**Job Title: Machine Operator** **Job Description** As a Machine Operator, you will be responsible for operating machinery used for flexible packaging, such as labels and print on boxes. Your duties will also include utilizing and maintaining mounting equipment, ensuring its cleanliness throughout the shift, and handling plates used as molds, which will often need to be cleaned before being stored. Each plate will require inspection before use for a print run. **Responsibilities** + Operate machinery for flexible packaging, including labels and print on boxes. + Utilize and maintain mounting equipment, ensuring cleanliness throughout the shift. + Handle and clean plates used as molds before storage. + Inspect plates before each print run. **Essential Skills** + 6+ months of machine operation experience. + 1+ year of experience within a manufacturing setting, production line. + Mechanically inclined. + Assembly skills. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Press Operator experience is a plus. **Why Work Here?** Our company is very flexible with scheduling. If you need to leave to take your child to the doctor, attend a school event, etc., we will allow you time for that and to make up the time. We are flexible with start times as well. We are a family-owned company with a family-oriented environment. **Work Environment** This is a smaller family-owned and operated company with very low turnover. The majority of the staff has been with the company for over 5 years. While we are accommodating to personal family matters, we expect the team to work hard while they are at work. The dress code includes steel toe boots, jeans/work pants with no holes, and a t-shirt. We provide PPE such as safety glasses, gloves, and hearing protection. The 1st shift schedule is 5 AM to 1 PM, and the 2nd shift is 1 PM to 9 PM. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Ames, Iowa. **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.