Senior Eyelet Toolmaker

About the role

With no supervision, builds, develops, sets-up, tries out, repairs and adjusts tools, inspection gages and special fixtures for transfer and secondary department machines.

Responsibilities

• Build, develop, set-up, tryout, repair, and adjust tools, inspection gages and special fixtures for transfer and secondary department machines.
• Effectively use all Tool Room tools and equipment such as lathes, mills, grinders, hardening, tempering, as well as all special attachments to above equipment.
• Ability to develop complicated jobs with no supervision.
• Serve as an expert trainer for apprentices.
• Responsible for teaching and training other toolmakers and apprentices about complicated jobs during the transition from development to production.
• Fill in for the Production Lead as required.
• Should have capable experience on all product lines, Nuts, Sleeves, Domes and Retainers and Legacy parts.
• Should have capable experience on all size Baird and Asahi Seiki and presses.
• Having Samson and Waterbury experience a plus.
• Must perform to the specified work of production and quality standards for the assigned jobs.
• Must have a top knowledge of the functions and workability of tool steels and production materials.
• Perform operator functions as required.
• Must be able to work as a team with Engineering and Quality, offering ideas for new tool development and process improvements.
• At times, expected to exceed equipment capabilities to attain respective tolerances.
• Use care in operation of all machine tools and attachments so equipment can produce accurate quality work.
• Keep machines and work area neat, clean and orderly.
• Keep all necessary records and make out all necessary forms.
• Make suggestions for changes in methods to improve operations and product quality.
• Store and retrieve plant tools, records, and drawings according to procedure.
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