Manufacturing Assembly Technician, 2nd Shift (10% shift differential pay)
IDEX · Farmington, CT
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level manufacturing role at IDEX (industrial) in Farmington, CT. If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it.
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- Root cause, Machining
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Manufacturing Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $60k–$91k.
Median of the low and high ends of 50 live postings that list pay, out of 825 manufacturing technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 670 other live manufacturing postings in the US.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $72k–$104k, from 85 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 49%
- Tooling 40%
- CNC 33%
- ✓ Machining 31%
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This plant: IDEX in Farmington
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Full description from IDEXAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key Responsibilities
- ◆Operate and monitor specialized equipment, including furnaces, laser marking, pressure tester and bubble point testing, jet cleaning, flush and purge and inspection systems.
- ◆Perform in-process testing, visual inspection and permitted rework, dimensional verification, and final cleanliness inspection.
- ◆Complete equipment logs, process records, serial-number traceability, customer labels, and quality documentation accurately.
- ◆Perform defined preventive maintenance, equipment checks, fitting changes, and cleaning activities.
- ◆Identify, document, and escalate equipment, process, quality, and cleanliness abnormalities.
- ◆Support root cause investigations and implement approved corrective actions.
- ◆Propose improvements that reduce defects, improve throughput, strengthen safety, or increase process reliability.
- ◆Maintain high-purity cleanliness and contamination control across multiple wet and dry processes.
- ◆Learn and retain numerous technical processes, equipment platforms, specifications, and reaction plans.
- ◆Recognize abnormal operating conditions and determining when to stop, correct, or escalate.
- ◆Manage serialized product and process data without loss of traceability.
- ◆Balance safety, quality, throughput, and customer delivery requirements.
- ◆Execute reliably on 2nd shift with limited direct supervision.
- ◆Prevent temporary workarounds from becoming long-term process risks.
- ◆Learns new processes and equipment quickly and retain training.
- ◆Works independently and makes sound decisions within defined authority.
- ◆Speaks up when a condition could affect safety, quality, cleanliness, or delivery.
- ◆Look beyond the immediate task and seeks a durable solution rather than a workaround.
- ◆Anticipate potential problems and acts before defects occur.
- ◆Document issues thoroughly and communicates clearly.
- ◆Suggest practical process improvements.
- ◆Demonstrate ownership, accountability, reliability, and attention to detail.
- ◆Is willing and able to support overtime and weekend work when required.
Required Technical Skills & Experience
- ✓High school diploma or equivalent required; technical education is beneficial.
- ✓Prior manufacturing, assembly, machining, inspection, equipment operation experience preferred.
- ✓Demonstrated hands-on mechanical aptitude and experience using common hand tools such as wrenches.
- ✓Experience in cleanroom, semiconductor, medical device, aerospace, or other controlled manufacturing is preferred.
- ✓Experience with following work instructions and defined processes.
- ✓Strong mechanical aptitude and structured troubleshooting.
- ✓Operation and monitoring of technical process equipment.
- ✓Cleanroom practices and contamination-control discipline.
- ✓Specification and work-instruction comprehension.
- ✓Measurement, visual inspection, and defect recognition.
- ✓Understanding of acceptance limits, and reaction plans.
- ✓Preventive maintenance and equipment verification.
- ✓Accurate electronic and written documentation, serialization, and traceability.
- ✓Computer proficiency for manufacturing records, data collection, labels, and customer documentation.
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If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.
With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.
The Assembly Manufacturing Technician, 2nd shift (3pm-11pm), performs manufacturing, testing, inspection, cleaning, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and packaging activities for semiconductor filtration products. Operate specialized process equipment, maintain high-purity cleanliness requirements, ensure product traceability, identify and escalate abnormalities, and support customer quality and delivery requirements. The role requires technical judgment, independent execution, and ownership of process and product outcomes.
$24-26/HR plus 10% 2nd shift differential
Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?
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Benefits Package
Our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more. More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page: https://www.idexcorp.com/careers/our-benefits-and-rewards/
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