Updated August 10, 2026

30 open positions

Hand Tools Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 30+ hand tools jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—full pay and a better work-life balance. 21 new this week. Hiring companies include L3Harris Technologies, General Atomics, and Solar Landscape.

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10+

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White Glove Field Technician

12d

Myriad360

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Team Assembler

DiamondBack Covers

OnsitePhilipsburg, USA

71 · Great4 day week100% pay

Machinist B

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteHuntsville, USA

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Assembly A - Tubes

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteTempe, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Electrical Assembly B

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteCincinnati, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Lead Maintenance Technician

Merck

HybridWorthington, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$73k – $115k

Maintenance Technician II (Nights)

Biogen

HybridResearch Triangle Park, USA

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Electronics Assembler

General Atomics

OnsitePoway, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Electronics Assembler

General Atomics

OnsitePoway, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Electronics Assembler

General Atomics

OnsitePoway, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Production Multi-Skill Operator

ConocoPhillips

HybridKenedy, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

BODY AND FENDER MECHANIC

Los Angeles County Public Works

HybridLos Angeles, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$85k

Team Assembler

11d

DiamondBack Covers

OnsitePhilipsburg, USA

71 · Great4 day week100% pay

Solar Field Service Technician

Palmetto

HybridPhoenix, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Field Assistant

11d

Cornell University

HybridIthaca, USA

63 · GoodCompressed week

Solar O&M Technician (MD)

19d

Solar Landscape

OnsiteBaltimore, USA

60 · Good4 day week during Summer

Solar O&M Technician

19d

Solar Landscape

OnsiteChicago, USA

60 · Good4 day week during Summer

PW Technician I-Wastewater

13d

City of Forney

OnsiteForney, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$40k – $49k

Solar Field Service Technician

3mo

Palmetto

HybridDallas, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Aircraft Maintenance D - A&P Mechanic

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteTucson, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Ground Control Stations Technician

General Atomics

OnsitePoway, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Composite Technician Assembler

General Atomics

OnsiteAdelanto, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Composite Technician Assembler

General Atomics

OnsiteAdelanto, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Manufacturing Technician B

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteSalt Lake City, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Assembler D

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteSalt Lake City, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Aircraft Maintenance D - A&P Mechanic

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteHurlburt Field or Eglin AFB

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Facilities Maintenance Technician

General Atomics

OnsitePalmdale, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Industrial Mechanic

General Atomics

OnsitePalmdale, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Fabrication B (Shift 1 & 3) Ceramics Powder Operator

26d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteSalt Lake City, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Fabrication B (Ceramics Pressing/Forming Operator)

26d

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteSalt Lake City, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Hand Tools on this page include L3Harris Technologies, General Atomics, and Solar Landscape. Hand Tools roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Hand Tools is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Hand Tools roles span the full seniority range — we list 31 open roles requiring Hand Tools across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Hand Tools hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Hand Tools roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Hand Tools candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Hand Tools on current listings.