Skilled Trades - Tool Design

Cummins • Lakewood, NY

13d • Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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.
• High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations.
• Requires significant relevant work experience or specialized skills obtained through education, training or on-the-job experience.
• Knowledge in algebra, trigonometry, statics, material properties, machining processes.
• Meets one of the following minimum requirements: Must possess 7 years’ experience working in the Tool Design Trade. 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. 2-year Technical Degree in the related field (Tool Design/Mech. Tech.), plus 3 years’ experience working in the field of Tool Design.

Nice To Haves

• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• The final salary offer will be determined after considering relevant factors, including a candidate’s qualifications and experience, where appropriate.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED