Process Operator /Technician I - 1st Shift(Onsite
Listed on 2026-08-05
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Manufacturing / Production
Manufacturing Engineer, Quality Engineering, Manufacturing & Industrial Operations
Job Title
Join Collins Aerospace and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.
This position is for 1st shift.
Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Overtime is available and/or mandatory on a business need basis.
What You Will Do:
- Set up and assemble parts.
- Demonstrate proper use of simple hand and machine tools.
- Read and operate per written instructions, work order, and drawings with guidance from manufacturing engineering.
- Collaborate with manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, and production coordinators.
- Ensure creation of parts meet customer deadlines and expectations.
- Comply with applicable elements of quality systems and ensuring quality product standards are met with no defects.
- Participate in audits/cost reduction plans and continuous improvement plans/events as required.
- Acquire applicable skill/knowledge/certifications as required.
- Maintain materials, equipment, and work area in clean and orderly condition.
- Communicate potential mechanical and safety problems effectively and immediately.
- Report to lead or supervisor on work progress and updates including conditions surrounding failures to meet quality standards.
- Handle moderate amounts chemicals and energetics in accordance with safety regulations, while maintaining exact inventory.
- Identify, control, and dispose of hazardous and non-hazardous waste including solvents, energetics, and lead.
- Cleanup of various machines, tooling, and areas from chemicals and propellants.
- In-plant transportation, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials.
- Complete documentation of work (i.e. marriage log, data sheet, etc.) without oversight.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications You Must Have:
- Typically requires HS diploma (or equivalent e.g. GED in the US), OR vocational/technical education in related discipline.
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) access.
Qualifications We Prefer:
- Chemical / Energetic materials processing, manufacturing, and/or assembly experience a plus.
What We Offer:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
- And more!
Learn More & Apply Now!
Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, miss ionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions.
By joining our team, you'll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.
WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.
* Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.
Onsite:
Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.
Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.
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