Production Associate

As a Production Associate, you will be responsible for building, assembling, inspecting, and repairing products. You will perform both simple and complex maintenance tasks on production and support machines, ensuring all work meets production quality standards. Your role will involve reviewing and completing necessary documentation related to production processes, yield, rework, and scrap. Effective communication with maintenance, engineering, and various departments is essential, as is your ability to suggest improvements in safety, quality, cost, and delivery.

You'll be setting up, programming, and running complex equipment and machine tools, and you may also orient, train, and supervise the work of other team members.

• Build, assemble, inspect, and repair products.
• Perform simple and complex maintenance on production and support machines.
• Review and complete documentation of production processes, yield, rework, and scrap.
• Verify all completed work conforms to production quality standards.
• Communicate requests and requirements to maintenance, engineering, and other departments.
• Suggest improvements to safety, quality, cost, and delivery.
• Set up, program, and run complex equipment and machine tools.
• Run and maintain test equipment per procedure.
• Implement process improvements per change procedures.
• Orient, train, and supervise other team members.
• Production
• General production
• Machine operation
• Hand tool usage
• Mechanical skills

• High school graduate or GED preferred

Join a dynamic team where your contributions are valued and your ideas for improvement are encouraged. Experience a work environment that prioritizes safety and quality while offering opportunities for professional growth and development.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Columbia, MO.

The pay range for this position is $19.73 - $21.23/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may besubject 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)

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Columbia, MO.

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 26, 2026.

This is a fully onsite position in Columbia,MO.

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Aerotek provides equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals.

Employment decisions at Aerotek are based on merit, qualifications and abilities.

Aerotek does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color and religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, disabilities or any other characteristics protected by law.