Assembler (Day Shift)

Job Title: Assembler (Day Shift)

Job Location: Aiken, SC

Working Pattern: (Full Time) Working Shift – 1st Shift – Monday through Thursday, 5:45am to 4:15pm.

We are offering a $2,000 Sign on Bonus

Why join Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce, we take pride in being a business that has played a pivotal role in shaping the modern world and remain dedicated to driving progress forward; powering, safeguarding, and connecting people across the globe. Joining Rolls-Royce means you will work on innovative, world-class engineering solutions, supported by a culture that values inclusion, creativity, and your ongoing professional development.

Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.

Power Systems is one of three core businesses within Rolls‑Royce, alongside Civil Aerospace and Defence. This role sits within our Power Systems business in North America, where we deliver world-class solutions that power critical infrastructure across energy, industrial, marine, and defense sectors.

North America is a key growth market for our Power Systems business, driven by increasing demand for resilient energy solutions, data center expansion, and the transition to more sustainable power. As we continue to invest and expand across the region, our teams are at the forefront of this growth, advancing innovative technologies and shaping the future of reliable, sustainable power.

Position Summary

The Assembler covers assembly, bearing cap fitting, and deburring within crankcase manufacturing. The role combines mounting and joining components on the crankcase, matching and securing bearing caps to the main bearing positions, and performing manual deburring and finishing, together with independent inspection of completed work to ensure consistent part quality and a stable production flow.

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Pick and assemble components on the crankcase, such as cylinder liners, closure covers, and related parts, according to work instructions.
• Mount and join components using the required tools, gauges, devices, and auxiliary materials.
• Match and fit bearing caps to the corresponding main bearing positions, ensuring correct orientation and seating, and mount, secure, and torque them according to specifications using the required torque equipment.
• Perform manual deburring and finishing, removing burrs, sharp edges, and machining residues from machined surfaces, bores, threads, and edges using hand tools and powered deburring and grinding tools, without affecting dimensional specifications.
• Read and interpret assembly blueprints and specification manuals and plan the assembly accordingly.
• Verify conformance of parts to stock lists and blueprints, using precision measuring instruments such as calipers, micrometers, fixed and telescoping gauges, templates, and fixtures, and adjust according to quality control plans.
• Position and align components for assembly into larger mounting elements and verify parts clearances.
• Independently inspect completed tasks and report quality defects.

Position Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED and 2 years in a mechanical, maintenance, or machining trade school, OR
• equivalent Associate's Degree and 3 years of experience in a durable goods assembly, OR
• manufacturing environment; or 5 years of experience in a durable goods assembly or manufacturing environment.
• Shift: 1st Shift hours are 5:45am to 4:15pm, Monday through Thursday.
• Experience in complex assembly processes.
• Experience in manual tasks such as finishing, deburring, and completing assemblies.
• Strong quality awareness and a high sense of responsibility.
• Ability to work overtime as needed.
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using torque tools, hand tools, and powered deburring or grinding tools in a manufacturing environment.
• Intermediate knowledge of manufacturing and production processes, raw materials, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture of goods.
• Intermediate knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Intermediate knowledge of OSHA safety requirements and the ability to use relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Intermediate troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Intermediate ability to interpret Statistical Process Control (SPC) and operate scanning devices for system communications.
• Intermediate ability to interpret control plans, blueprints, build documents, schematic drawings, layouts, or other documents regarding engine assembly and testing and quality requirements (Quality Alerts, Second Checks, etc.).

Work Conditions:

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Daily work is performed in a durable goods manufacturing environment.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk and stand; sit; use hands or fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools, parts, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to balance and climb; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. The employee may also be exposed to any number of elements but with none present to the extent of being disagreeable.

What we offer       
We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

07 Jul 2026; 00:07$17.58 - $26.37-HourlyAiken, SC

Benefits

The Business Unit Power Systems of Rolls-Royce provides world-class power solutions and complete life-cycle support under our product and solution brand mtu. Through digitalization and electrification, we strive to develop drive and power generation solutions that are even cleaner and smarter and thus provide answers to the challenges posed by the rapidly growing societal demands for energy and mobility.
 

We deliver and service comprehensive, powerful and reliable systems, based on both gas and diesel engines, as well as electrified hybrid systems. These clean and technologically-advanced solutions serve our customers in the marine and infrastructure sectors worldwide.