Skilled Trades - Tool Design

We are looking for a talented Skilled Trades - Tool Design to join our team specializing in Manufacturing for our Cummins Inc. facility in Jamestown, NY.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Safety Leadership — Demonstrates strong hazard awareness, stops unsafe work, and reinforces a culture where teammates look out for one another.
• Environmental Responsibility — Minimizes negative environmental impact by recognizing how daily tasks affect energy use, waste, and resource consumption.
• High‑Quality Craftsmanship — Elevates product reliability through precise workmanship, accurate interpretation of diagrams and manuals, and consistent adherence to quality procedures.
• Equipment Reliability Support — Strengthens uptime by performing preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance while contributing insights to failure analysis.
• Continuous Improvement Contribution — Helps reduce constraints and improve processes by identifying issues, proposing solutions, and participating in TPM and CI activities.
• Team Skill Development — Builds team capability by instructing and coaching less‑experienced colleagues, serving as a reliable informal resource.
• Operational Discipline — Enhances consistency and safety through accurate documentation, quality inspections, and maintaining a clean, organized work area.
• Cross‑Team Collaboration — Strengthens production flow by communicating effectively with peers and support teams, ensuring alignment and quick issue resolution.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Collaborative Partnerships — Strong working relationships with peers, support teams, and cross‑functional groups to achieve shared production, safety, and quality goals.
• Accountability Discipline — A consistent habit of meeting commitments, owning outcomes, and ensuring others follow through on standards and expectations.
• Complexity Management — The ability to interpret high‑volume, sometimes conflicting information and turn it into clear, practical problem‑solving actions.
• Health and Safety_Leadership — A proactive mindset toward identifying hazards, reporting concerns, and modeling behaviors that support an injury‑free, interdependent safety culture.
• Controls Safety Expertise — Working knowledge of electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic hazards, along with the discipline to apply safe practices and lockout/tagout principles every day.
• Manufacturing Process Knowledge — A solid grasp of manufacturing systems, equipment, and process flows to correctly implement changes and support continuous improvement.
• Continuous Improvement Mindset — Curiosity and initiative to identify inefficiencies, propose solutions, and participate actively in TPM and improvement activities.
• Technical_Adaptability — Comfort learning new tools, equipment, and procedures while staying aligned with evolving safety, quality, and operational standards.

Education/Experience:

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.

Requires significant relevant work experience or specialized skills obtained through education, training or on-the-job experience.

Additional Information:

• Use 3D modelling to design tooling and fixturing to support all areas of operation in the plant. Create 2D prints and assembly drawings for the building and maintenance of the tooling.
• Assist Engineers, Technicians, and Tool Makers in problem solving and implementation.
• Performs skilled activities which support manufacturing business needs.
• May work independently and instruct / coach others.
• Design tools, fixtures, gauges, machine improvements, small machinery using CREO software.
• Knowledge in algebra, trigonometry, statics, material properties, machining processes.
• Maintain drawings, keep records on new & changing designs.
• Work independently, be accountable for project hours.
• Ability to conceptualize project work, attention to detail.
• Seek out project information as needed for development.
• Assist Engineers, Technicians, & Tool Makers in set-up & debugging of tooling.
• Provide assistance for assembly of project.

Meets one of the following minimum requirements:

1. Must possess 7 years’ experience working in the Tool Design Trade.
2. Successful completion of an approved 4-year, 8,000 hours on-the-job-training apprenticeship program with related course of study, plus 1 year working in the field of Tool Design.
3. 2-year Technical Degree in the related field (Tool Design/Mech. Tech.), plus 3 years’ experience working in the field of Tool Design

Compensation:

Please note that the salary range provided is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. The final salary offer will be determined after considering relevant factors, including a candidate’s qualifications and experience, where appropriate.

Job Manufacturing

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Shop

Min Salary $38.7

Max Salary $40.96

ReqID 2429861

Relocation Package Yes

100% On-Site Yes

Due to the operational nature and specific job duties of this role, work is required to be completed 100% in person/On-site.

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