Machine Shop Assistant Jobs (NOW HIRING)

The Opportunity:

Elemental LED is a leading U.S. based engineering and technology company that creates, develops, manufactures, markets and sells innovative, configured and integrated LED lighting solutions. The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN) has awarded Elemental LED as the "Company of the Year - Large" at the 7th Annual EDAWN Existing Industry Awards event, and "Employees First - Large" at the 10th Annual EDAWN Existing Industry Awards event.

What You Get To Do:

Interested in setting up a new Machine Shop and a paint booth?  Are you a natural leader who thrives on the shop floor and loves working with your hands?  If yes, Elemental LED is looking for you!  We need  a highly skilled, hands-on Machine Shop Supervisor to guide our production team and help build our high-performance custom lighting fixtures. Located in Reno, this position requires  travel to our San Dimas location once a month for 2-3 days to provide for approximately 6 months to offer hands-on operational support, standardize shop floor processes, and even assist with paint booth production.

This isn't a desk job—this is a true working supervisor role where you lead from the front. You will be rolling up your sleeves to commission a new fabrication facility that includes laser cutter, turret punch, press brake, CNC, welding, and painting facility. Once up and running, you will directly operate the equipment right alongside your team to hit our production goals. You will also be our go-to expert for sheet metal fabrication, guiding the designs to minimize scrap and maximize throughput.

Beyond the daily hands-on fabrication, you will hire, train, mentor, and work closely with a great team of skilled machinists, fabricators, and painters. Championing a safe work environment is paramount to us, so you will be responsible for implementing and ensuring rigid safety standards, machine guarding protocols, and PPE compliance are always met across the floor.

If you are a metal fabrication expert who is passionate about craftsmanship, continuous improvement, and leading by example, we want you on our team!"

Challenge Yourself – The Specifics:

• Effectively coordinate and lead the manufacturing operations of customized LED components, light engines, and linear lighting fixtures.
  • Ensures workforce is following established procedures and work instructions across fabrication, welding, and paint operations.
  • Owns the sequencing of sheet metal fabrication processes, ensuring fixture designs align with shop capabilities and maximizing throughput.
  • Removes bottlenecks in day-to-day operations with viable solutions.
  • Qualitatively monitors workforce productivity.
• Manage and maintain essential production consumables.
  • Order shop consumables such as filters, shop towels, welding supplies, etc to support the day-to-day operations in the machine shop and paint booth.
• Support inter-site manufacturing efforts through active involvement at the San Dimas facility.
  • Audit and document manufacturing processes within the Reno and San Dimas machine shops and painting booths to standardize operations.
  • Provide direct, hands-on support in operating the machine shop and painting booth at the San Dimas location to support production demands.
  • Ensure all facilities operations align with corporate quality, safety, and efficiency benchmarks.
• Acts as a hands-on "working supervisor," directly stepping in to operate machinery, fabricate parts, and weld components alongside the production team to meet daily output goals.
  • Actively performs hands-on surface preparation and operates paint booth equipment (including spraying and finishing) to maintain production schedules and ensure cosmetic standards are met.
  • Directly operates and troubleshoots machine shop and sheet metal equipment (e.g., press brakes, mills, saws) daily to support workflow and remove physical bottlenecks.
• Recruits, hires, trains, evaluates, develops, coaches, and leads staff.
  • Progresses and enhances the working environment through employee engagement, results, and accountability.
  • Evaluates human capital and material resource requirements and provides recommendations and enhancements as needed or required.
  • Serves as a positive role model for department personnel in all aspects of conduct.
  • Maintains a strong floor presence and leads by example.
• Coordinates efforts with Production Leadership, assisting with establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing customized products.
  • Meets or exceeds planned production goals by utilizing production schedules and establishing priorities of the department.
  • Creates reports and provides feedback on productivity of the team and status of project schedules.
  • Provides input on productivity improvements and ensures that production schedules are met.
• Ensures that product quality is met within the department in accordance with quality control and product development standards.
  • Evaluates the in-process raw material and finished goods (including customized extruded aluminum and sheet metal housings) for conformity to established standards and specifications.
  • Monitors product standards and is involved in discussing quality control programs for custom projects.
  • Reports the progress of the Machining/Fabrication team towards established quality goals and suggests improvements based on the data.
• Collaborates with cross-functional departments to identify project milestones and critical areas of concern to ensure customer requirements are fulfilled in relation to quality and delivery.
  • Creates positive working relationships and involves others in working collectively toward achievement of departmental and company goals.
  • Communicates effectively on status of needed parts or anticipated future needs that are required to produce upcoming products to appropriate departments.
• Promotes company goals, policies, processes, practices, and documentation for all customized products.
  • Ensures all personnel adhere to proper machine guarding, PPE usage, and safe chemical/material handling practices across machining, fabrication, welding, and painting operations.
  • Detects, corrects, and reports, as necessary, any unsafe work practices or acts of unsafe violations of company rules and procedures.
  • Monitors production processes, adjusting schedules as needed.
  • Develops or revises standard operational and working practices.
  • Observes and corrects workers to ensure compliance with company standards and achievement of performance expectations.

