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Aerotek Set Up Technician in Youngstown, Ohio
Job Title: Set Up Technician Job Description
Join our team as a Set Up Technician, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring the precise placement and installation of compressors and engines on skids. You will work a regular schedule from Monday to Friday, 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM, with opportunities for overtime from 6:00 AM to 4:40 PM.
Responsibilities
Read and interpret blueprints, layout drawings, and specifications to determine proper compressor and engine placement on skids.
Verify dimensions, squareness, and tolerances before installation.
Establish reference points and calculate layout dimensions.
Level skids and sub-bases prior to mounting equipment.
Pour concrete on skids for compressor mounting and build dikes for epoxy bases.
Use cranes to safely mount compressors and engines.
Align compressors using alignment tools and materials, ensuring they fit on the subbase for proper machine connection.
Utilize Boom Lifts/JLG lifts with confidence, being comfortable working at heights.
Essential Skills
Mechanical aptitude and repair skills.
Proficiency in machine set-up and changeover.
Experience in setting compressors using alignment tools.
Ability to work comfortably with heights.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Align compressors to sub-bases using precision tools such as transit or laser.
Heat-shrink and install couplings on compressors and engines.
Align engines to compressors and complete final coupling connections.
Clean, inspect, and install pressure vessels in preparation for piping.
Work to tight tolerances as specified in drawings.
Update or add dimensional details to prints when required for downstream teams.
Why Work Here?
Become part of a family-owned company with a rich 80-year history and about 200 employees on-site. Enjoy a competitive compensation package with benefits such as medical, dental, and vision insurance options, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, Paid Time Off (PTO), and nine paid company holidays. This stable role provides strong benefits and long-term upside, offering a comprehensive benefits program to attract and retain strong, long-term talent.
Work Environment
Work in a manufacturing and plant floor environment, surrounded by about 200 employees in a family-owned company with an 80-year legacy. Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, with required personal protective equipment including steel-toed shoes, safety glasses, and hearing protection. Noise levels are typically loud, with occasional exposure to vibration, airborne particles, and odors. Temperature may vary based on season and machining operations.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Youngstown, OH.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $18.00 - $28.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Youngstown,OH.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Mar 31, 2026.
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.