Tooling Technician: Drive Uptime & Process Quality

Cummins Inc.; York (SC); On-site; USD 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins Inc. in York, SC is seeking a Tooling Technician to support our manufacturing operations on-site. You will manage tooling setup, maintenance, and continuous improvement to ensure safe, high-quality production.

The role emphasizes equipment uptime, problem solving, and collaboration with peers to uphold safety and efficiency. On-site with strong safety and standard operating procedures are required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or completion certificate or equivalent experience meeting regulations.
• This position may require licensing for export controls or sanctions regulations.

Responsibilities

• Perform left/right and part-number setup changes, ensuring tooling is correctly installed, aligned, and ready for production.
• Replace upper wheels, broach bars, and other wear tooling at defined cycle limits; reset and maintain accurate tooling counters.
• Make tooling adjustments and alignments to correct dimensional issues such as true position, radius, and other part-quality conditions.
• Inspect tooling condition, identify wear or damage, and proactively replace or repair tooling to prevent downtime and quality defects.
• Respond to tooling-related production issues, support root-cause analysis, document recurring failures, and implement improvements to increase tooling life, uptime, and process reliability.

Skills

Safety

Quality

Maintenance

Troubleshooting

Continuous Improvement

Communication

Teamwork

Manufacturing Know-how

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Tooling equipment

Job description

Cummins Inc. in York, SC is seeking a Tooling Technician to support our manufacturing operations on-site. You will manage tooling setup, maintenance, and continuous improvement to ensure safe, high-quality production.

The role emphasizes equipment uptime, problem solving, and collaboration with peers to uphold safety and efficiency. On-site with strong safety and standard operating procedures are required.