# Production Operator

Overview Element has an opportunity for a Production Operator to join our rapidly expanding team. A nitric etching and prime operator are responsible for safely preparing, running, and monitoring nitric acid-based etching processes, priming processes, ensuring product quality, equipment integrity, and strict compliance with safety and environmental standards. Salary: $20- $30/hr DOE Responsibilities Verify that all etching equipment, including nitric acid handling systems, is in proper working order before operation Perform Nitric rinse tank changeovers per work instructions Operate both manual and automated wet etching processes to exact specifications Monitor process parameters such as temperature, flow rates, and chemical concentration to maintain consistent etch quality Use inspection tools (e.g., microscopes, thickness measurement systems) to verify critical dimensions and etch quality Inspect substrates for photoresist quality before etching and after etching to ensure no defects Perform tape tests or other inspections to confirm complete and uniform etching Strip photoresist from substrates and inspect for cleanliness Perform routine maintenance on etching equipment and rela

- **Id**: 3975808
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/element-production-operator-2>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Enfield, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T18:02:11Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T15:49:26Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6491
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Engineering Services, Testing, Inspection & Certification

## Company

- **Id**: 6204
- **Name**: Element
- **Domain**: element.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/element>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: iCIMS

## Salary

- **Min**: 20
- **Max**: 30
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: hour
- **Usd annual**: 60000

## Technologies

- **AS9100** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: high_school
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T18:02:11Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 12
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 60000
- **Is top pay**: no

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