Job Description

Overview

Geiger is seeking dedicated manufacturing talent for the role of 2nd shift Machine Operator, offering competitive wages, generous benefits starting on the first day, and opportunities for career growth. The company emphasizes its commitment to sustainability and equitable practices while providing a fulfilling work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Operates specialty machinery to fabricate, manufacture, assemble or move products while meeting specifications and quality standards.
  • Calculates and derives dimensional information from drawings.
  • Reads, understands, communicates, and interprets written and verbal instructions.
  • Completes required paperwork accurately to ensure record accuracy.
  • Performs SPC/quality checks using measurement tools.
  • Follows Standard Work Instructions at each process.
  • Maintains a clean and safe working environment according to safety guidelines.
  • Participates in improvement activities.
  • Performs a minimum of 75% of the 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 need.
  • Sets up, loads, and operates manufacturing equipment.
  • Maintains regular and predictable attendance.
  • Demonstrates flexibility to work varied hours as business needs require.
  • Works overtime as needed.
  • Performs additional responsibilities as requested.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent (GED) or relevant work experience.
  • Experience operating machinery in a manufacturing environment.
  • Knowledge of 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 and gauges.
  • Ability to work cooperatively within a team.
  • Demonstrated willingness to adapt to a changing environment.

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 $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$49/hr across 30 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 95 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 76 different employers. 42 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 407 other active welding openings from 255 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.

Geiger currently has 2 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Marathon (10), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), and Mullins Mechanical (6). 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, Marietta at $32/hr, and Atlanta at $31/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. 2nd shift Machine Operator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.