Die Maker

About the role

The Die Maker is responsible for producing dies, specialized parts, and devices used on manufacturing machines in an automotive manufacturing plant. The role involves analyzing specifications, laying out metal stock, setting up and operating machine tools, fitting and assembling parts to make and repair dies, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and hand tools. The candidate must interpret specifications, blueprints, manuals, sketches, and similar documents, design tools using computer technology, and test and inspect dies to ensure they are true to the original design and function properly.

Responsibilities

• Analyze specifications, blueprints, manufacturers' manuals, sketches, or similar documents to plan sequences of operations for fabricating dies or assemblies
• Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies based on specifications
• Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, CNC machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes
• File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together
• Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, gauges, and tools using machine tools and hand tools
• Perform tests with completed dies to ensure that parts meet specifications; make adjustments as necessary
• Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects
• Lift, position, and secure machine 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
• Cut, shape, and trim blanks or blocks to specified lengths or shapes, using power saws, power shears, rulers, and hand tools
• Select materials to be used from a range of metals and alloys, based on properties such as hardness and heat tolerances
• Set up and operate drill presses to drill and tap holes in parts for assembly

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED)
• Basic knowledge of mathematics, algebra, and physics
• A minimum of 4 years of combined experience and training similar to that required in a bona fide apprenticeship program as a Die Maker; or a U.S. Department of Labor Completion of Apprenticeship Certificate as a Die Maker; or eight (8) years of documented Die Maker experience; or five (5) years of documented Die Maker experience and three (3) years in a related trade
• Experience as a Die Maker or Tool & Die Maker in a manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of G-Suite preferred

Qualifications

• Ability, with or without reasonable accommodation, to work any shift and work overtime, including daily, weekends, and holidays as required
• Work from blueprints, drawings, layouts, or other specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating dies or assemblies
• Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies based on specifications
• Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, CNC machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes
• File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together
• Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, gauges, and tools using machine tools and hand tools
• Perform tests with completed dies to ensure that parts meet specifications; make adjustments as necessary
• Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects
• Lift, position, and secure machine 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
• Cut, shape, and trim blanks or blocks to specified lengths or shapes, using power saws, power shears, rulers, and hand tools
• Select materials to be used from a range of metals and alloys, based on properties such as hardness and heat tolerances
• Set up and operate drill presses to drill and tap holes in parts for assembly

Skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Problem-solving abilities

Benefits

Salaried Employee Benefits (US, Non-Represented): Comprehensive coverages encompassing the Physical, Mental, Emotional, and overall Wellbeing of our employees, including short- and long-term disability. Annual Incentive Plan (SAIP), 401k with Employer Match & Contribution (max 8%), SoFi Student Loan Refinancing. Paid time includes company holidays, vacation, and Float/Wellbeing Days. 12 Weeks paid Parental Leave, Domestic Partner Benefits, Family Building Benefit, Marketplace, Life/Disability and other Insurances. Annual training, tuition reimbursement and discounts, Business Resource & Intra-professional Groups. Comprehensive Company Car Program and Vehicle Discounts. Vehicle discounts include family and friends. Equal Opportunity Employer.

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