Toolmaker - 2nd Shift

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

Why Timken? Timken is a great company with comprehensive benefits offerings including medical, dental, vision, retirement (401k), life, AD&D, short & long term disability, group legal, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, and paid time off.

Tool Room Technician Core Functions:

• Plan and perform a wide range of precision internal/external setups as it relates to tooling.
• Perform skilled bench work involving grinding, turning, milling, filing, scraping, lapping, fitting, timing, indexing, assembly, and adjusting to secure proper operation.
• Manufacture intermediate level or detailed parts from prints.
• Maintain an expert level of setup of all operation groups on a specific set of machine(s) or expertise and depth of knowledge on a specific complex process applicable to your functional area.
• Work from part drawings, process sequence sheets and setup charts.
• Select proper tooling, mount, dress and/or true grinding wheels where appropriate.
• Perform CNC functions, controls, and language to program and/or write programs at a skilled level.
• Set-up and determine methods of holding the work in order to obtain and maintain very tight tolerances.
• Run CAD type and related programs.
• Cycle machine to produce test pieces, check parts and make machine adjustments as necessary on manual and CNC machines.
• Inspect components to ensure proper adherence to quality specifications.
• Gage components using applicable gaging techniques and procedures, check gages for proper calibration using gage masters and adjust as necessary.
• Visually sample pieces for finish and surface quality.
• Instruct and lend technical assistance to and maintain a reasonable responsibility for work of each assigned operator if applicable.
• Occasionally make up temporary tooling or alter existing tooling to cover job requirements.
• Perform basic welding and soldering skills.
• Schedule work to due dates while maintaining operational effective efficiency.
• Maintain and comply with preventive maintenance schedule, impose and comply with safety and hazardous material handling procedures.
• Report all operating difficulties including but not limited to defective materials, or operating difficulties to the appropriate supervisor; maintain work area in a clean and orderly condition.
• Maintain and comply with process documentation if required.
• Work with Engineering and others on the layout and application of new or altered items and make recommendations where possible to improvement or modifications.
• This individual may generate and/or handle regulated (i.e. hazardous/non-hazardous) waste as part of this job. This must be disposed of in accordance with federal/state regulations.

Technical/Functional Skills:

• Industrial mathematics (i.e. ability to add, subtract decimals).
• Ability to read blueprints and/or read, write and interpret technical information.
• Understand geometric dimensioning and tolerances.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• Good written and verbal communications.
• Ability to use and/or setup various measuring devices or gauges.
• Strong understanding of different steel types and other materials.
• CNC programming.
• Basic computer knowledge.
• Basic welding and soldering abilities.

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma, GED or Equivalent.

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.