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Machine Operator

Company:
QPS Employment Group
Location:
Kenosha, WI, 53144
Posted:
March 06, 2026
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Description:

Position Title: Machine Operator

Wage: $16.00 - $22.00/hour

Shift: 1st or 2nd

Hours: 5:00am - 1:30pm or 1:30pm - 12:00am

Reached a dead end at your current job? Check out how this position can create a new path!

Machine Operator Responsibilities:

- Review job orders (written or verbal) and determine material needs

- Select and assemble proper materials and parts for building specific cores

- Assemble cores by performing various manual tasks

- Insert fins into fin table; insert tubes into fins to create core blocks

- Operate bake oven (setting bake time/temperature; ensuring cores are square)

- Attach headers on cores (with mallet)

- Use fin comb and torch to straighten fins (or by hand); repairing fin gaps (torch only)

- Use high pressure wash to clean cores

- Inspects cores for imperfections, etc.; prepares/attaches core tags

- Clean and maintain work area (daily), core building equipment and other tools of trade

- Ensure that work is done in accordance with and adheres to ISO and Quality standards

Requirements for Machine Operator:

- Maximum lifting requirement (pounds): 100 assisted lifting (infrequently), 50 (occasionally), 25 (frequently)

- Ability to read and understand job requirements, shop drawings, bills of material and blueprints.

- Knowledge of properties of core materials, structural metals, and related materials (OJT)

- Skill in operating and maintaining core manufacturing equipment and related tools of trade (OJT)

- Knowledge of occupational hazards and the ability to follow safe work practices

- Ability to communicate and work effectively with others

- At least three years of manufacturing or related experience is desirable

- Related technical training (high school or beyond) is desirable but not essential

- Forklift operator certification is desirable but not essential

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QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the United States. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment. Hiring immediately!

Why Work with QPS?

- Access to sought-after positions with leading employers

- Dedicated placement specialists who will guide you through every step of the job search process

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