{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"2b5c79cd7198864321e612aa","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/2b5c79cd7198864321e612aa","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/2b5c79cd7198864321e612aa","title":"Width Grind Operator","description":"What Timken makes possible begins with you.\nThose 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.\n\nA 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.\n\nPosition Summary:\nEfficiently perform all operations on the various grinding and hard-machining equipment.\n\nEssential Responsibilities:\nResponsible for procurement and use of proper gauges and maintaining quality requirements that meet or exceed customer drawing specifications, both written and understood.\nWill be required to produce parts to a level that is acceptable when compared to standard pieces per hour as designated on routings.\nResponsible for daily lubrication and maintenance of machine and other duties such as wheel dressing and machine setup to keep parts within tolerance and finish specifications.\nPerform all necessary loading and unloading of machine; procure and properly utilize setup material; synchronize manual and automatic operations while grinding or turning and allow for temperature changes.\nInterpret and follow drawings, instructions, routings, and specifications; install and maintain proper grinding wheels; or inserts, set up and operate at proper and/or prescribed feeds and speeds.\nWill operate all grinding and turning machines - must be multi-skilled.\nResponsible for preventive maintenance and maintaining inventory of tooling and inserts.\nResponsible for proper care of company tools, observance of safety regulations, and correct reporting of time and production.\nResponsible for maintaining equipment in good working order and maintaining a neat & orderly work area.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n18 years of age or older.\nMust be eligible to work in the US.\nMust be willing to work overtime.\nMust be willing to work any shift.\nAbility to use shop mathematics.\nAbility to interpret a variety of prints.\nAbility to plan and perform unusual & difficult work.\nAbility to make decisions that involve considerable judgment.\nMust be willing to work on any Grinder or Machining asset.\n\nPreferred Qualifications and Skills:\nPrevious ID or OD grinding experience in a bearing manufacturing environment.\nPrevious hard machining experience in a bearing manufacturing environment.\nPrecision gauging/inspection experience.\n\nAll qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. 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Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.\n\nA 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.\n\nPosition Summary:\nEfficiently perform all operations on the various grinding and hard-machining equipment.\n\nEssential Responsibilities:\nResponsible for procurement and use of proper gauges and maintaining quality requirements that meet or exceed customer drawing specifications, both written and understood.\nWill be required to produce parts to a level that is acceptable when compared to standard pieces per hour as designated on routings.\nResponsible for daily lubrication and maintenance of machine and other duties such as wheel dressing and machine setup to keep parts within tolerance and finish specifications.\nPerform all necessary loading and unloading of machine; procure and properly utilize setup material; synchronize manual and automatic operations while grinding or turning and allow for temperature changes.\nInterpret and follow drawings, instructions, routings, and specifications; install and maintain proper grinding wheels; or inserts, set up and operate at proper and/or prescribed feeds and speeds.\nWill operate all grinding and turning machines - must be multi-skilled.\nResponsible for preventive maintenance and maintaining inventory of tooling and inserts.\nResponsible for proper care of company tools, observance of safety regulations, and correct reporting of time and production.\nResponsible for maintaining equipment in good working order and maintaining a neat & orderly work area.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n18 years of age or older.\nMust be eligible to work in the US.\nMust be willing to work overtime.\nMust be willing to work any shift.\nAbility to use shop mathematics.\nAbility to interpret a variety of prints.\nAbility to plan and perform unusual & difficult work.\nAbility to make decisions that involve considerable judgment.\nMust be willing to work on any Grinder or Machining asset.\n\nPreferred Qualifications and Skills:\nPrevious ID or OD grinding experience in a bearing manufacturing environment.\nPrevious hard machining experience in a bearing manufacturing environment.\nPrecision gauging/inspection experience.\n\nAll qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. 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