Department: Manufacturing / Production
Location: Port Washington, WI
Posted: January 1st, 2019

1st Shift- Full Time

5:00am-3:30pm

Plans, lays out, and performs all machine operations to sharpen, alter, and repair intricately designed and constructed tools, dies, fixtures, gauges, machine attachments, and mechanisms, requiring a high degree of skill and knowledge of tooling practice and application.

• Ongoing training and professional development
• Opportunity for vertical and horizontal internal growth
• A business casual work environment
• Competitive, experienced-based wage
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Choice of medical insurance plans, one that offers $0 employee premium
• Group insurance plans (medical, dental, vision, life)
• Disability insurance
• Tuition assistance
• Paid personal time and vacation after 60 days
• Ten paid holidays per year
• Free coffee

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or abilities required.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and Journeyman Tool & Die Status, as well 8-10 years of previous related experience (including apprenticeship hours); or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Previous experience in bench repair, including assembly, machinery, up-keep, layout, die repair, inspection, press troubleshooting design, quality control, die and/or fixture building, welding, and heat treating.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints, sketches, or computer-aided design (CAD) files.
• Possess good verbal and written communication skills as they pertain to dealing with and understanding tools, dies, and equipment malfunctions.
• Ability to perform basic shop mathematics; add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• Works from blueprints, sketches, models, specifications or other drawings to plan sequences for operations and machining, compute dimensions, etc.
• Verifies dimensions, alignments, and clearances of tools, dies, fixtures, and gauges using measuring instruments.
• Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications.
• Set up and operate equipment such as lathes, milling machines, grinders, drill presses, and saws to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes.
• Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.
• Ability to effectively troubleshoot on deep draw tooling and progressive punch press dies on presses up to 600 tons.
• Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects.
• Design jigs, fixtures, and templates for use as work aids in the fabrication of parts or products.
• Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using files, power grinders, or scrapers.
• Perform test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, when necessary.
• May assist in the development and designing of new tools and dies, using computer-aided design (CAD) software.
• Other duties as assigned or required.