Tool and Die Maker

$68K-100K/year
1st Shift
Permanent Placement

Job Description
Duties/Responsibilities:

• Uses manual machining equipment to build fixtures.
• Repairs fixtures, molds, and tools when needed; disassembles molds, jigs, tools, and fixtures, then reassembles when repaired.
• Reads and understands blueprints and complicated schematics as required to create and build new fixtures, tools, and machine parts.
• Inspects completed tools and dies for signs of imperfection or damage that may affect functionality.
• Demonstrated mechanical ability.
• Able to identify and explain basic tools and their usage.
• Drilling, tapping, deburring with proper equipment and methods
• Possess welding and fabrication skills with abilities to improve quality.
• Have a desire to gain knowledge in the shop as well as on their own.
• Be able to read and draw a basic print and understand the goals of what we do in a tool shop.
• Build on prior trades experience and refine the skills necessary to be a tool maker.
• Keep shop and tools clean and organized.
• Able to plan next step in a process and prepare.
• Able to read measuring tools: tape-measure, scale, micrometer, calipers, height gage.
• Regularly tests all equipment, tools, and machines to ensure they are arranged and set properly and working efficiently.
• Modifies machine parameters to control speed, material feed, or path of cut as required to ensure a quality product is produced within specifications.
• Maintains a safe, clean, and well-organized workspace.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Tool and Die Maker.
• Minimum 5 years in machining and alteration of tools, dies, jigs and fixtures.
• Understanding of mathematics, handbook formulas and trigonometry.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Thorough knowledge of machine shop practice, principles of machine tool operations and mechanics, working qualities of materials.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Good communication skills.