CNC Operator (PM)

Timken; Union, Northern (SC, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Opportunities to advance your career

Job summary

Timken in Union, South Carolina is seeking a skilled CNC Machinist to operate and set up NC machines, load programs, and adjust tooling for precision parts. You’ll interpret drawings, monitor tolerances, and perform routine maintenance to keep tools sharp and processes efficient.

The role requires reading blueprints, using dial indicators and micrometers, and a readiness to work overtime and any shift. Timken offers competitive pay and benefits while joining a global leader in bearings and

Qualifications

• 18 years of age or older.
• Must be eligible to work in the US.
• Willing to work overtime.
• Willing to work any shift.
• Ability to use average drawings/prints and shop measuring instruments, such as dial indicators and micrometers.
• Requires a general knowledge of mechanical or electrical principles.
• Make decisions involving use of considerable initiative and judgment.

Responsibilities

• Perform all operations on all N/C machines, load DNC programs, set tools and make any necessary adjustments.
• Perform loading and unloading on machines.
• Interpret operation sheets and layout sheets to set correct tools to produce parts through automatic cycle operation of machine.
• Perform operations - boring, facing, turning, and other operations as required.
• Interpret/follow drawings, instructions, routings, and specifications.
• Maintain proper tools, handle parts and operate machine efficiently.
• Must audit tool wear to maintain good cutting edges.
• Responsible for proper care of company tools, quality, detecting and reporting of defects before completion, observance of safety regulations and correct reporting of time and production.
• Perform preventive maintenance on machine and maintain clean work area.

Skills

Reading drawings/prints

Shop measuring instruments

Dial indicators

Micrometers

Mechanical principles

Electrical principles

Initiative & judgment

Overtime willingness

Shift flexibility

Tools

Dial indicators

Micrometers

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Union, South Carolina, United States, 29379

What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.

A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

Position Summary:

Must be able to efficiently perform all operations on all N/C machines, load DNC programs, set tools and make any necessary adjustments.

• Perform all necessary loading and unloading machines.
• Interpret operation sheets and layout sheets to set correct tools to produce parts through automatic cycle operation of machine.
• Perform operations - boring, facing, turning, and other operations as required.
• Interpret/follow drawings, instructions, routings, and specifications.
• Maintain proper tools, handle parts and operate machine efficiently.
• Must audit tool wear to maintain good cutting edges.
• Responsible for proper care of company tools, quality, detecting and reporting of defects before completion, observance of safety regulations and correct reporting of time and production.
• Perform preventive maintenance on machine and maintain clean work area.
• Part sizes range up to 50” with a normal tolerance of .005 and occasionally a .0015 tolerance.

Basic Qualifications:

• 18 year of age or older.
• Must be eligible to work in the US.
• Must be willing to work overtime.
• Must be willing to work any shift.
• Ability to use average drawings/prints and shop measuring instruments, such as dial indicators and micrometers.
• Requires a general knowledge of mechanical or electrical principles.
• Make decisions involving use of considerable initiative and judgment.

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Timken is a global technology leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion. Our expanding portfolio of next-generation solutions helps customers around the world improve efficiency, solve their toughest challenges, and push the boundaries of performance. We employ 19,000 people globally, operate from 45 countries, and posted $4.6 billion in sales in 2025.
We have been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies 6x by Newsweek and one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® 15x by Ethisphere.

Why Choose Timken?

• Over a century of knowledge and innovation
  
• A culture of top performance
  
• Products that contribute to a sustainable world
  
• A conviction to improve communities around us
  
• Competitive salary and benefits
  

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