**Job Title: Assembly Operator** **Job Description** Candidates will be responsible for overseeing the total production process through to the finished goods stage, ensuring product safety and quality. This role involves monitoring multiple high-speed automated production machines, verifying component correctness, performing quality checks using visual inspection and gauges, testing assembled products, filling machine hoppers, maintaining records, loading/threading tubing onto machines, and using a handheld scanner for traceability. Candidates must be able to lift/move up to 25 lbs and reach above shoulder height for approximately 5% of the shift time. Basic math and PC skills are necessary, and proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English is required to communicate effectively regarding quality and production issues. **Responsibilities** + Oversee the total production process through the finished goods stage. + Ensure product safety and quality of goods produced. + Monitor multiple high-speed automated production machines to ensure quality standards are achieved. + Verify correctness of components and perform quality checks visually and using inspection gauges. + Conduct testing on assembled products. + Fill machine hoppers and perform record-keeping using various production forms and PC. + Load and thread tubing onto machines. + Utilize a handheld scanner for traceability. + Lift and move up to 25 lbs and reach above shoulder height as needed. **Essential Skills** + 1+ years of production or manufacturing experience. + Tenure of 2+ years at the same company. + Basic PC and math skills for orders and computer entry. + Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English to communicate and understand quality and production issues. + Ability to lift/move up to 25 lbs and reach above shoulder height. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Experience working in a GMP environment is a plus. + Plastics experience is a plus. + Assembly or operator experience is a plus. **Why Work Here?** This company is recognized as one of the top-ranked companies to work for according to Forbes. They offer promotional opportunities, great benefits, and a team culture with many employee-focused events. The company values respect, trust, initiative, teamwork, openness, honesty, ethical behavior, and accountability. **Work Environment** The work environment is clean, well-lit, and temperature-controlled. It can be very loud in areas near machinery, and ear plugs are provided. Employees must wear hair and beard nets, and no jewelry or fake nails are allowed. New employees will wear blue hats. Steel toe shoes are required, and the company offers reimbursement for these after full-time hire. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract position based out of Cary, Illinois. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $20.00/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 Cary,IL. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on Feb 19, 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.