Tool and Die Maker

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Tool and Die Maker Classification: Hourly

DEPT: Tool & Die FLSA: Hourly

DATE: April 1, 2025

Company Information: Manufacturer of large specialty fasteners and forgings used in Heavy Construction, Infrastructure, Power Generation, and General Distribution.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB:

• Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications; make adjustments, as necessary.

• Machine dies to print and/or modify to as built requirements.

• File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together.

Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.

• Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects.

• Lift, position, and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, vises, v blocks, or angle plates.

• Measure, mark, and scribe metal or plastic stock to lay out machining, using instruments such as protractors, micrometers, scribes, and rulers.

• Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes.

• Set up and operate drill presses to drill and tap holes in parts for assembly.

• Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or surface grinders.

• Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies.

• Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.

• Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications.

• Design jigs, fixtures, and templates for use as work aids in the fabrication of parts or products.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

· High school diploma or equivalent required.

· Completed an approved Tool and Die Maker state apprenticeship program or demonstrated the ability to perform the aforementioned tasks.

· Operate all common machining equipment, mills, lathes, grinders, etc.

· Aware of and ability to follow safety regulations as well as the Company’s Plant Rules and Regulations that pertain to this job.

· Time management skills and the ability to work to deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

· Proven analytical and troubleshooting abilities as well as a high degree of mechanical aptitude.

· Work from design prints, sketches, sample parts and oral instructions.

· Ability to occasionally lift 50 lbs.

· Personally possess basic inspection and machining tools to effectively perform job.

Some overtime as needed.

Full-time