Senior Tool Maker (1st Shift)

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Core Job Duties
• Disassemble and assemble simple molds
• Fit shears and parting lines
• Work with senior-level employees to complete complex projects
• Saw, mill, and grind inserts to size
• Drill, tap and counterbore holes
• Round off insert corners
• Fit and/or ream ejector pin holes to fit pins
• Measure and record plate thickness
• Calculate ejector and pin return lengths and grind to length
• Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, or dial indicators.
• Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, or grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes.
• Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications.
• Set pyrometer controls of heat-treating furnaces and feed or place parts, tools, or assemblies into furnaces to harden.
• Develop and design new tools and dies, using computer-aided design software.
• Set up and operate drill presses to drill and tap holes in parts for assembly.
• Cut, shape, and trim blanks or blocks to specified lengths or shapes, using power saws, power shears, rules, and hand tools.
• Design jigs, fixtures, and templates for use as work aids in the fabrication of parts or products.
• Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, making adjustments as necessary.
• Measure, mark, and scribe metal or plastic stock to lay out machining, using instruments such as protractors, micrometers, scribes, or rulers.
• Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or power grinders.
• File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together.
• Lift, position, and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, vises, v-blocks, or angle plates.
• Select metals to be used from a range of metals and alloys, based on properties such as hardness or heat tolerance.
• Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects.
• Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools, hand tools, or welders.
• Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies.

OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Education/Experience
• 2+ years of tool/mold making experience desired
• 1+ years of hands-on job or hobby
• Mechanical Experience Required
• High School Diploma Or Equivalent required
• Associate's degree or 1-year certificate in tool & die trades desired
• Journeyman card holder desired

Ability

• Ability to safely operate tools and equipment

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

E-Mail a Rsum: hr@snidermold.com