**Job Title: Machine Operator** **Job Description** As a Machine Operator, you will be responsible for starting, adjusting, operating, and changing over machines that form and shape adhesives. You will run two machines concurrently, monitor your work to ensure product quality, and maintain a clean workspace. You will also work closely with sales, customer service, and other departments to meet customer expectations, optimize uptime, and contribute to process improvements. **Responsibilities** + Start, adjust, operate, and change over machines that form and shape adhesives. + Run two machines concurrently. + Run reports and work closely with sales, customer service, and other departments to meet customer expectations. + Monitor work to ensure a quality product that meets all customer and company requirements. + Maintain a clean workspace individually and in all community areas. + Understand and optimize uptime, rates, quality, and yield, including process improvements. + Accurately complete daily reports including cycle time, daily production, scrap and packaging, quantities, size, date, type of products, and lot numbers. + Perform general preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and minor repairs on equipment. Notify supervisor and/or maintenance for assistance if repairs are unsuccessful. + Train employees on equipment and participate in the cross-training program as instructed. + Participate and contribute to our quality management system. + Adhere to all company policies and procedures. + Perform other duties as assigned. **Essential Skills** + Hand and power tools experience. + Mechanical aptitude. + Machine operation experience. + General production knowledge. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Basic mechanical aptitude for daily maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair. + Basic computer skills, with emphasis on Microsoft Office products such as Outlook and Excel. + Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, with and without a calculator. **Why Work Here?** Our company offers a collaborative work environment where your contributions are valued. We prioritize quality and continuous improvement, providing opportunities for training and development. Join us to work with a dedicated team, maintain a healthy work-life balance, and grow your career in a supportive setting. **Work Environment** You will work in a production facility operating machinery and maintaining a clean and organized workspace. The role involves collaboration with various departments and requires adherence to safety and quality standards. Dress code is casual but safe, with protective gear provided as needed. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract to Hire position based out of ITASCA, Illinois. **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.