General Laborer

Job Description

The General Laborer plays a key role in assembling, handling, moving, and inspecting seating components while maintaining quality, safety, and productivity standards. This position works closely with production teams to manufacture fixed and telescopic seating systems used in schools, theaters, auditoriums, arenas, and stadiums.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, handle, and move seating components.
• Inspect components to ensure quality standards are met.
• Maintain safety and productivity standards in all tasks.
• Collaborate with production teams to manufacture seating systems.
• Load and offload parts on paint lines.
• Assist with cleaning, mopping, and organizing the workspace.
• Move small parts on wheeled carts.

Essential Skills

• General labor and manufacturing experience.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Capability to stand on feet for 8 hours a day.
• Experience with hand tools, power tools, picking, packing, and assembly.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• 1+ year of experience in a manufacturing or general labor role.
• Mathematical skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Ability to work with whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Why Work Here?

Join a family-owned industry leader in stationary and telescopic seating manufacturing with opportunities for career growth, including potential pay increases and promotions. Employees benefit from a comprehensive package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k plan, and paid time off.

Work Environment

The work environment is a traditional manufacturing shop with a team size of up to 100 employees. As an industry leader in telescopic seating, the company offers a dynamic environment where noise levels are typical of a manufacturing setting.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Altamont, IL.

The pay range for this position is $17.50 - $17.50/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

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)

This is a fully onsite position in Altamont,IL.

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 4, 2026.

Aerotek® Inc. provides staffing and services solutions in manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation, facilities and maintenance. We provide the expertise, solutions and people required to rise to the challenges of North American industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a unified network of over 200 offices across North America, supporting more than 18,000 clients each year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in workforce and business solutions. To learn more, visit: Aerotek.com | 1-888-AEROTEK.

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.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.

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 meet 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 in solving 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.