DWU - CESC - Support Specialist - 1st Shift

Cummins Inc.; Columbus (IN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins Inc. in Columbus, IN is seeking a talented Support Specialist for our manufacturing team. You will fabricate, modify, and repair equipment, read blueprints, and support maintenance with custom solutions to improve reliability and safety.

This role involves working with engineers and technicians, using metalworking tools, performing precision measurements, and upholding Lockout/Tagout and NFPA 70E safety practices to maintain an injury-free workplace.

Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent AND
• Associate’s degree with two‑four years of relevant experience OR
• Trade certificate with six years of relevant experience OR
• Eight years of relevant experience OR
• Department of Labor certification.

Responsibilities

• Perform fabrication, modification, and repair of equipment, machine components, facility structures, guards, platforms, and support systems using various metalworking techniques.
• Operate manual machine shop equipment, including mills, lathes, drill presses, grinders, band saws, and other fabrication tools to manufacture and recondition parts to specification.
• Read and interpret mechanical drawings, blueprints, sketches, and technical specifications to accurately fabricate and repair components.
• Support maintenance teams by designing and fabricating custom solutions for equipment reliability, safety improvements, and facility modifications.
• Perform precision measurements using calipers, micrometers, dial indicators, and other inspection equipment to ensure dimensional accuracy.
• Assist with installation, alignment, and repair of mechanical systems, including pumps, motors, conveyors, gearboxes, piping, and support structures.
• Support facility maintenance activities involving electrical, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC, and building infrastructure systems.
• Fabricate and install conduit supports, equipment brackets, machine guarding, handrails, and structural components as required.
• Maintain proficiency in welding, cutting, grinding, drilling, threading, and metal finishing processes.
• Assist in troubleshooting equipment failures and support root‑cause analysis to improve equipment reliability and maintainability.
• Follow all company safety requirements, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Arc Flash awareness, NFPA 70E principles, confined space requirements, and safe machine shop practices.
• Maintain organized machine shop and fabrication areas, ensuring equipment is properly maintained, calibrated, and safe for operation.
• Support preventive and predictive maintenance programs by rebuilding components and fabricating replacement parts to minimize downtime.
• Collaborate with engineers, maintenance technicians, contractors, and operations personnel to complete projects safely, on time, and within budget.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, reliability, productivity, and cost reduction.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Customer focus

Decision quality

Self-awareness

Results oriented

Learning agility

Safety awareness

Process understanding

Diversity awareness

Education

High school diploma

Associate degree

Trade certificate

Eight years experience

DoL certification

Job description

We are looking for a talented Support Specialist to join our team specializing in Manufacturing for our Cummins Inc. facility in Columbus, IN.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Perform fabrication, modification, and repair of equipment, machine components, facility structures, guards, platforms, and support systems using various metalworking techniques.
• Operate manual machine shop equipment, including mills, lathes, drill presses, grinders, band saws, and other fabrication tools to manufacture and recondition parts to specification.
• Read and interpret mechanical drawings, blueprints, sketches, and technical specifications to accurately fabricate and repair components.
• Support maintenance teams by designing and fabricating custom solutions for equipment reliability, safety improvements, and facility modifications.
• Perform precision measurements using calipers, micrometers, dial indicators, and other inspection equipment to ensure dimensional accuracy.
• Assist with installation, alignment, and repair of mechanical systems, including pumps, motors, conveyors, gearboxes, piping, and support structures.
• Support facility maintenance activities involving electrical, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC, and building infrastructure systems.
• Fabricate and install conduit supports, equipment brackets, machine guarding, handrails, and structural components as required.
• Maintain proficiency in welding, cutting, grinding, drilling, threading, and metal finishing processes.
• Assist in troubleshooting equipment failures and support root‑cause analysis to improve equipment reliability and maintainability.
• Follow all company safety requirements, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Arc Flash awareness, NFPA 70E principles, confined space requirements, and safe machine shop practices.
• Maintain organized machine shop and fabrication areas, ensuring equipment is properly maintained, calibrated, and safe for operation.
• Support preventive and predictive maintenance programs by rebuilding components and fabricating replacement parts to minimize downtime.
• Collaborate with engineers, maintenance technicians, contractors, and operations personnel to complete projects safely, on time, and within budget.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, reliability, productivity, and cost reduction.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• 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.
• Decision quality – Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Demonstrates self‑awareness – Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Drives results – Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Nimble learning – Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
• 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.
• Controls Safety – Recognizes control‑related hazards in a manufacturing environment (Electrical, Hydraulic, Pneumatic) to incorporate safe practices and procedures as part of the daily work plan to reduce injuries and create a safe machine environment.
• Manufacturing Knowledge – Demonstrates the knowledge of manufacturing by correctly implementing changes in current processes, equipment, and applications to meet the function's needs and contribute towards continuous improvement.
• Values differences – Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent AND

Associate’s degree with two‑four years of relevant experience OR

Trade certificate with six years of relevant experience OR

Eight years of relevant experience OR

Department of Labor certification.

Must pass all related testing.

Experience:

Experience Associate’s degree with two‑four years of relevant experience OR Trade certificate with six years of relevant experience OR Eight years of relevant experience OR Department of Labor certification.

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.