
Machine Operators - Sheet Metal Fab 2nd shift
Nicholasville, KYFull-time$7.25/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Machine Operator works onsite at Donaldson’s Nicholasville location, bending, cutting, and forming sheet and structural steel for air filtration systems. The role uses CNC metal-cutting machines, drawings, hand tools, and measuring instruments, and includes material handling, inspections, inventory tasks, and crane operation. The schedule is Monday through Thursday, 3 p.m. to 1 a.m.; applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
None
Minimum Education Required
High School Diploma/G.E.D.
Compensation
$7.25 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
Donaldson is committed to solving the world's most complex filtration challenges. Together, we make cool things. As an established technology and innovation leader, we are continuously evolving to meet the filtration needs of our changing world. Join a culture of collaboration and innovation that matters and a chance to learn, effect change, and make meaningful contributions at work and in communities.
The Team Member (Machine Operator) at our Nicholasville, KY location involves working collaboratively to bend, cut, form sheet metal for Industrial and Mobile Solutions air filtration systems in an innovative team orientated environment. This is a 2nd shift onsite role, with hours Monday - Thursday 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. with $1 shift premium for working these hours.
Role Responsibilities
To load raw material into and cut, burn, shear, or bend sheet steel and structural steel per drawings
Ability to program, set-up and operate metal cutting machines to cut and shape parts to specifications using CNC programming including performing machine maintenance
Perform first piece quality inspections and fill out necessary paperwork for record
Material Handling and Transportation of Product
Operation of Overhead Cranes and lifting devices
Use mechanical ability, work instructions, and hand tools
Read blueprints to determine how to make necessary shapes
Ability to use proper instruments such as: protractor, calipers, tape measures, steel gauges, etc.
Report steel usage and count inventory
Receive and properly store sheet steel and structural steel
While this list is representative of essential job duties, it is not an all-inclusive list of duties required to perform this role. Other duties may be assigned in order to fulfill Donaldson's mission, vision and strategic plan objectives.
Minimum Qualifications:
Read a tape measure and basic blueprints
Material handling with forklifts and cranes
Inventory counting and material identification
Ability to work with close tolerances
High School Diploma, GED, previous is required
Preferred Qualifications:
Perform a variety of tasks throughout the day in a fast-paced environment
Reacts to change productively and handle other tasks as assigned
Inventory counting and material identification
Immigration Sponsorship Not Available:
Applicants for this position must be currently and legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship (e.g., H-1B, J-1, F-1, CPT, OPT, etc.).
Donaldson will not offer immigration sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.
International relocation or remote work arrangements outside of the U.S. will not be considered.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability and Veterans
Employment opportunities for positions in the United States may require use of information which is subject to the export control regulations of the United States. Hiring decisions for such positions are required by law to be made in compliance with these regulations. Applicants for employment opportunities in other countries must be able to meet the comparable export control requirements of that country and of the United States.
Donaldson Company has been made aware that there are several recruiting scams that are targeting job seekers. These scams have attempted to solicit money for job applications and/or collect confidential information, Donaldson will never solicit money during the application or recruiting process. Donaldson only accepts online applications through our Careers | Donaldson Company, Inc. website and any communication from a Donaldson recruiter would be sent using a donaldson.com email address. If you have any questions about the legitimacy of an employment opportunity, please reach out to [email protected] to verify that the communication is from Donaldson.
Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to r ace, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, r eligion, union affiliation, s exual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law.
Donaldson is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to r ace, color, age, gender, r eligion, national origin, genetic information, protected veterans status, s ex, s exual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or any other status protected under federal, state or local laws.
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
JR-28501
How this job compares
Set against the 843 open Machine Operator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$7.25/hr
- US median$21–24/hr490 hourly ranges
This rate, $7.25/hr, is 67% below the US median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Machine Operator hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 13 open Machine Operator jobs in Kentucky and 843 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- Machine Operator postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (289 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 437 of the 843 open Machine Operator jobs (52%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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