Job Title: Sr. Maintenance Technician - Team Lead

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Sr. Maintenance Technician - Team Lead with extensive experience in CNC maintenance. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience working with CNC machines, specifically Siemens Controls, Giddings & Lewis Boring Mills, and Cincinnati Mills. This role requires diagnosing, troubleshooting, and repairing CNC machines, as well as a deep understanding of mechanical and electrical components. Responsibilities include installing ball screws, fitting bearings, understanding machine tool geometry, and rebuilding spiral and gear boxes. The candidate must have strong experience in milling, drilling, and reaming, and be proficient with hand and pneumatic tools.

Hard Skills

• 5+ years CNC Maintenance Technician experience

• Siemens Controls

• Giddings & Lewis Boring Mills

• Cincinnati Mills

• Diagnose and troubleshoot CNC machines

• Mechanical and electrical component understanding

• Installing ball screws

• Fitting bearings

• Machine tool geometry

• Spiral and gear box rebuilds

• Test bar, draw bar, forceguard

• Milling, drilling, and reaming

• Hand and pneumatic tool proficiency

• CNC Electrical troubleshooting

• PLC experience

• Ladder Logic reading and troubleshooting

• Electrical troubleshooting (24V - 480V)

• Blueprint reading

• Geometric tolerance understanding

• CMM report interpretation

Job Type

This is a Contract-to-Hire position with a duration of 6 Month(s).

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Decatur, Illinois.

Work Environment

Large parts, machine shop production environment. Initial work schedule is Monday - Friday, 8-hour shifts, transitioning to AWS schedule once the project is fully staffed. Physical demands include standing, walking, handling materials, climbing, stooping, and lifting over 50 pounds. Work environment is typically very loud, with exposure to hazardous materials, greasy or slippery floors, and occasional outside weather conditions.

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.