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Job ID: 710350BR
Date posted: Nov. 12, 2025
Description:
You will be a Machine Operator for our team, responsible for producing high-quality parts and assemblies according to precise specifications. Our team is dedicated to delivering exceptional products and services, and we're looking for a talented professional to join our team.
What You Will Be Doing
As a Machine Operator, your responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
Why Join Us
You're a motivated and detail-oriented individual looking to start your career in machining and fabrication. As a Machine Operator, you'll have the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals, develop your skills and knowledge, and contribute to delivering high-quality products. If you're looking for a role that offers opportunities for growth, a dynamic work environment, and a commitment to excellence, this is the perfect opportunity for you. We offer on-the-job training, mentorship, and a comprehensive benefits package to help you succeed in your career. Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package and apply now here.
Further Information About This Opportunity
This position is located in Archbald, PA. Discover more about our Archbald, Pennsylvania location.
MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access.
Basic Qualifications:
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They're dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Hourly/Non-Exempt
Business Unit: MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL
Relocation Available: No
Career Area: Manufacturing
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
Date posted: Nov. 12, 2025
Description:
You will be a Machine Operator for our team, responsible for producing high-quality parts and assemblies according to precise specifications. Our team is dedicated to delivering exceptional products and services, and we're looking for a talented professional to join our team.
What You Will Be Doing
As a Machine Operator, your responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
- Follows instructions to machine, fabricate, or assemble parts to print and operation sheet specifications using conventional, CNC, and sheet metal machines including saws, riveters, fasteners, setters, presses, spot welders, and hand tools including grinders, Helicoil installation tools, etc.
- Interprets CAD data, prints and sketches with regard to fabrication and can follow written and/or verbal instructions
- Performs secondary operations during the machine cycle such as deburring and straightening
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Performs sheet metal/machine shop general laborer tasks including but not limited to grinding/sanding weldments using portable and stationary pneumatic tools, straightening bent and twisted parts/assemblies using manual jacks and hydraulic presses, washing
parts/assemblies in aqueous and ultrasonic machines, assist painters with prep work, sand/shot blasting steel weldments - Inspects parts as they are produced using standard gages, micrometers, indicators, vernier calipers, depth gages, and other measuring devices, to ensure conformity to specifications
- Inspects cutting tools for wear to ensure the quality of parts, reports worn tools to the supervisor or set up person, and makes adjustments during production run as required to maintain quality parts and to keep the machine running
- Maintains coolant levels to ensure a steady supply of coolant/cutting fluids to the machine
- Maintains workstation/cell in organized manner and in compliance with any applicable safety standards
- Receives and, when assigned, provides cross-training for other tasks related to department functions and procedures
- Performs minor preventive maintenance to equipment
- Performs other job-related duties as required by management
- Adheres to safety guidelines and the correct procedures for performing tasks to prevent personal injury or damage to product and/or equipment
Why Join Us
You're a motivated and detail-oriented individual looking to start your career in machining and fabrication. As a Machine Operator, you'll have the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals, develop your skills and knowledge, and contribute to delivering high-quality products. If you're looking for a role that offers opportunities for growth, a dynamic work environment, and a commitment to excellence, this is the perfect opportunity for you. We offer on-the-job training, mentorship, and a comprehensive benefits package to help you succeed in your career. Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package and apply now here.
Further Information About This Opportunity
This position is located in Archbald, PA. Discover more about our Archbald, Pennsylvania location.
MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access.
Basic Qualifications:
- Ability to read and interpret operation sheets and blueprints and differentiate between thread sizes, course and fine threads, and metric and standard threads
- Mechanically inclined
- Understands the cutting properties of both ferrous and non-ferrous metals
- Knowledge of basic shop math (metric conversion and arithmetic)
- Ability to work safely with cleaning chemicals and solvents
- Must be a US citizen, as this position is located at a facility that requires special access
- Previous experience in sheet metal fabrication and assembly, welding, or machining in a production environment
- Proficiency in use of Measuring Equipment and able to verify conformance of machined work piece to specifications
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They're dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Hourly/Non-Exempt
Business Unit: MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL
Relocation Available: No
Career Area: Manufacturing
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First