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Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled Maintenance Technician responsible for preventive and reactive maintenance of machinery, including CNC machines, drill presses, and grinding machines. The role involves ensuring machines are operational and productive, with a focus on CNC mills and lathes.

Responsibilities

+ Perform preventive and reactive maintenance (PMs and RMs) on machinery, including 60-70 CNC machines, drill presses, and grinding machines.

+ Utilize standard tools such as drills, impacts, sockets, and meters; personal tools are not allowed onsite.

+ Quickly address and fix machine breakdowns to ensure minimal downtime.

+ Review notes from the 2nd shift and prioritize tasks at the start of each day.

+ Repair tasks include fixing belts, greasing machines, and troubleshooting and repairing ladder control, hydraulics, pneumatics, and PLCs.

+ Maintain logs of maintenance activities and job orders.

+ Communicate with supervisors to manage tool and parts inventory, and order parts as needed.

+ Perform general housekeeping and light maintenance during downtime.

+ Potential local travel to receive or deliver parts once fully trained.

Essential Skills

+ 2+ years of experience in CNC maintenance.

+ Experience with maintenance and repair of hydraulic components and CNC controls.

+ Basic electrical maintenance and repair skills, including troubleshooting PLCs and pneumatics.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

+ Strong attention to detail and aptitude for maintenance tasks.

+ Excellent attendance and communication skills.

+ Ability to work well in a team and engage with peers.

Why Work Here?

Our organization offers ample opportunities for growth and development, with paid training and education to enhance your skills. Employees benefit from a safety-conscious environment in a stable and growing industry. With multiple locations nationwide, there are numerous career advancement opportunities. We offer competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and a 401k match, as well as paid time off and sick days. Our inclusive culture focuses on empowering employees, with a management team committed to improving the work experience. Additionally, we host events to foster team bonding and community involvement.

Work Environment

The work environment is a clean and organized shop floor, with 160 employees on the floor and 200 in the facility. The role operates on a 1st shift schedule from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, with some flexibility after training. Overtime is available on most weekends, though not always mandatory.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of New Hartford, CT.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $35.00/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 New Hartford,CT.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Dec 3, 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.