Machine Operator – Reduction

Machine Operator – Reduction

Coldwater, Michigan | $22.00–$25.50/hour + Shift Premiums | Benefits Starting Day One

Build Your Manufacturing Skills. Learn Specialized Equipment. Grow Your Career.

Looking for a hands-on manufacturing job with competitive pay, excellent benefits, and opportunities to develop valuable technical skills? Elmet Technologies is hiring Machine Operators to join our Reduction department in Coldwater, Michigan.

In this role, you’ll operate and monitor specialized manufacturing equipment, perform machine setups and product changeovers, and help ensure production meets our quality, safety, and delivery standards. You’ll also have opportunities to learn multiple manufacturing processes, develop your equipment operation skills, and become a versatile member of our production team.

If you’re dependable, safety-conscious, comfortable working with industrial equipment, and willing to learn, we’d like to hear from you.

What’s In It for You

• $22.00–$25.50 per hour, based on experience
• 10% shift premium for day shifts (B & C)
• 20% shift premium for night shifts (A & D)
• $250 monthly perfect-attendance bonus — up to $3,000 annually
• Quarterly production bonus opportunity of up to 9%
• 4% retirement match
• Benefits starting Day One, including three medical plan options, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Tuition assistance to support continued education
• $1,000 employee referral bonus
• Opportunities to cross-train, develop technical skills, and grow within the company

Your Schedule

We offer 12-hour rotating schedules with day and night shift opportunities.

Day Shifts – B & C

• Hours: 6:00 AM–6:00 PM
• 12-hour rotating swing shifts
• 10% shift premium

Night Shifts – A & D

• Hours: 6:00 PM–6:00 AM
• 12-hour rotating swing shifts
• 20% shift premium

Schedules include a 3-on, 2-off, 2-on, 3-off rotation.

What You’ll Do

As a Machine Operator in our Reduction department, you’ll help keep production running safely, efficiently, and consistently.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Operate manufacturing equipment safely and efficiently to meet production, quality, cost, and delivery requirements
• Set up machines and perform product changeovers according to production schedules
• Monitor manufacturing processes and equipment performance
• Cross-train on specialized Reduction department processes and equipment
• Perform daily equipment inspections and support preventive maintenance activities
• Assist with equipment repairs and troubleshooting
• Maintain accurate product identification and lot traceability throughout production
• Operate forklifts, overhead cranes, hand carts, and other industrial equipment
• Complete production paperwork, including production logs, equipment checks, work orders, and performance records
• Enter and maintain production information in SAP, including product confirmations, maintenance work orders, and purchase requisitions
• Follow inventory control procedures, including Kanban systems
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area using 5S practices
• Support additional production activities as assigned by department leadership

Learn Multiple Manufacturing Processes

One of the advantages of this role is the opportunity to develop skills across several specialized manufacturing processes.

You’ll receive cross-training to support:

• First Stage Conventional
• Second Stage Conventional
• Single Pass
• Sintering Pellets (Box Furnaces)
• First Stage Rotaries
• Second Stage Autos

Learning multiple processes helps you become a more versatile operator while building experience with specialized industrial equipment.