Engine Parts Cleaner / Shop Helper

We're a Manitowoc engine machining and rebuilding shop working on automotive, diesel, and industrial engines. We're looking for a hardworking, dependable person to join our shop team no engine experience required. We'll train you.

This is a hands-on role. You'll be the first and last person to handle our customers' parts: unloading engines as they come in, helping tear them down, getting every part clean for our machinists, and loading finished work for pickup and delivery. If you like staying busy, don't mind getting dirty, and take pride in doing a job right, this is a great place to start.

What you'll do

• Unload customer engines and parts by hand, hoist, and forklift
• Tag and organize parts so everything stays with the right job
• Help disassemble engines under direction of our machinists and builders
• Clean blocks, heads, cranks, and components using hot tanks, washers, and blast equipment
• Stage, protect, and load finished parts for customer pickup and delivery
• Maintain cleaning equipment and keep the wash area and shop floor clean and safe

What you bring

• 18 years or older
• Able to obtain forklift certification (we'll train and certify you)
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs regularly and stay on your feet all shift
• Reliable attendance and a strong work ethic
• Careful with other people's property and willing to follow safety procedures
• Comfortable in a hot, loud, greasy shop environment

Nice to have

• Experience with or a real interest in engines: cars, trucks, diesel, marine, or small engines
• Current forklift certification
• Shop, automotive, manufacturing, or warehouse experience
• Valid driver's license

Room to grow

This is an entry point into the trade. People who show up, learn, and do good work here can grow into machining and engine building.

How we work

Six things matter here: Leave It Better. Do Right Always. Raise Everyone. Find the Better Way. Move with Purpose. Never Settle. Our credo is simple better than I found it, faster than I did it last time, right every time. If that's how you already work, you'll fit.

Compensation & benefits

$15–$19 per hour depending on experience, plus medical insurance, paid time off, and 401k. Paid forklift certification and on-the-job training. Full-time, on-site.

Apply with your resume or a short note telling us about any work experience you have and what interests you about engines.

Equal opportunity employer.