Title: Machinist OEM
Business Unit: Medeco Security Locks
Location: Salem, VA (on-site)
Department: Operations
Shift: 1st
EEO Job Class: Non-Exempt
Status: Full-Time
Reports To: Operations Area Manager
Pay Range: $20.21/hr - $25.50/hr (DOE)
Join our dynamic team as a Machinist, where you'll play a critical role in ensuring our production runs smoothly and efficiently. If you’re an experienced machinist, have a knack for precision, and a passion for problem-solving, this may be the perfect opportunity for you. You'll be responsible for performing machine changeovers and adjustments with accuracy and speed, ensuring our operations maintain the highest quality standards.
Shift Hours 7:00 AM to 13:30 PM, with opportunities for overtime.
What You’ll Do
Master of Machines Set up and operate a variety of machines including lathes, cutters, borers, millers, grinders, presses, drills, and CNC machines.
Precision Alignment Position and align controls or mount gears, cams, or templates to set cutting speeds, depths, feed rates, and angles with precision.
Quality Assurance Step machines through cycles to ensure specified timing, clearance, and tolerances, and observe operations to inspect first-run workpieces.
Tooling Expertise Position and align cutting tools into holders, and select and adjust alignment of drills, cutters, dies, guides, and holding devices.
Troubleshooting Pro Troubleshoot machine and setup issues swiftly and efficiently.
Blueprint Savvy Study blueprints, layouts, or charts to visualize work sequences, dimensions, and tooling instructions.
Mentor and Trainer Train and assist colleagues, fostering a collaborative and knowledgeable team environment.
Continuous Improvement Actively participate in continuous improvement, kaizen, quality, and cycle time reduction initiatives.
Policy Adherence Perform all responsibilities in accordance with company standards, policies, and procedures.
Versatility Take on additional duties as assigned to support our team’s success.
What You Bring
Why Join Us?
Ready to take your career to the next level?
We review applications regularly, so don’t hesitate, apply today!
Medeco is committed to providing equal employment and advancement opportunity (“EEO”) to all qualified persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a disabled, other protected, recently separated, or Armed Forces Service Medal veteran.
We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access.
As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.
As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.

Let’s create a safer and more open world – together!
ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in access solutions with sales of SEK 150 billion and 63,000 employees. The Group has operations in over 70 countries and sales worldwide. ASSA ABLOY’s innovations enable safe, secure and convenient access to physical and digital places. Every day, we help billions of people experience a more open world.
We have a feeling of discovery and urge to innovate by working together and telling it like it is, enabling us to be always growing, never boring and leading right. Do you want to be encouraged to act, have responsibilities to grow with and opportunities to explore? Join us!