[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Cummins jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cummins/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Cummins # Machining Team Manager Manager or lead Listed on Cummins’s official careers site. Listed as of October 17, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Cummins’s careers site →](https://cummins.jobs/jamestown-ny/machining-team-manager/1A0D220CE9774D46AFFC124522563958/job/) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Cummins](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cummins/) / Machining Team Manager ## Job description ### Job Summary We are looking for a talented Machining Team Manager to join our team in Jamestown, NY. In this role, you will lead the daily activities of a production team, driving execution of the daily Production Plan across all three shifts while balancing safety, quality, delivery, and cost. You will manage people directly — setting expectations, clarifying responsibilities, coaching performance, and administering timekeeping and attendance policies consistently and fairly. Beyond day-to-day production ownership, you will serve as a group lead on cross-functional projects from start to finish, drive Corrective Action Responses (CARs) to closure, and identify and complete 5S, safety, and ergonomic improvement projects. Success in this role requires strong communication, sound judgment under pressure, and a genuine commitment to developing the people on your team. This position is 100% onsite. In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways: - Execute the daily Production Plan across all three shifts, deploying resources to maximize output and meet production targets. - Lead, coach, and develop a production team, building the capability and engagement that sustain performance over time. - Manage performance and behavior of direct reports through coaching and mentoring, applying the Progressive Discipline Policy when required. - Administer the timekeeping system for direct reports, ensuring work time is accurately recorded and attendance policies are applied uniformly. - Champion health and safety by identifying hazards, leading investigations, and completing 5S, safety, and ergonomic projects that build an injury-free culture. - Partner cross-functionally to develop and close Corrective Action Responses that eliminate recurring quality and process issues. - Lead projects and cross-functional groups from initiation through completion, delivering measurable improvements to safety, productivity, quality, and efficiency. - Build productive manager-employee relationships that strengthen communication and ensure consistent application of policies and procedures. To be successful in this role you will need the following: - Proven ability to supervise a production team in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, holding accountability for safety, quality, and daily output. - Strong communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging across shifts, functions, and levels of the organization. - Demonstrated capability to develop and coach staff, including managing difficult performance conversations with fairness and consistency. - Experience leading cross-functional projects and continuous improvement initiatives from start to finish. - Sound decision-making under production pressure, with the judgment to escalate appropriately and keep work moving. ### Key Competencies - Builds effective teams — Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals. - Communicates effectively — Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. - Develops talent — Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals. - Drives engagement — Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. - Decision quality — Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. ### Education, Licenses, Certifications - College, university or equivalent degree required, or equivalent experience required. This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations. ### Experience - Supervisory experience preferred. 3+ years supervisory experience preferred. ### Additional Responsibilities Unique to this Position - Oversee execution of the daily Production Plan across all three shifts, managing application resources to maximize results. + 3+ years supervisory experience preferred. - Strong communication skills required. Strong ability to develop and coach staff. - Manage the timekeeping system for direct reports to ensure work time is correctly recorded and that attendance policies are applied uniformly and correctly. - Manage performance and behavior of direct reports through coaching, mentoring, and when needed, through use of the Progressive Discipline Policy. - Build productive manager-subordinate relationships with direct reports such that communications are effective along with effective application of policies and procedures. - Project work- ability to lead a projects and cross functional groups start to finish. - CARs- Ability to work well with cross functional teams to develop and close ### Corrective Action Responses - Responsible to identify, lead and complete 5S, Safety and Ergonomic projects - The expectation is that this role is 100% onsite ### Job Manufacturing ### Organization Cummins Inc. ### Role Category On-site with Flexibility ### Job Type Exempt - Experienced Min Salary $69200 Max Salary $103800 ### ReqID 2434788 ### Relocation Package Yes 100% On-Site No ### Cummins and E-Verify At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates the right to work using E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Visit [http://EEOC.gov](http://EEOC.gov) to know your rights on workplace discrimination. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Not stated - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 10, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 17, 2026 - Listed for: 7 days[Apply on Cummins’s careers site →](https://cummins.jobs/jamestown-ny/machining-team-manager/1A0D220CE9774D46AFFC124522563958/job/) ## More jobs at Cummins ### [2027 Early Career Apprentice](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cummins/jobs/4c5e899007d6e256c826/) ### [2027 Undergraduate Corporate Responsibility Internship](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cummins/jobs/9a018c13ce17ffee68fb/) ### [2027 Undergraduate Health Safety And Environmental Hse Intern](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cummins/jobs/e03af2ea1b3688b01ca3/) ### [2439347 Analista Sr De Impuestos De Nómina](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cummins/jobs/66d1d29c9b2607ba9d30/) ### [3Rd Shift Health Safety And Environmental Tech Level Iv Offc](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cummins/jobs/2855c2813f8d690a3f24/) ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Supplier Development/Project Engineer (NPI) – Machining Processes](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/siemens-energy/jobs/67d585808980c40c0a75/) Siemens Energy ### [Hermosillo Sonora Staff Mfg & Process Dvl Engineer Machining Son 85747](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/te-connectivity/jobs/59b8c9494dd2b620b7f8/) TE Connectivity ### [GS SQE -Machining and Special process](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/siemens-energy/jobs/878b541ccfa901a63c70/) Siemens Energy ### [Machine Operator Aerospace Soft Machining (d/m/w)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/schaeffler/jobs/91b474120febe775bb39/) Schaeffler ### [CNC Machining Apprentice - Aerospace Manufacturing](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/schaeffler/jobs/730ddf621826e456d220/) Schaeffler OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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