Job Description

Overview

Geiger is seeking dedicated manufacturing talent for the role of Machine Operator, offering a competitive hourly wage and generous benefits starting on the first day. The company emphasizes a commitment to sustainability and equitable practices while providing opportunities for career growth.

Responsibilities

  • Operates specialty machinery to fabricate, manufacture, assemble or move products meeting specifications and quality standards.
  • Calculates and derives dimensional information from drawings.
  • Reads, understands, communicates, and interprets instructions and work documentation.
  • Completes required paperwork accurately to ensure record accuracy.
  • Performs SPC/quality checks using measurement tools.
  • Follows Standard Work Instructions consistently.
  • Maintains a clean and safe working environment according to safety guidelines.
  • Participates in improvement activities.
  • Performs a minimum of 75% of jobs in the department at the required rate.
  • Reads and understands routings/drawings to produce parts to quality expectations.
  • Rotates through department workstations based on business needs.
  • Sets up, loads, and operates manufacturing equipment.
  • Maintains regular and predictable attendance.
  • Works overtime as needed.
  • Performs additional responsibilities as requested.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent (GED) or work experience demonstrating performance competency.
  • Experience operating machinery in a manufacturing environment.
  • Experience in accessing and using information system computer databases.
  • Competent in basic math skills such as counting, adding, and subtracting.
  • Preferred advanced math skills related to operating advanced systems or processes.
  • Ability to use measuring tools such as calipers, gauges, and tape measures.
  • Ability to work cooperatively within and across teams.
  • Demonstrated willingness to adapt to a changing environment.

Additional Information

  • Flexibility to work varied hours as business needs require.
  • This organization participates in E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification.
  • MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.

How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Atlanta, GA currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$41/hr across 26 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 85 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 66 different employers. 38 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 392 other active welding openings from 245 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (8), Mullins Mechanical (6), and Yancey Bros. Co. (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $30/hr, and Marietta at $29/hr. Atlanta is among them.

Similar openings near Atlanta, GA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Machine Operator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.