Welder

The Timken Company; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) Matching

Paid Vacation and Holidays

Uniforms and Safety Gear

Yearly Bonuses

Job summary

The Timken Company seeks a skilled Fabricator/Welder for its Princeton area shop to assemble structural forms, weld components, and provide weld support for tooling and equipment. The role requires certification training, reading blueprints, and maintaining quality across work orders.

Applicants should have 3–5 years of Fabricating/Welding experience, strong communication, and the ability to work overtime as needed.

Qualifications

• Must have welding experience with fabrication and able to read blueprints and technical drawings.
• Ability to read travelers, specifications and other technical documents.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Train and test for weld certifications.
• Process work orders in weld shop and other departments per quality system guidelines.
• Read and interpret drawings and GD&T; ensure weld quality and documentation.

Skills

Fabrication

Welding

Blueprints

Reading Specs

Quality Control

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Welding Equipment

Job description

Your Career Begins at Timken

If you're ready for a challenging career that provides you with the ability to advance personally and professionally, look to Timken. Our employees make the world more productive by improving the efficiency and reliability of the machinery that keeps industry in motion.

Smith Services, a division of Timken Motor Services, is part of the largest electric motor, controls and generator repair group in the Northeast, providing electric motor repairs, electric motor rewinds, custom controls and panels, systems integration, pump services, machine rebuilds, hydro services, safety‑related services, energy efficiency solutions, and diagnostic services for commercial and industrial applications.

Smith Services is currently seeking a Fabricator/Welder to support operations at the Princeton, WV site. This is a Dayshift position. Timken provides a full range of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and short‑and‑long‑term disability insurance. Additionally, we provide 401(k) matching, paid vacation and holidays. We will provide your uniforms, prescription safety glasses, and your safety shoes. Our employees are also eligible for yearly, performance‑based bonuses and merit increases. All benefits are available on day one of employment.

This position is required to support the overall shop in the performance of assembling structural forms, such as machinery frames and pressure vessels; weld repairs as required for components, accessories and piece part repair/overhauls, and provide weld support for internal tooling and equipment used in the shop.

Responsibilities

The welder will be required to train and test for certification. They will be required to process work orders through the weld shop or other departments as instructed per the quality system guidelines, including reading blueprints, travelers, specifications and other technical documents.

Duties Include

• The Fabricator will be responsible for successfully achieving and maintaining their weld certifications.
• Fabrication, Tig welding, Stick welding, Mig welding, soldering, restack of stator iron, and rebar of rotors.
• Fabricator is responsible for managing the segregation, control and traceability for all raw materials, weld rods, and metals in the weld shop in accordance with the company quality system.
• Various welding duties while following customer specifications.
• Ensure the quality of all work performed.
• Complete all related paperwork accurately and thoroughly.
• Demonstrate the ability to understand and utilize drawings, sketches, and geometric dimensioning, tolerances, and repair manuals.
• Providing feedback to engineering on discrepancies, drawing errors, quality errors, etc. in an effort to resolve problems and prevent recurrences.
• Ability to work overtime, on weekends and on holidays when necessary to meet production demands is required.

Qualifications

• Must have both verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have the ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, and/or diagram form.
• Must be able to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Must have mathematical skills with the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals, along with ability to compute rate, ratio and percent.
• Must be able to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.
• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Must have 3‑5 years of Fabricating/Welding experience.

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
• A global, diverse environment
• Products that contribute to a sustainable world
• A conviction to improve communities around us
• Competitive salary and benefits

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