Production Machining Operator

Timken; Union (SC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Team environment

Job summary

Timken Company in Union, SC seeks a skilled CNC Machinist to set up and operate Vertical Machining Centers. You will load programs, adjust tooling, and interpret drawings to select correct tools. The role requires fixture setup, tool prep, and maintaining machine quality while supporting team production goals.

Ideal candidates will handle speeds/feeds, train others when needed, perform preventive maintenance, and keep a clean, organized work area on a fast-paced shop floor.

Qualifications

• Able to load programs and adjust as required.
• Interpret drawings and select proper tools for parts.
• Set up fixtures and gauges and maintain tool edges.
• Know speeds, feeds, and offsets for CNC programs.
• May train other operators and perform preventive maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Set-up and operate Vertical Machining Centers in a team environment.
• Load programs and make necessary adjustments to tooling.
• Interpret operation sheets to select proper tools for Part production.
• Set-up fixtures and gages and pre-kit tools for setup targets.
• Audit tool wear and maintain machine cleanliness and organization.
• Ensure proper time reporting and support production goals.

Skills

CNC Machining

Shop Drawings

Measurement Tools

Team Collaboration

Overtime Ready

Tools

Monarch VMC RTB

MAHO VMC DMN 80 P

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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:

Set-up and operate Vertical Machining Centers in a team environment. Operators must be able to efficiently perform operations on all CNC, NC and manual milling and drilling equipment.

• Load programs and make any necessary adjustments.
• Perform all loading and unloading machines.
• Interpret operation sheets to select proper tools to produce parts through automatic cycle of machine.
• Set-up required fixtures and gages.
• Pre-kit tools and gauges to achieve set-up targets.
• CNC machines are equipped with automatic tool changers that must be set-up in proper sequence for tools called for in the program.
• Perform operations such as milling, drilling, tapping, reaming, slotting, and sawing.
• Interpret and follow drawings, instructions, routings, and specifications.
• Must be able to maintain proper tools, manage parts, and operate machine efficiently.
• Must determine proper speeds and feeds when required.
• May be required to train other operators.
• Must audit tool wear to maintain good cutting edges.
• Responsible for the proper care of company tools, machines, quality, detecting and reporting defects before completion.
• Correct reporting of time and production.
• Perform preventive maintenance on machines.
• Keep machines and workplace clean and organized, tooling must be in its proper place and always fit for use.
• Must be willing to work as a team to achieve departmental goals that include maximization of machine production time requiring the team to schedule breaks and vacation to not conflict with production requirements.

Basic Qualifications:

• 18 years 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 and interpret shop drawings and shop measuring tools such as indicators, micrometers, thread and plug gauges and make appropriate offset adjustments to CNC programs.
• Requires a general knowledge of mechanical or electrical principles.
• Make decisions involving use of considerable initiative and judgment.
• Must be able to work with medium weight tools and material and occasionally heavy weight tools and materials.
• 6) Must be willing to work any shift and work overtime.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

Experience on the following machine tools:

• Monarch VMC RTB (12-006 #12)
• Monarch VMC RTB
• MAHO VMC DMN 80 P

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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