Job Category
Manufacturing & Production Line
Job Type
Hourly
Employment Type
Temp to Hire
Work Hours
Full-time
Compensation
$20 − $22per hour
Recruiter
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Our client, a specialty manufacturing company based in Carmel, IN, is growing and seeking a hands-on Assembly & Product Modification Technician to support production operations. This is a job shop environment with a wide variety of projects where you’ll use mechanical ability, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving to assemble, modify, and inspect hardware components.
Pay, Hours, and Benefits
- Pay: $20.00 – $22.00 per hour, depending on experience
- Hours: Full-time, Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
- Benefits: Competitive benefits package offered by the client
What You Will Do as an Assembly & Product Modification Technician
- Assemble hardware products and subassemblies using written instructions, drawings, and blueprints.
- Perform custom modifications to ensure our hardware integrates seamlessly with competitor products, including cutting, drilling, tapping, milling, and precision fitting of small metal parts.
- Create simple fixtures or jigs to hold or index parts for repeatable machining and assembly steps—either from your own sketches or from engineering concepts.
- Collaborate with engineering and production teams to interpret sketches, adapt parts, and resolve technical challenges.
- Conduct final quality inspections to ensure accuracy, fit, and functional performance.
- Safely handle materials, maintain an organized workstation, and support overall production flow.
- Apply strong judgment and initiative to “connect the dots” and figure out new or unfamiliar tasks with minimal supervision.
Tools & Processes You Will Use as an Assembly & Product Modification Technician
- Common hand tools and shop machinery: drill press, mill, saws, tapping tools, deburring tools, measuring tools, and basic fixturing supplies.
- Blueprint and sketch interpretation, shop math, layout, and standard quality inspection practices.
What You Bring
- Strong mechanical aptitude and comfort with cutting, drilling, tapping, and light milling.
- Ability to think critically and solve problems creatively, including making or modifying fixtures.
- Experience with hands-on assembly and following written work instructions or blueprints.
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
- A collaborative, team-oriented approach with willingness to assist across the production floor.
If you enjoy a mix of assembly, machining, hands-on problem solving, and custom modifications that make products work across multiple systems, this role is for you.
Company Website
Company Size
101-250
Company Overview
Our mission is to help good companies in Hamilton County (Fishers, Carmel, Westfield, Noblesville and surrounding communities) find great employees. Since opening sixteen years ago, our office has helped thousands job seekers find work at over 600 companies. We were named the Fishers Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year for 2011, and we are one of the top Express offices worldwide having achieved Bronze and Silver Circle of Excellence awards for the last ten years consecutively. We are convinced that the economic engine of our country is small businesses, and we are committed to helping small and mid-size businesses succeed whether through our services or through referrals to our business colleagues and friends. We also provide support and guidance for local job seekers, whether by providing a bridge job to gain work experience or by helping them find their next career opportunity. We are humbled that referrals from current and former Express associates are our top recruiting source.
