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2nd Shift Machine Operator

Daifuku
Hobart, IN Full Time
POSTED ON 4/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/1/2026
Manufacturing Company with Career Development Opportunities!

Comprehensive Benefits Package!

Full Time | 2nd Shift | Monday - Friday | 130am-1000pm

Must be able to read exact measurements on a tape measure without assistance!

Must be able to read blueprints!

About Us

Daifuku is the nation’s leading independent, U.S.‐based provider of intelligent material handling systems. With hundreds of engineers in‐house, the company designs, manufactures, integrates, and installs the full spectrum of intra-logistics solutions. We provide leading‐edge conveyor and sortation systems, voice and light‐directed order fulfillment equipment, controls and software, robotics, mezzanines, and structures.

If you want to join a team of industry leading experts and who want to create an impact on the future of material handling solutions, we want to hear from you!

Position Summary

The Machine Operator operates the CNC machine to cut and build rollers, sets up and operates a variety of machines.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to

  • Measuring and setting up machines to manufacture a high volume of parts
  • Performing machine shop and mold press operations to support Assembly
  • Detecting defective materials and questionable conditions and reports to the manager
  • Maintaining the work area and equipment in a clean, orderly condition
  • Following safety regulations
  • Performing preventative maintenance on machines
  • Employees are responsible for complying with all requirements of Daifuku’s QMS policies and procedures.
  • Employees are to ensure sustainable process outputs that drive continuous improvement to provide leading industry performance and exceptional customer satisfaction.


Education and Experience Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
  • Minimum of 1 year of related experience


Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements

  • Ability to use a band saw, hand tools and calipers and perform milling, turning, drilling, taping, deburring, molding, and all bench operations
  • Ability to read blueprints
  • Basic math skills
  • Knowledge of standard and metric measurements
  • Knowledge of quality assurance and self-inspection techniques
  • Self-motivated and detail-oriented
  • Team orientation
  • Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language


ADA Requirements

  • Medium work Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
  • Reaching Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
  • Standing Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
  • Walking Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
  • Pushing Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
  • Pulling Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
  • Lifting Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
  • Grasping Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
  • Hearing Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
  • Repetitive motions Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
  • Visual The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.


Job Conditions

  • The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
  • The worker is subject to hazards including a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.


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