Machine Assembly Technician (Mechanical & Electrical)
Thomson, GA · Full-time, on-site · First shift
$18.59–$26.24 an hour, based on experience, plus overtime and skill kickers
You will build complete machines, frame to final test: potting machines, tray fillers, conveyors and rice hull blowers that nurseries and greenhouses run every day. One person builds a machine and signs it off. Your name is on it.
This is not a production line job. If your experience is one station doing the same task all shift, this role is not a fit.
What you will do
- Build complete machines from assembly prints: frames, drivetrains, conveyors, panels and guarding.
- Get the fit, alignment and fastening right, using measuring tools and a torque wrench.
- Figure out the build order yourself, and solve fit-up problems before they become rework.
- As you are signed off: wire motors and controls from wiring diagrams, test the machine, and run the final inspection checklist before it ships.
- Crate and package finished machines for shipping, and help in the fab shop when the schedule needs it.
- Keep your station, tools, parts and kits organized.
What you bring
- Experience building or repairing complete machines or equipment: industrial or farm equipment, conveyors, vehicles, trailers, HVAC units or similar. Not line or kitting work.
- You read assembly prints, and you can work out what goes where when a print leaves something out.
- Wiring motors and controls from a diagram is a big plus.
- Comfortable with hand tools, power tools, measuring tools and a forklift.
- You show up on time, every day, and stay on task.
- You own your mistakes and speak up the same day when you are stuck.
- Able to lift 50 lbs safely.
- MIG welding or press brake experience is a plus.
Pay and how you grow
- $18.59–$26.24 an hour, based on experience, plus overtime. Our pay is benchmarked to machinery manufacturers, not general assembly, because you build and wire whole machines. The range comes from public U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for this job at Georgia machinery manufacturers.
- Reviews set your pay. You are scored on your work and how you work with people, using examples written for this role.
- Skill kickers: every skill you are signed off on beyond the job adds $0.25–$0.75 an hour, for example motor and control wiring, final inspection sign-off, welding, press brake and machining.
- A clear path up to Senior Machine Assembly Technician.
See exactly how pay works in our pay guide for fabrication and assembly.