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Manufacturing Associate at Tecomet

Tecomet Warsaw, IN

Job Description

Position Summary

The Manufacturing Associate will provide assistance throughout the plant as needed by performing simple machine operation and other miscellaneous production and shipping tasks as assigned, while assisting in achieving Tecomet's Principles of Safety, Quality, Customer Satisfaction and Innovation.

Principle Responsibilities

  • Operate machines and/or perform simple production tasks in the manufacture of Tecomet products.
  • Operate machines that have already been set up.
  • Prepare and load parts as instructed.
  • Perform assembly.
  • Perform simple inspections during production to detect quality problems.
  • Ensure material and required documentation is complete and correct, and that certifications are present.
  • Verify certifications with customer print specifications and router procedures.
  • Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors and/or management as deemed appropriate.

Qualification Requirements

Credentials/Experience:

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Manufacturing operations.
  • Measuring devices.
  • Finish work efficiently and volunteer to help in other areas.
  • Help others keep additional machines running.
  • Learn additional machine operations or production tasks to become available for additional responsibilities while maintaining quality and productivity at or above required performance levels.
  • Consistently produce at superior levels of quality and productivity.
  • Use communication with co-workers to improve unit production.
  • Be flexible in accepting new tasks and new ways of doing things.
  • Adjust work hours to fit production needs
  • Accurately use calipers, micrometers, and other precision measurement devices after training period.
  • Read, write clearly, and follow written procedures.
  • Efficiently operate a computer.

Other Requirements

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Requirements

The employee could frequently be required to walk; use hand to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee could be required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee could occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job could include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.

Travel Requirements

No

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the Company.

Typical entry-level pay: $53k for Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians nationally

National salary averages
Expected entry-level
$53k
Entry
Mid
Senior
Expected
$46k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $98k

Mid-level roles pay ~22% more—room to grow.

Hot hiring, constrained wages

Employers are hiring actively, but pay hasn't caught up with demand. Focus on competing offers and non-salary benefits.

Hiring leverage
Lean candidate
Wage leverage âš  Disconnect
Limited
Mobility
Good mobility
Durability
High fragility

Why this market feels harder than it looks

This market is hiring aggressively, but compensation hasn't caught up and most openings are backfilling churn, not expansion. Employers are filling roles, but not bidding wages up.

Who this leverage applies to

Stronger for: Senior candidates with options
Weaker for: Entry-level candidates, Career switchers

Where to negotiate

Base salary
Sign-on bonus
Title / level
Remote flexibility
Scope & responsibility
Start date / PTO

Likely Possible Unlikely

Watch out for

Wage disconnect: Hiring is active but pay hasn't responded—negotiate on other terms.

Don't let hiring headlines mislead you—focus on concrete offers. Your leverage may be less durable than it appears—move decisively.

Does this path compound?

Job Growth →
High churn
Growth, flat pay
🚀 Compound
Growth + pay upside
⚠️ Plateau
Limited growth
Specialize
Experts earn more
Pay Upside →
Stable but flat

Steady work, but limited growth in both jobs and pay.

+2%
10yr growth
Most openings come from retirements and turnover, not new positions.
Typical: Associate's degree

Openings come from turnover, not new growth. Differentiate to advance.

Labor data: BLS 2024