Tool & Die Maker Job Description
Job Responsibilities
- Fabricate dies using complex machinery such as drill presses, manual lathes and grinders
- Use sketches, blueprints, specifications, and models to plan operations for the fabrication of dies, tools and assemblies, ensuring safety and maximum efficiency
- Verify dimensions of finished parts to ensure they conform to specifications using dial indicators, gauge blocks, calipers, comparators, and micrometers
- Utilize hand and machine tools to assemble parts of tools and dies and to repair and modify gauges, jigs and dies
- Design templates and jigs to be used as work aids for convenient fabrication of products and parts
- Diagnose and troubleshoot problems and perform necessary repairs to tooling and dies
- Set up and operate all department machine tools including mills, lathes, grinders, rotary tables; monitors and adjusts mechanical processes as required.
- Set pyrometer controls of heat-treating furnaces, and place parts, tools, or assemblies into furnaces to harden.
- Interface with external and internal customers, handle supplier and customer concerns, and work with team members to solve problems during the production process
- File and finish workpieces using the appropriate hand tools to ensure products are smooth and that they fit together properly
- Select the appropriate metals and materials to be used based on properties, ensuring they meet project specifications
- Study specification plans and blueprints to determine the proper assembly, alignment and calibration of machines
- Inspect finish dies to ensure proper smoothness, finish and contour free of all defects
- Adhere stringently to all safety guidelines by keeping work area clean and wearing protective clothing
- Read and interpret engineering drawings and GD&T symbols
Job Skills and Qualifications
Required:
- High school diploma required; associate degree in fabrication preferred, with at least 1 year of industry experience
- Excellent technical skills, with the ability to problem-solve and troubleshoot mechanical problems
- Possesses comprehensive knowledge of gages, precision measuring instruments, and all necessary inspection equipment
- Has working knowledge of advanced shop mathematics, including trigonometry
- Experience working with a wide range tool steels
- Must be able to stand for shift durations
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds repetitively
- Excellent visual accuracy
Preferred:
- Completion of apprenticeship program or trade school diploma program
- Two to five years of experience in tool and die making
- Experience machining carbide
- Experience working with close tolerances .0005″ or less
Additional Benefits:
- Health Insurance
- 401k
- 11 paid holidays off
- Paid vacation after 1 year
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