Additive Manufacturing Technician
Menasha · Orion, MI
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level manufacturing role at Menasha (packaging) in Orion, MI.
- They ask for
- degree required (or equivalent experience)
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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 63 live postings that list pay, out of 1004 manufacturing technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 26 other live manufacturing postings in Michigan.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 59%
- CNC 48%
- Team leadership 44%
- Machining 37%
- Robotics 30%
- EHS / safety 26%
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and Duties
- ◆Build Preparation: Configure print files using slicing and build-processor software. Optimize part orientation, support structures, nesting layout.
- ◆Machine Operation: Set up, calibrate, change over, and operate industrial 3D printing equipment (e.g., polymer SLS/FDM or metal LPBF/DMLS systems).
- ◆Post-Processing Workflow: Perform post-processing steps including support removal, media blasting, and inspection.
- ◆Troubleshooting & Maintenance: Diagnose print failures (e.g., warping, delamination, porosity) and perform routine mechanical, optical, or fluidic maintenance on printers.
- ◆Maintaining job logs and material posting.
- ◆Consumable inventory control.
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Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements
listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Requirements
Need to be able to use Microsoft Products – PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
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About us (and our exciting future)
Menasha Corporation is all about possibilities. Our two businesses, Menasha Packaging and ORBIS Corporation, are leaders in their industries, providing corrugated and plastic packaging products and related services to major global companies.
Our employees make the difference, proving that great ideas, collaboration and quality turn possibilities into success. Working at Menasha Corporation means that your insights provide cutting-edge solutions for our customers. If you like to make things happen and are passionate about what you do, you’re going to want to be here.
Join us and become part of the power behind possible.
About The Opportunity
The Additive Manufacturing Technician will execute daily production workflows across industrial polymer platforms, specifically Stratasys FDM (e.g., Fortus, F123 series) and HP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF 4200/5200 series) systems. This role is highly operational and hands-on. It focuses on prepping digital files, executing machine turnarounds, handling bulk raw materials, and post-processing.
At ORBIS, our people come first. We are committed to creating an environment where employees feel valued, supported, and empowered to thrive. That’s why we offer competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits package — available after just 30 days of employment — including:
- •Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- •401(k) with a Company Match
- •Annual Incentive Bonus
- •And more great benefits designed to support you and your family
We take pride in providing a safe, clean workplace and a family‑friendly schedule that promotes a healthy work‑life balance. When you join ORBIS, you join a team that invests in your success from day one.
Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instruction in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several absolute and concrete variables.
Job Skill Level
Physical Attributes
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and depth perception.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts. The employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and risk of electrical shock.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Two companies, one vision.
Menasha Corporation consists of two companies that are leading the way to a sustainable future with packaging and supply chain solutions. Founded in 1849 and headquartered in Neenah, Wisconsin, we employ over 7,500 employees in 112 facilities in North America and Europe.
Our companies are leading corrugated and plastic packaging manufacturers and supply chain solution providers. Our Menasha Packaging Company is the largest independent provider of packaging and supply chain service solutions in North America, designing, printing, and fulfilling graphic packaging, display and merchandising solutions for over 1,800 brands, both in-store and online.
Our ORBIS business believes there is a better way t