TRAVEL AND LOCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Travel Required: Routine travel is a core requirement of this position. The supervisor must travel 2 times per month, for 2–3 days per trip, primarily to the San Dimas facility to help oversee operations, document shop floor processes, and assist with production output.

You Have a Unique Combination of Skills, Talents and Mindset, Including Many of the Following:

• Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years of experience in a machine shop or metal fabrication environment required.
• Minimum of two (2) years of direct supervisory experience required.
• Strong working knowledge of sheet metal fabrication equipment, part sequencing, and design principles is required.
• Familiarity with welding operations and surface/paint preparation standards (with a willingness to be hands-on in a paint booth environment).
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Ability to learn extensive product lines, including basic product understanding of high-performance linear lighting, custom luminaire systems, light engines, low voltage installations, and power supplies.
• Experience with modern MRP/ERP systems in a manufacturing environment.
• MS Office (Word, Excel), FedEx, UPS, and USPS software systems.
• Principles and practices of continuous improvement, ISO regulations a plus.

Key Abilities:

• Recruit, train, develop, evaluate, motivate, and coach direct reports.
• Manage, organize, and prioritize multiple projects and tasks in an effective and timely manner; organize own work, set priorities, and meet critical time deadlines using effective management techniques.
• Read and interpret mechanical drawings, flat patterns, and other design documents.
• Demonstrate positive leadership through effective communication, both written and verbal, to all levels within the organization.
• Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrate high accuracy in work and attention to detail.
• Interpret, apply, explain, make sound, independent decisions, and ensure compliance with Company policies, procedures, laws, regulations, and technical written material.
• Safely operate and train team members on the effective use of machine shop machinery, sheet metal fabrication equipment, welding apparatus, paint booth systems, power tools, and precision measuring instruments.
• Must possess mobility to work in a standard warehouse setting and work with and around a variety of equipment, parts, and inventory, to operate a motor vehicle.
• Positions in this classification bend, stoop, kneel, reach, and climb to perform work.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The Perks and Benefits: 

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life/AD&D, Short Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance (100% PAID by employer), available first of the month, following the date of hire
• Company-matched 401(k) Plan, at 5%, no vesting schedule
• Discretionary Time Off (DTO)
• Parental Leave (PL)
• Sick Time Off (STO)
• Seven Paid Holidays
• Pre-Tax Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) - $200 annual employer contribution
• Career Development Plan Program
• Discounted Corporate Gym Membership at South Reno Athletic Club
• Tuition Assistance
• Monthly Birthday Lunch Celebrations
• Employee Discount
• On-site Snacks and Beverages
• Employee Referral Bonus Program

About Us:

Visit us at www.elementalled.com or call 877-564-5051.