Job Description

Join Eaton as a CNC Brake Press Forming Technician

Step into a hands-on role where precision meets craftsmanship. As a key contributor on our fabrication team, you’ll shape sheet metal components on a press brake, ensure top-tier quality, and keep production moving safely and efficiently.

A day in the life

• Begin your shift geared up with proper PPE and review blueprints, drawings, and job instructions.
• Set up the press brake: select and install tooling, program or adjust parameters, and run the first-piece to specification.
• Inspect using measurement gauges; complete first-piece approvals and document routing tags and scrap tickets as needed.
• Run production, making fine adjustments to machine, tooling, and wheels to hold tolerances.
• Perform minor troubleshooting and routine preventive maintenance to keep equipment in peak condition.
• Assemble standard and engineered-to-order components using hand and pneumatic tools, and move WIP to the next operation.
• Partner with teammates, flex to other departments as needed, and maintain an orderly, safe work area.

What you’ll bring

• High school diploma/GED (accredited)
• At least 1 year of press brake machine experience
• Strong oral and written communication; able to read and interpret wiring schematics, blueprints, and drawings
• Comfort with material handling carts (push/pull 50 lbs) and lifting/carrying up to 50 lbs
• Willingness to learn, cross-train, and support adjacent processes; excellent housekeeping habits
• No relocation provided; candidates must live within 50 miles of the facility (Active-Duty Military Service members are exempt from the geographic limitation)

Preferred

• 1+ year in metal fabrication or related trade
• Experience with press brakes, lasers, or CNC equipment
• Basic computer literacy and shop math skills

Proficiencies

• Machine setups for production runs
• Excellent communication
• Shop math
• Blueprint reading

Tools and technologies

• Press brake
• Measurement gauges
• Laser punch press

Benefits that start day one

• Health benefits and vacation available on your first day
• 10 paid holidays
• Paid bi-weekly
• Career growth with cross-training opportunities and potential for increased compensation
• Overtime opportunities
• Retirement benefits
• Paid Parental Leave
• Educational Assistance Program and Wellness Reimbursement

Legal

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future

Ready to build a career shaping precision components with a team that invests in your growth? Apply today.

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