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• Overview

  Public Affairs Institute is hiring a Machine Operator in Santa Ana, CA.

• Role description

  A mid-level Machine Operator who loves Active Listening will feel at home in our Santa Ana, CA team, where good ideas outrank job titles. Strip away the buzzwords and here's the deal — $93,000 - $129,000, remote hours, and a general team at Public Affairs Institute that actually hands you the keys.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Question the brief when the brief doesn't match reality
  • Bridge Creativity and Cross-Functional Collaboration so neither team works in the dark
  • Read the room and adjust how you pitch Cross-Functional Collaboration to each audience
  • Track key metrics and report findings to your manager each week
  • Execute core Machine Operator duties with accuracy and consistency
  • Bring 4 of general instinct to problems the playbook misses
  • Keep Public Affairs Institute leadership honest with numbers they can act on
  • Partner with peers to troubleshoot issues and share practical knowledge

  What You'll Bring

  • The composure to deliver bad news early and clearly
  • Comfort presenting to a CA-wide audience without a script
  • Real Mentoring chops, plus the Professionalism curiosity to keep growing
  • The humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back
  • Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before
  • Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve

  Public Affairs Institute is a Santa Ana, CA-based company on a client-centric path to redefine the general industry. Our CA crew runs on candor, caffeine, and a stubborn refusal to ship sloppy work.

  This remote role pays $93,000 - $129,000 and includes flexible scheduling plus a structured plan to grow your Active Listening expertise.

  We are filling this Machine Operator seat now, with onboarding planned for the near term.

  We're not after perfect, we're after ready, so if that's you, apply for Machine Operator now.

• Required skills

  • Decision Making
  • Mentoring
  • Relationship Building
  • Professionalism
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Creativity
  • Active Listening

• Benefits & perks

  • Weight management programs
  • Diversity and inclusion programs
  • Catered Lunches
  • Core hours flexibility
  • Home office stipend
  • Hearing aid coverage
  • Pet Insurance
  • Paid certification exam fees
  • Referral bonus program
  • Kitchen Facilities
  • Dental Insurance

• Apply before 2026-09-01

  Submit your application for this Remote general position.