**🔥 NOW HIRING: OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR — $25–$27/HR 🔥** **Full-Time | Monday–Thursday | Growth-Focused | Union Pathway** **Step into a role where your skills matter, your growth is supported, and your work directly fuels production for a leading sheet metal supplier. If you’re hands-on, safety-minded, and ready to build a long-term career, this is your chance.** **🚧 What You’ll Do** Become a key player in our production flow by handling materials and supporting machine operations. Your day-to-day will include: + Unloading semis and staging incoming products + Handling sheet metal after it’s cut to length + Supporting machine operators with material movement + Learning to run cut-to-length lines and plasma cutting equipment You’ll start with material handling and grow into operating advanced machinery as your confidence builds. **🔧 What You Bring** We’re looking for someone who’s ready to work hard, learn fast, and grow with us: + Experience operating overhead cranes (big plus) + Strong material handling and inventory skills + At least one year in a manufacturing environment + Willingness to learn new equipment and processes + Bonus: Experience in sheet metal production or order picking **💰 Why You’ll Love Working Here** This isn’t just another warehouse job — it’s a long-term opportunity with real advancement: + **$25–$27/hr starting pay** + **Full benefits** + **Training & machine certifications** that boost your wage + **90-day contract-to-union** pathway for stability and long-term growth **🏭 Work Environment** You’ll be working inside a massive industrial warehouse originally built for constructing warships — rugged, spacious, and built to last. + Protected from the elements, but temperatures vary with the seasons + Full-time schedule: + **1st Shift:** 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM + **2nd Shift:** 2:20 PM – 12:50 AM + Off-shift employees train on 1st shift for up to one month + Safety training completed on day one + Required: Steel toe boots with non-detachable metatarsal guards + Breaks: Two 15-minute breaks + one 30-minute unpaid lunch **🚀 Ready to Build Your Future?** If you want a job where you can grow your skills, earn more over time, and join a team that values hard work, this role is built for you. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Falcon Heights, MN. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $26.00 - $27.05/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 Falcon Heights,MN. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on Jan 30, 2026. **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.