Basic Qualifications

High school diploma or GED. 5-10 years of related experience working as a Tool Maker with Carbide. Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in L&D in a manufacturing setting.

Shift: Tool Maker -1st Shift, 4:00am-2:30pm

Position Overview:

The Tool Maker operates all departmental machine tools and provides machine shop service, expertise, and capability to the entire manufacturing operation.' Lays out work to be done.' Constructs, alters, or repairs a wide variety of standard and non-standard developmental and experimental tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, gauges, etc. to close tolerances and exacting set ups. Produces most production dies for cold heading machines.

Key Responsibilities:

'       Independently performs the job of Tool Maker in its entirety, operating all of the following typical department, machines and any specialty machines as assigned.

'       Experience working with Lathes: surface grinder, honing machine, hydraulic press

'       Obtain instructions, sketches, drawings, etc. from leadperson /foreman.

'       Obtains raw material from department stock.

'       Sets up any department machine as needed to produce the work as directed, very exactly and must hold very close tolerance.

'       Replaces or re-sharpens cutting tools as required.

'       Maintains machine and workplace area in a neat and orderly condition on a daily basis, and performs a general machine and work area cleanup once a week. Keeps machine free of chips.

Makes out time, production, and quality reports as required.