key factors. Full-time benefits include 18 days/144 hours of PTO, 11 paid holidays, 100% 401K match up to 6%, and health, dental, vision, and life insurance effective from the first day of employment.
Work Environment
The machine shop is a large facility with over 500 employees split into 5 shifts, including weekends. Shifts available are: 1st (7AM-3PM M-F), 2nd (3PM-11PM M-F), 3rd (11PM-7AM Sun-TR), 1st AWS (6AM-6PM F, Sa, Sun), and 3rd AWS (6PM-6AM F, Sat, Sun). Production is currently scheduled to work every other Saturday for most of 2025. The facility is temperature-controlled, with a relaxed dress code allowing sweatshirts, t-shirts, hats, work pants, and jeans; leggings and sweatpants are not allowed. The environment is clean and safe, with minimal debris. PPE such as steel or composite toe shoes, earplugs, and protective glasses is required. The facility has strict policies for cell phone use and listening devices, and thorough training for new employees regarding safety requirements. Daily housekeeping and equipment maintenance are mandatory.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Lafayette, Indiana.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $24.47 - $24.47/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Lafayette,IN.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Apr 10, 2025.
About Aerotek:
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.