Job Title: Manual Machinist (1st Shift)

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled Manual Machinist to join our machine shop that fabricates parts for the oil and gas industry, specifically focusing on bearings and seals for rotating equipment. As a job shop, work orders can vary, providing a diverse range of tasks. The parts you will work on range from 1" ID to 36" OD and up to 12" in length, utilizing materials such as carbon steel, stainless steel, babbitt, and exotic metals. You will be responsible for manual machining using a horizontal lathe with a 4-6 jaw chuck, creating split parts with tolerances of +/- thousandths or less.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual machining using a horizontal lathe.

• Fabricate parts according to work orders, ensuring high precision and accuracy.

• Work with a variety of materials including carbon steel, stainless steel, babbitt, and exotic metals.

• Create split parts (identical twin parts that combine halves to make one whole).

• Adhere to tight tolerances of +/- thousandths or less.

Essential Skills

• 10+ years of experience in manual machining.

• Proficiency in horizontal lathe machining.

• Ability to work with tolerances of +/- thousandths or less.

• Experience with blueprint reading.

• Skilled in using calipers and micrometers.

• Familiarity with Bridgeport, Lion, Kingston, and Babbitt.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in mill machining.

• Experience machining split parts.

• Previous experience at a competing bearing shop.

Why Work Here?

We are a well-known bearing manufacturer with multiple operating cells across the country. Employees enjoy 10 paid holidays, one floater PTO day, two weeks of PTO, and one week of sick pay, all of which are negotiable based on years of service in the industry. Benefits start from day one, including a 6% 401K match starting after 60 days. We offer quarterly bonuses between 4% and 6%, calculated based on company performance and individual scrap and rework rates. Our shop is very clean and air-conditioned to maintain material integrity.

Work Environment

Our medium-sized shop is clean and air-conditioned, maintaining a constant temperature of around 72°F to prevent material warping. The shop is organized but busy, with parts and equipment in use. We have 27 employees on the day shift, including sales, admins, supervisors, and 23 employees on the afternoon shift. Our team consists of CNC machinists, manual machinists, QC, welders, assemblers, and general laborers. Employees are required to wear steel-toe boots, jeans, work shirts, and safety glasses. The first shift runs from Monday to Thursday, 6:00am to 2:30pm, Fridays from 6:00am to Noon, with voluntary half-days on Saturdays, averaging 50 hours per week. Future workloads may require mandatory Saturday shifts.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Deer Park, Texas.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $40.00

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 Deer Park,TX.

Application Deadline

This position will be accepting applications until Jan 22, 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.