Machine Builder

Custom Machine Builder Up to $40.00/Hour + Overtime Pewaukee, WI Area 100% Onsite 1st Shift This opportunity offers an ideal career destination for a true craftsman who hates the mindless repetition of high-volume line assembly and wants a technical home where genuine problem-solving skills are valued. Operating as an established, long-standing custom automation provider, this industry pioneer has spent decades designing and building high-specification machinery for global manufacturers. Running with a tight-knit, highly collaborative team, the organization completely rejects rigid corporate silosensuring mechanical builders, electrical wiremen, and engineering staff work side-by-side on the floor from day one. This isn't a position where operators install the exact same component week after week. Every system born on this production floor is a custom, complex, one-off automation asset integrating cutting-edge controls, robotics, vision systems, and fluid power networks. Once a project hits the floor, the assigned builder has total ownership of the build, the creative freedom to finesse alignments, and a direct line to engineering. Backed by excellent job security, a casual workplace environment, comprehensive benefits, and an opening created by an upcoming retirement, this environment provides an exceptional long-term home for a proud trades professional. What You Will Be Doing Build, fit, and assemble a diverse range of high-value, custom automated systems, robotic cells, assembly presses, and packaging machinery from the ground up. Interpret highly detailed blueprints, mechanical assembly drawings, and complex pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical schematics to establish proper build sequencing. Utilize shop-floor modeling stations to access 3D digital designs, checking spatial relationships and mechanical movements in real time. Install and route electrical cables, complex pneumatic manifolds, and high-pressure hydraulic circuits neatly onto machine frames. Finesse, shim, and tune precision machine components to exact tolerances, executing toolmaking-level adjustments to ensure flawless mechanical cycling. Partner directly with the engineering team to cross-verify designs, troubleshoot assembly bottlenecks, and iron out technical deviations on the fly. Mentor, guide, and share specialized trade techniques with junior technicians on the floor to maintain an elite assembly standard. Execute the tactical breakdown, packing, and crating of completed custom machines and automated cells to prepare them for secure transport. What We Are Looking For Machine building pedigree featuring a minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience executing ground-up mechanical machine builds. Candidates with a dedicated background in toolmaking or precision fixture building require a minimum of only 2 years of experience. True craftsmanship with deep experience building high-speed material handling systems, precision automated lines, or custom packaging machinery; this role is not for component-level bench assemblers. Technical documentation fluency backed by a high proficiency in reading, interpreting, and building from multi-view mechanical drawings, fabrication blueprints, and fluid power schematics. Tool and instrument mastery with expert, safe operation of a wide variety of hand/power tools, machine shop equipment, and precision measurement tools (calipers, micrometers, indicators). Collaborative mindset showing a no-nonsense work ethic and the interpersonal skills required to work seamlessly alongside senior wiremen, mechanical engineers, and management. Local commute and permanent residency established within a comfortable, daily 45-minute driving radius of the Pewaukee, WI area.