DWU - CESC - Production Team Associate - 1st Shift

Cummins Inc; Columbus (IN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Job summary

Cummins Inc. is seeking a Manufacturing Operator in Columbus, Indiana to operate machines and production equipment following safety, quality, and productivity standards.

This role emphasizes adherence to standardized processes, maintaining a clean work area, and contributing to continuous improvement within a manufacturing environment. The position requires minimal or no prior experience, with training provided.

Qualifications

• Minimal or no work experience required.

Responsibilities

• Operate machines and production equipment to meet quality and productivity requirements.

Skills

Safety awareness

Quality inspections

Teamwork

Adaptability

Education

No degree required

Tools

None

Job description

Job Summary

Operates machines and production equipment in accordance with quality and productivity requirements safely in a manufacturing environment with direct guidance.

Key Responsibilities

• Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Stop work and immediately report any major injury hazards.
• Report any work-related injury, illness, incident or hazard.
• Comply with HSE standards, policies, procedures & regulations.
• Use appropriate personal protective equipment.
• Promote interdependence by looking out for one another.
• Correct hazards within your control and capabilities.
• Recognize how your work may impact the environment and work to minimize the negative impact.
• Engage in HSE Training.
• Quality Follows all applicable standard work, process documentation and quality procedures.
• Raises issues to minimize cost and quality exposures.
• Performs quality inspections.
• Identifies and controls non-conforming material.
• Delivery Operates manual and automated equipment to manufacture and assemble product in order to create the proper characteristics and dimensions necessary to meet customer expectations.
• Achieves production goals.
• Works at the required cycle time or defined engineering standard.
• Maintains clean and orderly work area, including routine housekeeping tasks and machine cleaning tasks and performs planned operator care and maintenance tasks.
• Remains flexible and performs other miscellaneous duties, as required, to meet production goals.
• Works with peers, skilled trades and support staff to maintain and identify equipment needing repair.
• Teamwork Communicates effectively with the assigned team and with all support teams.
• Completes training and personal development in line with business requirements.
• Participates actively in ways to improve quality, safety, process, material flow, and employee development.

Competencies

• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Demonstrates self-awareness - Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Nimble learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
• Self-development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.
• Health and Safety Fundamentals - Champions and models proactive health and safety behaviors by identifying, reporting and participating in actions to improve health and safety in order to build an interdependent culture and contribute to an injury-free workplace.
• Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience

• Minimal or no work experience required.
• Ensure all safety systems are functioning properly and that the work area is safe at all times.
• Follow standardized processes in detail and perform daily activities according to established procedures.
• Use Standardized Work principles to drive continuous performance improvement.
• Maintain polyvalence by being trained and capable of performing multiple roles, and stay aware of job rotations.
• Ensure product quality by identifying, analyzing, and reworking defects when necessary.
• Take proactive action in problem-solving with a realistic and practical understanding of issues.
• Support production by reinforcing the line when a team member is absent or when additional support is required.
• Encourage continuous improvement ideas and actively participate in implementing solutions.
• Maintain cleanliness, organization, and overall tidiness of the work area.
• Collaborate with the Team Manager, Supervisor, and Coordinator to manage job rotations and daily operations effectively

Job

Manufacturing

Organization

Cummins Inc.

Role Category

On-site with Flexibility

Job Type

Shop

ReqID

2429389

Relocation Package

Yes

100% On-Site

Yes

Due to the operational nature and specific job duties of this role, work is required to be completed 100% in person/On-site.

Cummins and E-Verify

At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates the right to work using E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Visit http://EEOC.gov to know your rights on workplace discrimination.