CNC Maintenance Technician

Job Title: Sr. Maintenance Technician – Team Lead

Job Description

We are seeking a Sr. Maintenance Technician – Team Lead with extensive experience in CNC maintenance. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in diagnosing, troubleshooting, and repairing CNC machines. You will be responsible for working with Siemens Controls, G&L or Cincinnati machines, and must have the ability to understand and work with all mechanical and electrical components of CNC machines. This role involves installing ball screws, fitting bearings, understanding machine tool geometry, and performing gearbox rebuilds.

Hard Skills

5 years of experience as a CNC Maintenance Technician

Siemens Controls

G&L or Cincinnati experience

Diagnosing and troubleshooting CNC machines

Installing ball screws

Fitting bearings

Machine tool geometry adjustments

Spiral and gearbox rebuilds

Test bar, draw bar, forceguard

Milling, drilling, and reaming

Using hand and pneumatic tools

CNC electrical troubleshooting

PLC experience (reading Ladder Logic and troubleshooting)

Electrical troubleshooting (24V – 480V)

Blueprint reading and geometric tolerance understanding

Interpreting CMM reports

Soft Skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Team leadership

Job Type

This is a Contract-to-Hire position with a duration of 6 Month(s).

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Decatur, Illinois.

Work Environment

Manufacturing facility, onsite Cat Decatur working for MMS. Large parts, machine shop production environment. Initially Monday – Friday 8-hour shifts, transitioning to AWS schedule. Physical demands include standing, walking, climbing, stooping, kneeling, lifting over 50 pounds, close vision, and color vision. Exposure to outside weather conditions, electrical shock risks, loud factory environment, hazardous materials, and greasy or slippery floors.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000 light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000 employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500 experienced recruiters across 250 offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.