Toolroom Journeyman

About the role

VAL-CO, a leader in commercial poultry, egg, and swine production equipment, is seeking a Toolroom Journeyman for our Coldwater, Ohio facility. This role offers competitive wages, excellent benefits, and generous PTO.

Responsibilities

• Properly and safely set up and operate all toolroom machinery, including CNC machines, without supervision.
• Produce and assemble quality machined/ground components from print to tolerances up to ±.0005" without supervision and in a timely manner.
• Assemble dies, fixtures, and jigs to assembly print.
• Work independently on assigned jobs with minimal supervision.
• Understand machining/grinding tendencies of different tool steels and the necessary machine settings/cutting tools to produce machined/ground parts to print.
• Maintain a clean, orderly work area and follow all safety rules.
• Perform routine maintenance on toolroom machines.
• Maintain a healthy, cooperative, and cordial working relationship with fellow toolroom staff.
• Troubleshoot tooling and fixtures.
• Conduct must reflect the company’s published core values and good character.

Requirements

• 4 years of machining and tool and die building experience, machine building/re-building, or approved schooling.
• Good understanding of tool steel properties and heat-treating characteristics.
• Proficient in reading standard component and assembly prints, including understanding standard print terminology and symbols.
• Provide own machinist tools and be proficient in using them.
• Pass a company machinist math test.
• Quality and safety-conscious attitude.
• Ability to program and run toolroom CNC machines.
• Capable of welding standard tool steels (hot rolled, cold rolled, and tool steels).

Essential Job Functions

• Ability to turn laterally 90 degrees to the right and left.
• Lift up to 50 lbs to waist height.
• Stand for an 8-hour shift.
• Legibly complete all necessary paperwork.
• Position parts in machines and simultaneously actuate clamps to secure parts.
• Properly use hand tools, writing utensils, and measuring devices to meet quality, safety, and quantity standards.
• Read, understand, and operate CNC controls.

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Excellent benefits
• Generous PTO