Skilled Technician - Level IV - SHOP

Cummins Inc.; Bloomfield (CT); On-site; USD 72,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins Inc. is seeking an experienced manufacturing technician to support skilled activities in a demanding environment. You will work with cross-functional teams to select resources, operate machinery, and safety protocols while adapting to changing manufacturing conditions.

You will lead others as a formal resource, perform preventive and corrective maintenance, and contribute to quality and efficiency improvements across processes.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with CNC programming and machining operations.
• Proficient in multi-spindle machining processes and optimization.
• Extensive knowledge of tooling, fixturing, and precision gauging.
• Strong continuous improvement mindset with a focus on efficiency, quality, and waste reduction.
• Solid understanding of SPC and manufacturing variation analysis.
• Experienced in inventory management for tooling, fixtures, spare parts, and critical replacement components.
• Skilled in workforce and labor allocation adjustments to support production demands and operationalefficiency
• Ability to troubleshoot, optimize, and support automated manufacturing systems and equipment.
• Focused on improving equipment reliability, productivity, and process performance.

Responsibilities

• Stop work for major injury hazards and report immediately.
• Comply with HSE standards, policies, procedures and regulations and use PPE.
• Promote interdependence by taking care of one another and addressing hazards you can control.
• Lead and coordinate others as a resource for the team.
• Perform preventive, emergency, corrective and predictive maintenance activities.
• Maintain clean and orderly work area and perform routine housekeeping.
• Identify and reduce manufacturing constraints and drive process improvements.
• Communicate effectively with the assigned team and support teams.

Skills

CNC programming

Machining operations

Multi-spindle machining

Tooling & fixturing

SPC

Inventory management

Continuous improvement

Process capability

Troubleshooting

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Job Summary:

Comprehensive knowledge applied to performing skilled activities which support manufacturing business needs. Works with relevant functions to select and utilize appropriate resources, tools, machinery and specialty equipment. Thoroughly understands the protocols of working safely with electricity and other energy sources with industrial equipment. Acts as a formal resource leading and coordinating others. Quickly and effectively adapts to change in the manufacturing environment.

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 and 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 Applies high standards of workmanship and craftsmanship. Support equipment failure analysis. Performs work in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operation manuals and specifications using various tools, measuring and testing instruments. Provide feedback into the Preventive Maintenance system. Ensures all process documents and quality procedures are updated and acts as a resource to provide help to others. Raises issues to minimize cost and quality exposures. Performs quality inspections. Delivery Fully proficient performing skilled activities expected by their roles in accordance with defined roles and responsibilities. Leads and coordinates others acting as a formal resource for team members with less capability. Performs and documents preventive, emergency, corrective and predictive maintenance activities. Maintains clean and orderly work area, including routine housekeeping and machine cleaning tasks. Performs other duties as required to meet business goals. Work with peers and support staff to: Identify and reduce manufacturing constraints Solve problems and improve processes Actively identify issues and implement solutions Teamwork Communicates effectively with the assigned team and with all support teams. Completes training and personal development in line with business requirements. Participates actively with local Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) teams 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.

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.

Ensures accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.

Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

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 controls 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 or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations.

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

Experience:

Significant work experience and in-depth knowledge obtained through specialized training and relevant experience.

• Hands-onexperiencewith CNC programming and machining operations
• Proficientin multi-spindle machining processes andoptimization
• Extensiveknowledgeof tooling, fixturing, and precision gauging
• Strong continuous improvement mindset withafocusonefficiency,quality,andwastereduction
• Solidunderstandingof process capability, statistical process control (SPC), and manufacturing variation analysis
• Experiencedin inventory management fortooling,fixtures,spareparts,andcriticalreplacementcomponents
• Skilledin workforce and labor allocation adjustments tosupportproductiondemandsandoperationalefficiency
• Abilitytotroubleshoot,optimize,andsupport automated manufacturing systems and equipment
• Focusedonimprovingequipmentreliability,productivity,andprocessperformance

Job Manufacturing

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Shop

Min Salary $72160

Max Salary $108240

Relocation Package Yes

100% On-Site No

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