Choosing a Career with C.R. Onsrud

Why choose to work at Onsrud?

We have awesome customers who make innovative parts for all different kinds of cool products – aerospace, airplane interiors, architectural doors, boat parts, cabinets, intricate machine parts, medical devices, outdoor furniture, signage, trailers – as well as fun ones – guitars, children’s playsets, ATVs, automotive parts, and more.

Location: We are located in Troutman, NC, a safe, family-friendly, pet-friendly community between quaint Statesville and booming Mooresville which was voted #1 in best places to live In North Carolina (by Niche, 2021). Whatever your scene – city, suburb, pastoral, lake, mountain, beach – you’ll find it close by.

We have a diverse workforce and entry-level to highly skilled jobs as – accountants, administrative assistants, applications and service technicians, analysts, control engineers, design engineers, facilities attendances, final assembly technicians, human resources, mechanical drafters, machinists, marketing staff, material specialists, painters, panel builders, parts coordinators, production planners, project managers, quality control engineers, sales agents, service coordinators, shipping and receive coordinators, software engineers, technical support specialists, and welders. If you don’t know what a particular job is or wonder if it’s right for you, then give us a call. We’d like the opportunity to tell you more about us and to get to know you.

We’re a committed company rooted in the area since Charlie Onsrud invented the Inverted Router™ in 1976 which followed his family’s manufacturing legacy dating back to 1915. When the recession hit in 2008, our company, under the leadership of CEO, Tom Onsrud, took a bold approach by investing in itself.  We’ve been building industrial CNC machines since 1994. We have an approved $17.2M expansion plan slated for new buildings and equipment along with 25 new jobs.

C.R. Onsrud offers competitive pay as well as paid time off and a benefits package.

Most importantly, C.R. Onsrud offers a clean, safe work environment with internal growth, cross-training opportunities, because we believe that when you succeed, we all succeed.

Here’s what some of C.R. Onsrud employees have to say about their experience:

What are your favorite things about working at C.R. Onsrud?

Matt: It’s a nice air-conditioned shop. Everything’s clean. You don’t have to work on anything dirty. It’s a very fun environment. Very interesting environment.

Bryant: I really love the people here, and I love the facility that we actually work in. It’s a great environment to come into work to. 

Robert: I like the challenge. I like how it’s not the same every day. You get something new every day.

Jen: The teams here are pretty amazing. You know, especially coming from the smaller shop, I really appreciate the teams. Whether it’s assembly or, specifically for me, machining, everything seems to move really smoothly because of it.

Robert: I love the people. I love the shop environment. Really couldn’t think of a better shop environment or people to work with.

Chase: The environment. I mean people have got their bad days but it seems like just most people here are positive. They want to help you learn. They want to do a good job, get the job done, and go home to our families. It’s just seamless. It seems to just work.

What is the training like at C.R. Onsrud?

Robert: The camaraderie is great. I was a fresh kid coming in here. I never worked in a shop environment or anything, and the guys took me under their wing, toughened my skin al little bit, and it would be … I hate that cliche it seems like family but it really does. 

Chase: You’re going to be helped out. You’ll be taught things. You’ll be guided.

Scott: It takes a little time to learn it, and it just depends on how fast you learn. Some people learn it faster than others. It took me a good three years before I was really comfortable with doing everything.

What makes you proud to work at C.R. Onsrud?

Chase: I can knock out three or four assemblies, get a machine halfway done or something of that nature, throw some decals on, and they’re perfectly straight, you feel accomplished, pretty much every day when you leave here, because you’ve done something. You did something.

Scott: Seeing the machines after they’re built, looking at it and knowing you’ve done all of that from nothing but a piece of metal to putting it all together and making it run. I kind of get a little pride out of that.

Bryant: The one thing that I’m proud of, I honestly can say, is putting that American flag sticker on the cabinet. 

Matt: Once you see the machines turn on, they run, and what they do, the tight tolerances and the things that they cut. And you see them go out to these places that they sell these machines to and the things that they make with them is very interesting and rewarding.

Jordan: The longer I stay here, the more I actually love what I do, and it’s turning more into a passion each and every day.

What does it take to be successful at C.R. Onsrud?

Matt: To be successful at Onsrud, you have to have drive, motivation, self-motivation.

Robert: You need to be focused. Driven.

Scott: Shoot, determination.

Chase: Open minded, willing to learn.

Matt: You have to have a really good work ethic. Pay attention to detail. You have got to pay attention to detail. There’s a lot of detail here.

Jen: Attention to detail is a very big thing. A positive attitude, really in any field will help.

Robert: What you need to be successful at Onsrud, you need a good attitude and a willingness to learn. 

Thank you for taking the time to learn what C.R. Onsrud has to offer you.