Job Title: Lead Mill Machinist

Job Description

A contract manufacturer specializing in aerospace and defense products is searching for a Lead Mill Machinist. This role involves supporting milling work centers, running daily reports, coordinating job scheduling, and ensuring the availability of materials and tooling. The position also includes coordinating with other department leads, maintaining quality standards, recommending process improvements, setting up machines, and ensuring proper equipment maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Support milling work centers by running daily reports, assigning work, and coordinating job scheduling.

• Ensure that materials, tooling, special equipment, etc. are available prior to assigning work.

• Coordinate related activities with lead persons of other departments and shifts.

• Maintain established quality standards within the department.

• Recommend changes to tooling and deviations to establish process changes to reduce costs or improve workflow.

• Run or set up machines when the schedule allows or as needed.

• Ensure proper maintenance of equipment within the department.

• Commit to continuous improvement within the Milling and Turning Departments.

Essential Skills

• Experience with CNC machines, specifically Mazak Lathes and DMG turning machines.

• Proficiency in GD&T.

• Knowledge of Mazatrol.

• Leadership skills.

• Blueprint reading.

• Ability to work with tight tolerances.

• Mathematics experience with shop math.

• Proficiency with measuring tools.

• Experience with manual mills and lathes.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Strong leadership abilities.

• Ability to read and interpret blueprints.

• Experience working with tight tolerances.

• Proficiency in CNC operations.

• Strong mathematical skills, specifically in shop math.

• Experience with various measuring tools.

• Familiarity with manual mills and lathes.

Why Work Here?

Our company offers an Employee Stock Ownership Plan fully vested with multiple payout options, comprehensive health insurance covering medical, dental, and vision, a 401k match, PTO, holiday pay, and tuition reimbursement for additional schooling. We invest in team events and offer opportunities for growth into lead roles.

Work Environment

Work in a climate-controlled, clean machine shop environment with a wide range of CNC machines and capabilities. The shop is well-lit and continually updated with new machines to enhance our capabilities.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $72000.00 - $87000.00/yr.

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan fully vested with multiple payout options

• Health insurance covering medical, dental, and vision

• 401k Match

• PTO

• Holiday Pay

• Tuition reimbursement for additional schooling

• Investing in team events with the shop

• Oppruntites for growth into lead roles

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Minneapolis,MN.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Mar 28, 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.