3rd Shift Process Technician

Aerotek

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Process Technician (Direct Hire)

  • Grand Rapids, MI
  • 3rd Shift
  • $28-32/hour
  • Quarterly bonuses
  • Low weekly medical benefit payment

Job Description

This position involves working as a Process Technician on the 3rd shift, from 11:00pm to 7:15am, with alternating Saturdays. Initial training will occur on the 1st shift from 7:00am to 3:30pm for one week. The role requires working with Cincinnati presses, ranging from 350 ton to 1950 ton, utilizing materials such as nylon, polypropylene, and Acetal. Key responsibilities include ensuring the correct placement of resins, checking valve gates, troubleshooting plastic injection machines, and tracking processes using a step-by-step checklist.

  • Collaborate with mold setters and material handlers to ensure correct resin placement.
  • Check valve gates for proper installation.
  • Troubleshoot issues on plastic injection machines.
  • Ensure material, heat, and water are correctly aligned.
  • Track processes with step-by-step check sheets for each machine.
  • Respond to operators when three consecutive bad parts or ten bad parts in an hour are detected.
  • Troubleshoot robots for alignment and part pickup efficiency, calling robot programmers for programming needs.

Essential Skills

  • 3 years of experience as a process technician.
  • 3 years of experience in plastics.
  • 2 years of experience setting molds.
  • 3 years of experience starting up plastic injection machines.
  • Valid driver's license.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

  • Experience writing processes for machinery to qualify for top pay scale.

Why Work Here?

Employees enjoy quarterly bonuses and excellent medical benefits starting from day one of employment. Opportunities for additional training and schooling are available. The medical benefits feature a low yearly deductible of $300 and modest weekly premiums. Employees start with two weeks of vacation per year, adjusted based on start date, alongside nine scheduled holidays and one floating holiday.

Work Environment

The role is based in a plastic injection facility located in Grand Rapids, with four manufacturing sites within a two-mile radius. Process technicians are assigned to a specific plant and remain there, ensuring stability and consistency in the work environment.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $47840.00 - $66560.00/yr.

There are quarterly bonuses paid out. Cascade has excellent medical benefits. Additional trainings and schooling offerings. Medical benefits start on day one of employment as a direct employee. The employee only yearly deductible is $300 per year and the weekly premiums are pretty low. They start out with two weeks vacation for a year but it is prorated depending on when they start.

Cascade Engineering Holidays:

  • New Year’s Day
  • Marin Luther King Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Fourth of July
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Day After Thanksgiving
  • Christmas Eve Day
  • Christmas Day
  • 9 Scheduled Holidays, and 1 Floating Holiday to be used at employees discretion.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Grand Rapids,MI.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 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.

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