Machinist

Aerotek
Ooltewah, TN

Job Title: Machinist
Job Description

This Machinist role is responsible for operating and maintaining CNC equipment safely and efficiently to meet the company's quality and production standards. The position involves collaboration with fabrication, assembly, material handling, and machine shop teams, as well as the planning and engineering departments.

Responsibilities

  • Operate and maintain CNC equipment.
  • Ensure adherence to quality and production standards.
  • Collaborate with fabrication, assembly, material handling, and machine shop teams.
  • Work with planning and engineering departments.
  • Make program adjustments as needed for parts that are out of tolerance.
Essential Skills
  • Experience with HAAS, manual, and CNC machining.
  • Ability to read tape measures and blueprints.
  • 2+ years in a heavy equipment or manufacturing environment preferred.
  • Proficiency in making program adjustments and alterations.
  • Experience with setup, speed adjustments, changeovers, and altering codes.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
  • Experience with HAAS, Pama, Mori Seiki is beneficial.
  • Capability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle ad-hoc issues.
  • Night shift availability.
Why Work Here?

Join a long-term company offering significant growth opportunities. Benefit from a supportive environment that encourages development and skill enhancement.

Work Environment

The work takes place in a fabrication and weld shop, with available hours on the night shift from 6pm to 4:30am, Monday to Friday. An alternative schedule of 12-hour shifts from Monday to Thursday is also available, allowing for Fridays off, with a shift premium of $1.75. Steel toes and metatarsals are required.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Ooltewah, TN.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $21.00 - $28.00/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 Ooltewah,TN.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 21, 2026.

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.

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