Assembly and Product Modification Technician

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East; Carmel (IN); On-site; USD 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East seeks a hands-on Assembly and Product Modification Technician in Carmel, IN. The role involves assembling hardware, performing custom modifications, and creating fixtures for repeatable machining and assembly tasks.

You will read and apply blueprints, work with shop tools, and collaborate with engineering and production teams to solve technical challenges while ensuring quality and accuracy in a fast-paced job shop environment.

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability with cutting, drilling, tapping, and light milling.
• Experience with hands-on assembly and following written work instructions or blueprints.
• Ability to read drawings and blueprints and interpret specs.

Responsibilities

• Assemble hardware products and subassemblies using instructions, drawings, and blueprints.
• Perform custom modifications to ensure hardware integrates with other products, including basic machining.
• Create simple fixtures or jigs to hold or index parts for repeatable steps.
• Collaborate with engineering and production teams to interpret sketches and resolve technical challenges.
• Conduct final quality inspections to ensure accuracy and fit.
• Safely handle materials and keep an organized workstation; support production flow.
• Demonstrate initiative to connect the dots and handle new tasks with minimal supervision.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Critical thinking

Hands-on assembly

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Problem solving

Tools

Drill press

Milling

Saws

Tapping tools

Deburring tools

Measuring tools

Job description

Our client, a specialty manufacturing company based in Carmel, IN, is growing and seeking ahands-on Assembly and Product Modification Technicianto support production operations. This is ajob shop environmentwith a wide variety of projects where you’ll usemechanical ability, critical thinking, and creative problem-solvingto assemble, modify, and inspect hardware components.

Pay, Hours, and Benefits

• Pay:$20.00 – $22.00 per hour, depending on experience
• Hours:Full-time, Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
• Benefits:Competitive benefits package offered by the client

What You Will Do as anAssembly and Product Modification Technician

• Assemble hardware productsand subassemblies using written instructions, drawings, and blueprints.
• Perform custom modifications to ensure our hardware integrates seamlessly with competitor products, including cutting, drilling, tapping, milling, and precision fitting of small metal parts.
• Create simple fixtures or jigsto hold or index parts for repeatable machining and assembly steps—either from your own sketches or from engineering concepts.
• Collaborate with engineering and production teams to interpret sketches, adapt parts, and resolve technical challenges.
• Conductfinal quality inspectionsto ensure accuracy, fit, and functional performance.
• Safely handle materials, maintain an organized workstation, and support overall production flow.
• Apply strong judgment and initiative to“connect the dots”and figure out new or unfamiliar tasks with minimal supervision.

Tools & Processes You Will Use as anAssembly and Product Modification Technician

• Common hand tools and shop machinery:drill press, mill, saws, tapping tools, deburring tools, measuring tools, and basic fixturing supplies.
• Blueprint and sketch interpretation, shop math, layout, and standard quality inspection practices.

What You Bring

• Strongmechanical aptitudeand comfort with cutting, drilling, tapping, and light milling.
• Ability to think critically andsolve problems creatively, including making or modifying fixtures.
• Experience withhands-on assemblyand following written work instructions or blueprints.
• Excellentattention to detailand commitment to accuracy.
• A collaborative, team-oriented approach with willingness to assist across the production floor.

If you enjoy a mix ofassembly, machining, hands-on problem solving, and custom modificationsthat make products work across multiple systems, this roleis for you.