
Core Production
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The Core Production role involves assembling steel laminations into cores using production drawings and fabrication equipment. The worker installs assembly components, verifies dimensions and quality, assists with lifting and positioning, and records production data. The posting prefers manufacturing, mechanical assembly, or metal fabrication experience and seeks blueprint-reading ability, familiarity with shop tools, attention to detail, and mechanical aptitude.
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Full job description
JOB REQUIREMENTS: - Cut, stack, and assemble core steel laminations according to production drawings and specifications - Operate core cutting machines, presses, stackers, and related fabrication equipment - Install clamps, braces, insulation materials, and hardware required for core assembly - Measure, square, and verify core dimensions to ensure accuracy and consistency - Assist with core tilting, moving, and positioning using cranes or other lifting equipment - Perform visual and dimensional inspections to verify alignment, tightness, and quality - Record production data and maintain documentation for each core assembly - Follow work instructions, safety procedures, and quality standards at all times - Maintain a clean and organized work area and assist with routine equipment upkeep - Collaborate with production and engineering teams to meet daily build schedules ***** OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS: - Manufacturing, mechanical assembly, or metal fabrication experience preferred - Ability to read and understand blueprints, measurements, and work instructions - Familiarity with hand tools, power tools, and basic shop equipment - Experience using overhead cranes or hoists is a plus - Strong attention to detail and mechanical aptitude - Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and perform physical tasks such as bending, standing, and reaching - Production and fabrication environment with exposure to metal materials, machinery, and noise - PPE and adherence to all safety protocols required ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: E-Mail a Rsum: [email protected] Apply Online: https://jobs.qpsemployment.com/jobs/821616 This position is listed by a private employment agency. The agency is the legal employer. No fee will be charged of the job applicant.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,025 open Production jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$85–127K/yr208 salary ranges
- Illinois median$21–22/hr63 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 87 open Production jobs in Illinois and 2,025 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
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- Experience
- Production postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 4 years (619 postings).
- Education
- 120 of the 2,025 open Production jobs (6%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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