Deburrer - 1st Shift

Eaton Corporation; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation in Charleston, SC is seeking a Deburrer on 1st shift. You will perform manual deburring and polishing, inspect parts for defects, and train junior staff as needed. The role requires following process plans and quality standards to ensure aerospace machining parts meet customer drawings.

The position offers an hourly rate of $19.50, with responsibilities including setting up presses, reading drawings, and maintaining productivity and safety standards on the shop floor.

Qualifications

• Export-controlled information access; must be a U.S. person.
• Residence within 50 miles of N. Charleston, SC facility (29418).
• Minimum 1 year of prior work experience.
• Preferred: machining, deburring, honing, or lapping in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Perform repetitive manual deburring and polishing while maintaining quality compliance.
• Rework parts damaged during manufacturing process.
• Follow process plan to select deburr tools and read process sketches.
• Deburr outside specified areas (tops of bores, O.D. edges, etc.).
• Inspect parts for finish and flatness; ensure conformance to drawings.
• Set up and operate coining press and drill press.
• Visually inspect parts for defects and report issues to supervision.

Skills

Visual inspection

Time management

Attention to detail

Reading drawings

Mechanical aptitude

Education

No degree required

Tools

Coining press

Drill press

Machining equipment

Job description

Requisition ID77365-Posted11/06/2026

Eaton's IS AER FMCdivision is currently seeking a Deburrer - 1st Shift at our Charleston, SC facility! Core 1st Shift hours are from 7am - 3:00pm Monday - Friday.

The hourly rate for this position is$19.50.

Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you’ll do:

Position overview:

This position requires the ability to deburr complex parts and visually inspect for defects while maintaining manufacturing productivity and standards. Parts may include multiple manufacturing process steps within the deburrer operations. Ensure quality compliance of all parts following customer specifications and internal drawings and procedures. May train more junior staff in deburrer procedures.

In this function, you will:

• Perform repetitive manual deburring and polishing operations, keeping parts in quality compliance and following manufacturing process steps.
• Rework parts that have damage from the manufacturing process.
• Follow the control/process plan to determine which deburr tools to utilize.
• Read and follow the process sketch or control plan.
• Deburr outside of required parts (tops of bores, O.D. edges, Kingsbury slots, break edge on oil holes and counter bores, etc.).
• Inspect parts and ensure the proper finish and/or flatness
• Perform set up and operate the coining press and drill press machines.
• Visually inspect parts determining defects (i.e. machining operations, rust vs. heat-treat scale, etc.) and advise supervision of issues.
• Performs precision deburr inside of parts (i.e. kidneys, undercuts, back of splines, c'bores, break edges on oil holes, burrs in oil holes and flanges of shoes, bearings, piston and rods, etc.)
• Perform assembly operations including lee plug, broaching, bearings, and helicoils
• Maintain manufacturing productivity and safety standards.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158.
• Relocation is not offered for this role. Candidates must reside within a 50-mile distance of the N. Charleston, SC facility (zip code 29418) to be considered. Active Duty military are exempt from the geographical requirement
• A minimum of 1 year of prior work experience.

Preferred:

• Prior experience in machining, deburring, honing, or lapping parts in a manufacturing environment.

Position Criteria:

• Strong visual inspection skills
• Strong time management skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Able to perform basic shop math
• Able to demonstrate mechanical aptitude
• Ability to learn equipment and processes for the fabrication of aerospace parts, and produce parts in accordance with the production plans, sketches, and/or verbal instructions.
• Ability to maintain close tolerance dimensions on critical parts.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, sketches, manufacturing routings, procedures, and routers.
• Good verbal and written communication skills are a must.
• Ability to logically solve problems and to keep assignments and projects moving in an orderly and structured fashion

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