
Production Technician III
Cummins · Maxton, NC
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Production
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 12 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level production role at Cummins (industrial) in Maxton, NC. Initiate, recommend, or provide solutions through designated channels.
- Tools it names
- IATF 16949
- Openings
- 2 with this title at this site
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $60k–$95k.
Median of the low and high ends of 65 live postings that list pay, out of 1046 manufacturing technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
North Carolina plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 45 other live production postings in North Carolina.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $75k–$100k, from 5 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 87%
- Lean 33%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for IATF 16949, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Cummins in Maxton
4 other open roles at this site.
- Production Team Leader - 2nd Shift · Production · Supervisor
- Production Technician III - 1st Shift · Production · Technician
- Production Technician III - 2nd Shift · Production · Technician
- Facility & Equipment Maintenance Manager · Reliability · Manager
Full description from CumminsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Job Summary
Operates machines and production equipment independently in accordance with quality and productivity
requirements
safely in a manufacturing environment and may instruct or coach others.
In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways
- ◆Ensure Safety: By stopping work and reporting any major injury hazards immediately, you'll help maintain a safe work environment.
- ◆Promote Health: Reporting any work-related injury, illness, incident, or hazard ensures that health issues are addressed promptly.
- ◆Compliance: Adhering to HSE standards, policies, procedures, and regulations will help maintain high safety and environmental standards.
- ◆Environmental Stewardship: Recognizing how your work impacts the environment and working to minimize negative effects will contribute to sustainability.
- ◆Quality Assurance: Performing quality inspections and identifying non-conforming materials will help maintain product standards.
- ◆Efficiency: Achieving production goals and maintaining clean, orderly work areas will ensure smooth operations and meet customer expectations.
- ◆Team Support: Instructing and coaching others, and acting as a resource for team members, will foster a collaborative and knowledgeable team environment.
- ◆Continuous Improvement: Participating in training and personal development, and actively seeking ways to improve processes, will drive ongoing improvements in quality, safety, and efficiency.
To be successful in this role you will need the following
- ◆Collaboration: Build strong partnerships and work collaboratively with your team to achieve shared goals. This will help create a cohesive and productive work environment.
- ◆Effective Communication: Develop and deliver clear, multi-mode communications tailored to the unique needs of different audiences. This ensures everyone is on the same page and can work efficiently.
- ◆Courage: Be willing to address difficult issues head-on and say what needs to be said. This will help resolve problems quickly and maintain a transparent work culture.
- ◆Decision Quality: Make timely and well-informed decisions to keep the organization moving forward. This will help you navigate challenges and seize opportunities effectively.
- ◆Results-Driven: Consistently achieve your goals, even under tough circumstances. This demonstrates your commitment and ability to deliver high performance.
- ◆Accountability: Hold yourself and others accountable to meet commitments. This fosters a culture of reliability and trust within the team.
- ◆Complexity Management: Make sense of complex and sometimes contradictory information to solve problems effectively. This skill is crucial for navigating the dynamic nature of the manufacturing environment.
- ◆Health and Safety: Champion proactive health and safety behaviors by identifying, reporting, and participating in actions to improve workplace safety. This contributes to an injury-free and interdependent culture.
- ◆Manufacturing Knowledge: Apply your knowledge of manufacturing processes to implement changes that meet functional needs and drive continuous improvement.
- ◆Valuing Differences: Recognize and appreciate the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to the organization. This promotes inclusivity and innovation.
Education, Licenses, Certifications
- ✓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.
Experience
- ✓Requires significant relevant work experience or specialized skills obtained through education, training or on-the-job experience.
Technicians have the responsibility and authority to
- ◆Understand what constitutes producing a quality product that meets customer expectations.
- ◆Read, comprehend, and execute written instructions.
- ◆Operate machinery according to set procedures – meeting productivity goals in a safe, quality, and environmentally sound, cost-effective manner.
- ◆Be able to properly operate manufacturing equipment.
- ◆Use precision measuring instruments such as calipers, dial indicators, and micrometers to determine adherence of product characteristics to prescribed specifications.
- ◆Safely operate a fork truck, if assigned, and possess a valid company forklift license.
- ◆Initiate action, up to and including stopping the line, to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformities relating to product, process, and quality systems.
- ◆Identify and record any product, process, and quality system problems.
- ◆Initiate, recommend, or provide solutions through designated channels.
- ◆Verify the implementation of solutions.
- ◆Control further processing, delivery, or installation of nonconforming product until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected as defined by applicable procedures and/or delegation of the area manufacturing manager or designee.
- ◆Perform rework and repair operations on nonconforming material.
- ◆Perform preventative maintenance to all equipment and, in some cases, notify the proper maintenance personnel of necessary repairs.
- ◆Perform safety and housekeeping duties to ensure a safe working environment.
- ◆Participate actively in the team to achieve team goals.
- ◆Maintain flexible work culture with the ability to learn and effectively operate all equipment.
- ◆Comply with all Meritor written environmental (ISO 14001) and quality (TS16949) policies.
- ◆Support development of a continual improvement, employee involvement culture.
- ◆Set high expectations for
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We are looking for a talented Production Technician – Level III to join our team specializing in Manufacturing for our Cummins Inc. facility in Maxton, NC .
Overview
The basic function of the production technician is to utilize manufacturing work instructions to assemble purchased parts into finished Commercial Vehicle System products.
