**Job Title: Manual Machinist** Location: North Charleston, SC We are seeking a skilled Machinist to join our team in North Charleston. This position involves operating and maintaining various precision tools, machinery, and equipment such as lathes, manual milling machines, drill presses, hydraulic presses, band saws, and a variety of cutting tools. **Responsibilities:** + Fabricate and shape parts out of metal. + Properly select, align, secure, and remove holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials onto machines. + Recognize, deploy, and properly use inserts, fixtures, and tooling. + Read and interpret engineering drawings and blueprints. + Determine the proper tools required for tasks. + Operate lifting aids as necessary. + Use gauges and precision measuring instruments to meet tolerance requirements. + Perform daily cleaning and light maintenance tasks on machinery and equipment. + Track parts and jobs in Travelers. + Maintain a safe and clean working environment. **Skills and Qualifications:** Candidates should have 6-10 years of job shop experience and be familiar with heavy industrial lathes, grinders, boring mills, planers, and portable tools. Proficiency in turning, drilling, tapping, boring, honing, polishing, and threading machine processes is essential. Experience with large part machining, such as ship propeller shafting and ship steering gear, is preferred. Forklift and crane experience is also desirable. Secondary Skills: + Blueprint reading + Planers + Bridgeport mill + Vertical turning lathe + Horizontal boring mill + Grinder + Hydraulics + Large parts handling + Calipers + Micrometers + Gauges Programming experience is a plus, and candidates must be able to lift 50 lbs. when required. **Employee Value Proposition (EVP):** Our company is growing and expanding with a $6 million expansion, including the addition of two large CNC lathes and more welding room. We offer opportunities for as much overtime as desired and flexible work hours. Employees and their dependents have access to a free onsite clinic/pharmacy. We provide comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K with company match, paid time off, supplementary health insurance options, short-term disability provided by the company, accident, cancer, critical illness, hospital indemnity, life/AD&D, and long-term disability insurance.Relocation assistance is available. **Work Environment:** The work environment is a job shop that is very labor-intensive, with equipment that can be 40-50 feet in length. The noise level is usually moderate to high. **Shift:** We have openings on both day and night shifts. Day shift examples include 5am-2:30pm, 7am-4:30pm, and 9am-6:30pm. Night shift examples include 11pm-7am, 3pm-11pm, and 6pm-6am. Training is conducted on the day shift for approximately 6-8 months. **Pay:** The pay range for this position is $28-$36 per hour. **Benefits:** Eligible employees may receive medical, dental, and vision insurance, critical illness, accident, and hospital insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions, voluntary life insurance and AD&D for employees and dependents, short and long-term disability, a health spending account (HSA), transportation benefits, an employee assistance program, and paid time off (PTO), vacation, or sick leave. **Top Qualities to Look For:** **We are looking for candidates who have the skills needed for the trade in a job shop, a good teamwork personality, flexibility to help out with other jobs and move around quickly, openness to learning new perspectives, and a good work history.** **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $28.00 - $36.00/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 North Charleston,SC. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on May 16, 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.