Job Description
Job DescriptionJob Title: Manufacturing Associate
Job Description
The Manufacturing Associate position involves providing assistance and support to various machines and processes within the plant. The role focuses on preparing packaging and labels for materials, ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards, and maintaining quality throughout the production process.
Responsibilities
- Assist and support production machines and processes, including kitting and packing parts.
- Comply with safety rules and standards, and report any unsafe conditions to the shift supervisor or management.
- Report concerns of potentially harmful environmental practices to the Shift Supervisor.
- Ensure compliance with standard work and applicable manufacturing standards.
- Identify and communicate near misses and safety incidents.
- Package materials per customer/product specifications and confirm the quality of finished packaging.
- Complete and maintain quality documents at appropriate stages of production.
- Assist in resolving nonconforming material and product issues, following procedures for identification and quarantine.
- Document all process and product data in the ERP system and customer-required documents.
- Identify lean and process improvement opportunities.
- Maintain cleanliness and organization of the machine and machine area.
- Handle materials, including monitoring material quality and labeling raw materials for inventory return.
- Utilize shift overlap effectively to keep machines running and communicate with the next shift.
- Return excess packaging supplies to the storage area at the end of a job.
- Perform any other function or responsibility as assigned.
Essential Skills
- Material handling
- Machine operating
- Ability to read a tape measure
- Basic math skills
- Machine operation
- General labor
- Assembly line experience
- Loading and production experience
- Ability to read and understand complex work instructions
- Basic computer skills
- Self-motivated and detail-oriented
- Team-oriented
- Ability to lift 50lbs-75lbs (location dependent)
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Manufacturing experience
- Ability to shift gears and refocus work due to changes from customers
Why Work Here?
Join a growing employee-owned company with opportunities for promotion. Enjoy full benefits upon permanent employment and be part of a team in a supportive and dynamic work environment.
Work Environment
Work on a manufacturing shop floor that is very clean, with most areas being climate and temperature controlled. You will be working in a dry room/clean room environment. The role operates on a 2-2-3 rotating schedule with shifts from 5:00AM to 5:00PM for 1st shift and 5:00PM to 5:00AM for 3rd shift.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Suwanee, Georgia.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $18.25 - $21.90/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 Suwanee,GA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Sep 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.
Company DescriptionWe 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 meet 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 in solving 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.
Company Description
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 meet 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 in solving 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.