**Job Title: Metal Cutter** **Job Description** The metal cutter is responsible for the metal stripping operation, quality checks, and maintenance of our copper plating line. The role involves preparing metal using various solutions and techniques, understanding chemical formulations, performing special cleaning procedures, and ensuring all operations are completed as specified in the production documentation. **Responsibilities** + Prepare metal using different metal preparation solutions and cleaning techniques. + Know the chemical formulation of all metal preparation solutions used. + Determine when special cleaning procedures are required to prevent damage to delicate parts. + Perform the operations specified in the production documentation. + Understand all information in the job folder. + Fully comply with all safety procedures and wear required PPE to perform all duties. + Perform 'in process' tests to ensure product quality. + Inform the superior when a non-compliant product or other process deviations occur. + Maintain order and cleanliness at the workplace. + Ensure that the operation is performed for all parts. + Correctly record quantities in the routing as well as in the non-conformity tracking sheet. + Perform additional job duties as assigned. **Essential Skills** + 1 year of hand tool experience within a manufacturing setting using various cutting tools, saws, tape measures, bending, crimping materials. + Ability to read and interpret various drawings or instruction manuals. + Basic math skills including fractions, addition, subtraction, using rulers and tape measures. + Good attendance. + Ability to bend, crouch, push, pull, and twist throughout the shift. + Ability to lift 50 pounds and repeatedly lift 20-50 pounds. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Production, General labor, Metal cutting, Production Fabrication, Cutting, Production assembly, Packaging, Crimping, Horizontal band saw, Inspection, Metal shop, General production, Blueprint. **Why Work Here?** We offer a family-feel environment with benefits expected to improve within the next 1-2 years, including PTO based on tenure, 401K matching, and potential profit sharing. Our team includes many tenured employees, contributing to a stable and supportive workplace. **Work Environment** The work environment includes a heat treating facility with large furnaces and oil bins for cooling parts. It is not the cleanest environment and can be hot in the summers and cold in the winters. The position is for the first shift from 7 am to 3 pm, with a 30-minute paid lunch. **Job Type & Location** This is a Permanent position based out of Madison Heights, Michigan. **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.