Tool & Die Maker
REPORTS TO: Manufacturing Manager
STATUS: Full-time, 1st shift, Non-exempt
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools using machine tools and hand tools
• Set up and operate 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
• Study blueprints, sketches, models or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies
• Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers and dial indicators
• Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications
• Must be able to layout, construct and maintain small to mid-size stamping and forming dies
• Experience building small to mid-size plastic injection molds and aluminum die cast dies
• Troubleshooting
• Loading workpieces onto the machine, aligning them accurately, and using the grinding wheel to shape and smooth surfaces according to blueprints or instructions
• Operate and may set up one or more types of precision grinding machines such as surface, external, internal or centerless, on a limited range of production work having ordinary recessing and contours.
• Select wheels for a normal range of materials and finish requirements.
• Ability to work with close tolerances and difficult set-ups of parts of irregular shapes.
• Ability to inspect workpieces for defects.
• Other duties as assigned
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
• High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED) required
• CNC programming & set-up experience preferred
• Mastercam experience required
• Two years technical school training preferred and/or five or more years professional
experience in a manufacturing environment
• Strong math skills required
• Ability to read blueprints
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize multiple
assignments
to meet deadline and goals despite unexpected setbacks, obstacles or time constraints
• Team player able to interact in a positive, constructive manner with staff members on all
levels within the company.
• Ability to use standard office equipment
• Ability to add, sub-tract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers,
common fractions and decimals.
Who Are We?
Coyote Technical is a full-service staffing and recruiting firm that provides services in temporary, contract and permanent placements. Coyote Technical can provide you with superior employment services, focusing on sourcing quality candidates with the exact education and experience you need. Phil Montoya, Director of Sourcing, has years of recruiting experience in diverse industries. His status as Top Recruiter with most successful placement is testimony to his relentless pursuit of the perfect candidate. Phil holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and worked for years in the Automotive and Aerospace Industries. Coyote Technical’s recruiting Team is equally committed to finding the talent you seek. Our years of experience enables us to intimately understand your industry, thereby we will provide you with quality and effective employment services.
Why Choose Us?
Coyote Technical aims to fill every position you list by matching the ideal candidate with the ideal position. Coyote technical has an ever-expanding internal database of more than 20,000 candidates with the skills and qualifications to match any of your hiring needs. It is our mission to ensure that every candidate be placed in a position in which they will thrive professionally.
Our fees are contingent upon finding you the perfect candidate, which means you will not pay a fee unless we are successful. In fact, we will extend a thirty (30) day guarantee. Should the candidate leave or be terminated for cause within the first thirty (30) days from the starting date the candidate will be replaced. What does this mean for you? Peace of mind in knowing that you will have an employee with the competence and enthusiasm you desire!