Job Title: Machinist

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled Machinist to join our team. You will work with precision tools, machinery, and equipment such as lathes, manual milling machines, drill presses, hydraulic presses, band saws, and a variety of cutting tools and equipment. Your primary responsibilities will include fabricating and shaping parts out of metal, properly selecting, aligning, securing, and removing holding fixtures and cutting tools, and utilizing gauges and precision measuring instruments to meet tolerance requirements. You will also be responsible for reading and interpreting engineering drawings and blueprints, performing daily maintenance tasks, and tracking parts and jobs in Travelers. Safety and cleanliness are paramount in this role, and you must comply with all procedures, rules, and regulations to maintain a safe working environment.

Hard Skills

• Heavy Industrial Lathes

• Grinders

• Boring Mills

• Planers

• Portable tools

• Turn, Drill, Tap, Bore, Polish, and Threading machine processes

• Experience with large part machining (ship propeller shafting, ship steering gear, etc.)

• Forklift and Crane experience

Soft Skills

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and blueprints

• Attention to detail

• Safety-conscious

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Job Type

This is a permanent position.

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Work Environment

This is a job shop environment that is very labor-intensive, with equipment that can be 40-50 feet in length. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high. Day shift and night shift hours available. Training will be conducted on the day shift for roughly 6-8 months.

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.