Machine Shop Helper

Machine Shop Helper

CTR Group is seeking a Machine Shop Helper in Newport News, VA. Immediate openings and urgently hiring! What We Offer: Weekly Pay – you receive a paycheck every week Comprehensive Benefits Package Safety First! Pay: $15 - $16

Job Description

The Tool Room Clerk plays a critical role in supporting daily operations by managing tooling inventory, issuing equipment, and maintaining accurate records in a fast-paced machine shop environment. This position ensures that machinists and technicians have timely access to calibrated tools and consumables, contributing to efficient production workflows and compliance with safety standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Good basic math skills (addition & subtraction)
• Be on time to work every day
• Have mechanical skills or aptitude
• Willing and able to fill out basic production paperwork by hand – part number, quantity
• Be able to lift 50-75 lbs
• Stand, walk, sit, push, pull, bend, twist, squat, reach and perform repetitive hand and finger movements
• Be able to work in cold or hot temperatures in plant, smoking is allowed in most production areas.
• Be interested in learning a new skill
• Be willing to work where personal cell phone use is not permitted

Requirements for higher starting wage:

• Experience using multiple power tools like impact driver, rivnut gun, rivet gun, stud welder, grinder, sander
• Experience in light gauge sheet metal fabricating or machine shop
• Be able to read a tape measure and/or precision measuring tools

They'd be working in one or more of these areas. We will probably train a worker in several areas to see where they catch on. We may not know in advance where they would be training, so they'd need to be ok with the opportunity to work in any of these areas – with some exceptions such as someone with asthma that does not want to work in grind, or someone who cannot pass a respirator physical for powder coating application.

• Hardware installation, using CNC equipment or by hand
• Metal finishing (Grind)
• Powder coating prep & line load/unload
• Powder coating application
• Assembly
• Shipping (packaging, not driving)
• CNC Laser operation
• CNC Press Brake operation
• CNC Punch Press operation

About CTR Group: CTR Group operates in the staffing and recruitment industry, nationwide for over 35 years. We provide full-service staffing support for various sectors including Marine Trades, Heavy Industrial, Light Industrial, Commercial, Technical, Professional, Aerospace and Aviation, and Energy. We offer a range of placement options such as Direct Hire, Contract Labor, Temporary & Temp to Hire. CTR Group takes pride in its high ratings across various platforms, reflecting our commitment to excellence and our dedication to providing quality staffing and employment services. CTR Group is an equal employment opportunity employer. Candidates are selected based on qualifications and defined requirements of the job, not on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or any other protected status. Further, CTR Group encourages United States' Veterans and persons with disabilities to apply for positions for which they are qualified.