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CNC Grinder Operator

The Timken Company
Union, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 9/20/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/9/2025

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CNC Grinder Operator

Union, South Carolina, United States, 29379

What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those 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.

A 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.

Position Summary:
Perform job responsibilites in a work team environment under minimum supervision to achieve quality and production objectives. Efficiently perform all operations on various machining and grinding equipment.

Essential Responsibilities:
  • Procure and use correct inspection gauging to maintain quality requirements that meet or exceed customer print specifications.
  • Produce parts to a level that is acceptable when compared to standard pieces per hour as designated on job routings.
  • Responsible for daily lubrication and preventive maintenance of machinery, and other duties such as wheel dressing and machine set-up.
  • Perform loading and unloading of machinery; procure and utilize set-up material; synchronize manual and automatic operations while grinding or machining, and allow for temperature changes.
  • Interpret and follow part prints, instructions, job routings, and specifications; install and maintain proper grinding wheel or machining inserts, set-up and operate at correct machine feeds and speeds.
  • Operate all grinding and machining assests - must be multi-skilled.
  • Responsible for maintaining inventory of tooling and inserts.
  • Responsible for proper care of company tools, observance of safety regulations, and correct reporting of time and production numbers.
  • Responsible for maintaining equipment in good working order and maintaining a neat & orderly work area.

Basic Qualifications:
  • 18 year of age or older.
  • Must be eligible to work in the US.
  • Must be willing to work overtime.
  • Must be willing to work any shift.
  • Ability to use shop mathematics.
  • Ability to interpret a variety of part prints.
  • Ability to plan and perform unusual & difficult work.
  • Ability to make decisions that involve considerable judgment.
  • Must be willing to work on any Grinder or Machining asset.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:
  • Previous ID or OD grinding experience in a bearing manufacturing environment.
  • Previous machining experience in a bearing manufacturing environment.
  • Precision gauging/inspection 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 2024.

We have been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies and one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity by Newsweek, one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere and one of America's Most Innovative Companies by Fortune.

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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