TOOLMAKER

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity for advancement
• Training & development

• Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan operations sequences for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies.
• Manufacture die components, tooling, and fixtures for welding, soldering, and assembly based on design prints and verbal instructions.
• Collaborate with Tool Designer to assist in developing and designing new tools and dies.
• Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, drill presses, and grinders.
• Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies as per specifications.
• Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts using measuring instruments.
• Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects.
• Fit and assemble parts using machine tools and hand tools to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools.
• Use layout and assembly drawings to determine fit and function of components and fully assemble dies and fixtures.
• Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure parts meet specifications and make adjustments as necessary.
• Select metals based on properties such as hardness and heat tolerance.
• Grind and adjust various parts to fit properly.
• Lift, position, and secure machined parts using hoists, vises, v-blocks, or angle plates.
• Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces using various tools.
• Measure, mark, and scribe metal or plastic stock to layout machining using instruments.
• Set up heat-treating furnaces and place parts, tools, or assemblies into furnaces to harden.
• Adhere to safety policies, procedures, and regulations, maintaining a clean work area.
• Follow EMS and IATF 16949 Policies and Procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent; technical/trade school graduation preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience as a Tool Maker in a metal stamping environment.
• Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English.
• Proficiency with computers.
• Strong basic math skills.
• Ability to work effectively with internal/external personnel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of metals and alloys properties.
• Familiarity with shimming techniques and tool fabricating accessories.
• Ability to operate hoists.
• Knowledge of machines and tools, including designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

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