Motor Transport Operator: civilian jobs and transferable skills
Army 88M Motor Transport Operator experience builds transferable skills in logistics, equipment operation, safety, inspection, preventative maintenance, equipment maintenance, and scheduling. CivLaunch currently matches 23 open civilian jobs to this specialty, including Driver and Material Handler at Essex Industries, Aerospace Painter at Primus Aerospace, and Powder Coater at Innovative Solutions & Support.
About the 88M specialty
Drives and supervises Army wheeled vehicles moving cargo and troops over roads and rough terrain. Plans routes, oversees loading and unloading, secures loads, performs before- and after-operation vehicle checks and operator maintenance, and reports vehicle damage or faults. Entry-level transportation role with six weeks of job training after basic.
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Driver and Material Handler
Essex Industries · Milford, CT
Good Match
Logistics
Entry level
Driver and material handler at Essex Industries in Milford, Connecticut. Pulls, packs, weighs, and labels parts for shipment, stocks the warehouse, inspects stock for damage, runs a forklift and pallet jack, and drives the company truck or van for pickups and deliveries. Entry level; must be 21 with a valid driver license and able to lift 75 pounds.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to logistics, equipment operation, and safety.
Second-shift aerospace painter at Primus Aerospace in Reisterstown, Maryland, working Monday-Thursday evenings. Cleans, sands, and masks machined parts, mixes and sprays primers, coatings, and topcoats to specification, inspects coverage and finish, and maintains spray equipment, wearing respirators and other PPE. Entry level; industrial, automotive, or aerospace painting experience preferred. U.S. citizenship required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and inspection.
Powder coater at Innovative Aerosystems in Exton, Pennsylvania, finishing precision parts for avionics. Cleans, sands, and masks parts, sprays powder coatings with electrostatic guns, runs the curing ovens, inspects finishes for even coverage, and maintains booths and spray equipment under PPE rules. High school diploma; two years of powder coating or automotive or industrial finishing preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and inspection.
Production machinist at Sonaca North America in Fredonia, Kansas. Loads and cycles CNC machining centers and manual machines, watches for worn or broken cutting tools, checks parts against blueprint dimensions with calipers and micrometers, deburrs finished parts, keeps fluids topped and chips cleared, and fills out production paperwork. Entry path: high school diploma or assessment; machining trade school preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and inspection.
Senior welder operating electron beam, orbital, and TIG welding equipment on precision space and defense components; sets up and maintains welders, inspects welds under microscope, leads the work cell, and trains technicians.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, inspection, and preventative maintenance.
Maintenance technician at Sonaca North America (formerly LMI Aerospace) in Fredonia, Kansas. Installs, repairs, and maintains production machinery, forklifts, and power tools, handles plant electrical, plumbing, and HVAC work, performs routine inspections and preventive maintenance, and documents repairs. High school diploma preferred (otherwise an assessment); HVAC, journeyman electrician, or boiler licenses and National Electrical Code knowledge are pluses.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and preventative maintenance.
Machine operator on Piper Aircraft's Vero Beach, Florida production floor, hired at three levels. Forms and machines aircraft parts on brake presses, shears, punch presses, laser turrets, tube benders, lathes, and mills from Piper drawings and process specs, performs first-article and self inspections, and handles routine machine upkeep under FAA quality rules.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and inspection.
Ground equipment and facilities technician at the Cutter Aviation Phoenix FBO. Services and repairs tugs, power units, fuel trucks, and other line equipment, inspects buildings, lighting, gates, and pavement, keeps maintenance records, handles hazardous waste and OSHA compliance, schedules contractors, and backs up fueling and towing. Needs two years of heavy mechanical work and a driver license.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to safety, inspection, and preventative maintenance.
Facilities maintenance technician at the C&L Aviation hangar complex in Bangor, Maine. Keeps buildings, grounds, generators, and diesel vehicles and equipment running, diagnosing engines, pumps, motors, and hydraulics from manuals and wiring diagrams, handling light plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and HVAC work, answering urgent repair calls, and logging work orders. Pays $22 to $28 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to safety, inspection, and preventative maintenance.
Stockroom material handler at Hartzell Engine Technologies in Montgomery, Alabama. Receives purchased and manufactured parts into inventory, stocks and tracks locations, pulls kits for turbocharger assembly orders, processes scrap and nonconforming material, and audits storage of rubber parts to prevent corrosion and damage. High school diploma, GED, or six months of related experience; forklift certification must be obtainable.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to logistics, equipment operation, and safety.
Shipping and receiving clerk at NMG Aerospace in Stow, Ohio. Picks and packs orders, plans each day of shipments around customer needs, loads and unloads trucks, runs a forklift and overhead crane, pulls material from inventory for the machining centers, records moves in the MRP system, and may drive deliveries. High school diploma and a driver license required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to logistics, equipment operation, and safety.
