machinist

grinder

repair technician

shift leader

cnc machinist

MetalTek International

Spent most days working at MetalTek assisting FAA certified Airframe and Powerplant technician perform repairs and modifications to aircraft bodywork. Formed and cut sheetmetal to specified dimensions needed to fit areas being repaired and install using rivets and high strength adhesives. Assigned to construct control surfaces; such as, rudders, elevators, and ailerons for experimental aircraft company we were contracted to build for. A&P mechanic instructed me on how to build each part and then allowed me to build them on my own under his supervision and final inspection. Before leaving the company to start motorcycle school I also assisted in building tow-behind trailers built to fit on Harley Davidson motorcycles. Helped in the same manner as when repairing aircraft bodywork, cutting and fitting sheetmetal to construct trailers. Wet-sanded and polished each trailer by hand on my own to completion. Learned how to measure parts and pieces to a high amount of accuracy down to hundreth's of an inch.

MetalTek has a great company culture that has been strongly developed over the last five years. A focus on safety is a must in that industry, and that culture encourages considering safety first above all. MetalTek really does care for its employees and truly great people are employed there. The markets served are unique and highly technical, and all individuals get to feel apart of something great with the work that they do. There is a large emphasis on a team environment due so much cross-functional interaction on a day-to-day basis. However, the company is certainly one that has been around for a while and it shows in the management group's deliberation in making any large decision. Additionally, there is some belief that once someone is employed at MetalTek, that they are staying for a career. These opportunities are certainly available, but are not catered to a young college graduate seeking alternative compensation and career advancement.

Started here over a year ago as a machinist trainee, hired on with no experience at all. Starting wage is very fair. As you learn more and more and prove to them you’re a good employee they will give you many raises to get you up in the pay scale. They allow people to learn at their own pace. They start you off running easy machines and as you learn more and show you’re ready for the next step they put you on more advanced CNC machines depending on the potential you show. It is very very hard to get fired here if you show up to work and at least try your best. Management overall is pretty decent and stays out of your hair as long as you are getting work done. Overtime is unlimited but also optional. Some people work 60 hours a week and some work no OT at all. (At least in the machine shop) Overall recommend working here especially if you are starting with little to no experience and want to learn and work your way up.

In over 30 years in industry, I have been employed by several Fortune 500 Company's and have worked for 19 GM's (yes I keep a list).  Our current GM is without a doubt best I have encountered.    The vision, guidance and expectations he provides are driving a transformation of performance, attitudes and trust that I have not witnessed in my career.   What must be noted is the sincere care and empathy for employees. Not only for personal development but for each employee's general well-being.     We are small, we are lean, but EVERYONE is part of the team, EVERYONE is appreciated, and EVERYONE has had a role in contributing to the success we can now appreciate.  Say what you want about the past.  It's different now.   We are heading in the right direction and the future holds promise.

Maintaining active awareness of safety.
Receiving sometimes hot product directly from foundry. 
Cleaning and straightening product for inspection via blasting equipment and hydraulic press.
Preparing and performing visual inspections using UV light.
Cutting product to interim or final lengths via fiber blade saw.
Documenting all processes to comply with company only, customer and/or standards regulations as appropriate.
Training new employees.
In addition, learned and performed out of department operations including various pull-bore machines and saws.
Operated sit down fork-lifts as certified operator and various powered hand material moving equipment.
Maintained department equipment as best possible to minimize calls to maintenance department.

Most people i worked with were good and trustworthy people as well as willing to help when we were all put to the grindstone, but management wants control over you, provides little help and feedback, and have no appreciation of anything extra you contribute to the job. When i started we had 4 days of 10 hour work days with 1 day that was 8 with 20 minute lunches, they then proceeded to tout how they got us 25 minute lunches then added a half hour to the end of each day. The lack of communication and lack of experienced people makes it difficult at times to get anything pushed out at the times and standards they demand. Pay was okay but you could make more somewhere else and the education assistance was a good plus. Overall not a place i would want to call my career as it is, seems more like a good job until you can find something more permanent 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The company parties. And getting to know the other employees!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful things were letting the upper management know what was not going well and them not doing anything to improve the situation. They did not care about our family. Matter of fact we had just moved and they let me go do to they said our company is moving in a different direction and you are not a part of it!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Vey negative. You have people who are like a cancer for the good people who work hard every day to improve the conditions.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very long and with little pay.

first off, UNBELIEVABLY DIRTY!!! Co-workers are generally okay if you can get in good with a group, but environment is mostly exclusive from group to group. It's honestly the type of place you need to just keep your head down to have any steady living. HEAVILY corrupt and manipulative management, with a real nack for proposing a policy as "for the people" which ends up screwing EVERYONE over, and whoever complains gets the boot! Overall, solid paycheck, would reccomend for those who want to be a mindless and replacable drone for a corperation, the filth of the environment will make you feel like a rat, and dont even get me started on the heat, very regularly above 100 in the summer due to lack of actual ventilation (after decades, they finally planned to replace the AC system so thats cool i guess, wont mean much without viable vents.)

Management has no integrity, they took the seats so you can only sit down on your one 20 minute break (20 mins is all you get no matter if you work 8 or 15 hours) Don’t go over yourself time or you will hear about it, don’t take too long in the bathroom or cool off too long in the summer. Pay raises are small and delayed intentionality. Kept a couple departments on part time schedules for nearly a year and we weren’t able to draw partial unemployment for majority of that time. Human Resources doesn’t care about any issues you have, neither do any people in upper management. Spent many years here, skip over this place and save yourself the headache. Safety is number one allegedly, but everytime you bring up an issue you are told to “run it anyway” 
 

Metaltek seems to want to push new ideas and a new culture but underneath the surface there is an old gaurd and heavy nepotism that goes unchecked. They try to make it seem like a family environment but you are just a number. The pay and benefits are good but they make you work for every cent. The safety culture just equates to getting written up for any little thing and losing creature comforts like earbuds and access to Band-Aids without interrogation. In the Lab you dont get a concrete 10 minute break or a lunch. 8 straight hours on your feet with every other saturday and youll get glared at if you use the bathroom. And of course how could you report about your bosses poor treatment when the higher ups are all friends who've worked together for years and have family ties within the company? 

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