-Journeyman Tool and Die Maker - Relocate Thomasville, GA

About the role

Check-Mate Manufacturing LLC is a subsidiary of Check-Mate Industries and is located in Thomasville, GA. The company has a history of providing exceptional customer service and innovative solutions across various industries.

Responsibilities

• Tool and die maker conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications; makes adjustments as necessary.
• Cuts, shapes, and trims blanks or blocks to specified lengths or shapes, using power saws, power shears, rules and hand tools.
• Files, grinds, shims, and adjusts different parts to properly fit them together.
• Fits and assembles parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.
• Inspects finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects.
• Lifts, positions, and secures machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, vises, v-blocks, or angle plates.
• Marks and scribes metal or plastic stock to lay out machining, using instruments such as protractors, micrometers, scribes, and rulers.
• Selects metals to be used from a range of metals and alloys, based on properties such as hardness and heat tolerance.
• Sets up and operates conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes.
• Sets up and operates drill presses to drill and tap holes in parts for assembly.
• Smooths and polishes flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or power grinders.
• Studies blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies.
• Verifies dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
• Visualizes and computes dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications.
• Casts plastic tools or parts, or tungsten-carbide cutting tips, using pre-made molds.
• Designs jigs, fixtures, and templates for use as work aids in the fabrication of parts or products.
• Develops and designs new tools and dies, using computer-aided design software.
• Sets pyrometer controls of heat-treating furnaces, and feeds or places parts, tools, or assemblies into furnaces to harden.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent education or trade school diploma program
• Journeyman Tool & Die Maker and/or completion of an apprenticeship (4 years) or advanced manufacturing certificate, followed by at least 4 years of on-the-job training
• 5 years’ experience in the trade; emphasis on small precision stampings from progressive dies
• An ability to communicate effectively in English both in writing and verbally (Preferred)
• Knowledge/experience with AutoCAD, Solid works, and EDM (a Plus)

Qualifications

• Basic shop math and trigonometry
• Precision measuring equipment such as micrometers, calipers, gauge blocks, dial indicators, etc.
• Standard tool room equipment such as milling machines, drill presses, surface grinders, lathes, etc. CNC machine set up a plus
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Knowledge of tool and die design including various tool steels/carbides and their application
• Able to work independently and be self-motivated
• Able to work with appropriate outside vendors
• Able to train and develop apprentices
• Able to communicate well with others

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to read tool and die designs and prints
• Basic shop math and trigonometry
• Precision measuring equipment such as micrometers, calipers, gauge blocks, dial indicators, etc.
• Standard tool room equipment such as milling machines, drill presses, surface grinders, lathes, etc. CNC machine set up a plus
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Knowledge of tool and die design including various tool steels/carbides and their application
• Able to work independently and be self-motivated
• Able to work with appropriate outside vendors
• Able to train and develop apprentices
• Able to communicate well with others

Benefits

• Excellent compensation packages
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short-term and long-term disability
• 12 Days PTO and 10 Holidays
• 401k participation after 1 year
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Annual COLA increases
• Relocation Assistance