Parts runner for the Duncan Aviation campus in Lincoln, Nebraska. Moves parts and paperwork between hangars, shops, and off-site buildings on foot or by company vehicle, checks part numbers, quantities, serial numbers, and condition before each handoff, scans every item into the barcode tracking system, and helps with receiving, order picking, and packing.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to logistics, equipment operation, and safety.
View JobOn duncanaviation.workgr8.com · Added Oct 1
Line Service Technician
Cutter Aviation · Georgetown, TX
Potential Match
$19 an hour
Flight Operations
Entry level
Line service technician at the Cutter Aviation FBO in Georgetown, Texas. Fuels business aircraft from refueling trucks, tows and parks planes in and out of hangars, services aircraft systems, loads baggage, drives crews and passengers around the airfield and to hotels, follows FAA and TSA ramp rules, and logs services on work tickets. FBO experience preferred; $19 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to logistics, equipment operation, and safety.
T-45 egress and life support technician at NAS Meridian. Removes, inspects, and reinstalls ejection seats and canopy explosives, maintains oxygen and environmental systems, and supports flight line operations. Requires three years of ejection seat maintenance and a military or factory seat course.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and inspection.
Second-shift production supervisor for the grinding department at Beaver Aerospace & Defense in Livonia, Michigan. Leads machinists doing precision ID/OD, centerless, and thread grinding, schedules the work, reads drawings and sets methods and tooling, fixes grinder problems, checks parts with gauges and CMM, and coaches staff. Needs five years each of grinding and supervision. Pays $85,000 a year.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to safety, inspection, and equipment maintenance.
Avionics technician on Empire Airlines' Spokane, Washington line crew. Repairs avionics components, helps with airframe and engine maintenance on scheduled and unscheduled checks, and assists with pushbacks, aircraft moves, and nightly washes; nights and weekends possible. High school diploma required; A&P (or ready to test) and two years of avionics experience preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and preventative maintenance.
Entry-level ramp technician at the Hill Aircraft FBO in Atlanta. Marshals, tows, and fuels business aircraft, runs daily fuel quality checks and fuel farm records, operates tugs, forklifts, and refuelers, and provides ground power, lavatory, and baggage service. Needs two years of customer service experience and a high school diploma; aviation experience preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and inspection.
Precision grinder at Beaver Aerospace & Defense in Livonia, Michigan. Sets up grinding machines from blueprints, picks and mounts wheels, grinds inside and outside diameters and faces to tolerances as tight as fifty millionths of an inch, checks parts with micrometers and gauges, adjusts or stops machines when problems appear, and does routine upkeep. Pays $27.16 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, inspection, and equipment maintenance.
CNC machinist at the Héroux-Devtek plant in Springfield, Ohio, which machines large landing gear and titanium parts for aircraft such as the F-35, C-130, and Boeing 777. Sets up and runs CNC lathes, mills, and boring mills on Fanuc, Mazak, and Okuma controls, sets offsets, proves new programs, troubleshoots, and handles preventive maintenance and safety checks.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, safety, and preventative maintenance.
CMM operator and quality inspector at Primus Aerospace in Lakewood, Colorado. Sets up and runs PC-DMIS coordinate measuring machines on machined aerospace parts, performs first article, in-process, and final inspections against drawings and GD&T, writes inspection reports, flags nonconforming parts, and keeps the CMM verified and maintained. Day shift with overtime. Pays $28 to $42 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, inspection, and equipment maintenance.
Quality inspector at Sonaca North America in Fredonia, Kansas. Sets up and runs the CMM from setup sheets, makes small program adjustments, moves data through CAD/CAM and SPC systems, works a parts schedule that shifts for rush jobs, maintains the machine daily, and documents compliance with the quality system. High school diploma or assessment; drawing reading needed.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to equipment operation, inspection, and equipment maintenance.
Associate logistics technician at Moog's Space and Defense plant in Orrville, Ohio, on first shift. Receives incoming material, packs and labels outgoing products to contract requirements, books truck pickups, keeps material traceable to vendor paperwork, drives parts to outside processors, runs forklifts and cranes, and helps in the stockroom. One year of manufacturing experience; $18 to $24 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to logistics, equipment operation, and safety.
Shares 3 of your 7 skills:
Logistics
Equipment Operation
Safety
View JobOn moog.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com · Added Oct 1
Material Handler / Expeditor
NMG Aerospace · Tempe, AZ
Potential Match
Logistics
Entry level
Material handler and expeditor at NMG Aerospace in Tempe, Arizona. Keeps parts, tooling, and paperwork moving between work centers to hit production dates, rushes priority jobs, issues material and cuts stock to size on saws, runs forklifts, covers customer and vendor pickups, and reports material problems that threaten delivery. One to two years in manufacturing; driver license required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to logistics, equipment operation, and scheduling.