Tool Room Technician

Job Title: Tool Room Technician
Location (On-site, Remote, or Hybrid?): Fort Wayne, IN (onsite)
Contract Duration: until 12/31/2026
Working hours - 2nd and 3rd Shift 3pm-11:30pm 11pm-7:30am

Job Description:
The Tool Room Machinist is responsible for setting up, adjusting, and operating manual and CNC machine tools to manufacture, repair, and modify tooling, fixtures, dies, gauges, and precision components.
This position supports production by ensuring tooling accuracy, quality, and minimal downtime.

Skills Required

• Strong blueprint reading and GD&T knowledge
• Proficient in manual machining (critical in tool room environment)
• Knowledge of tool steels, heat treating, and surface finishes
• Proficiency in using calipers, micrometers, and other inspection equipment

Experience Required

• 3-7+ years experience in tool room or precision machining environment
• Experience with tight tolerance machining
• Set up CNC mills and/or lathes (prove out programs, set offsets, adjust tooling) Interpret blueprints, GD&T, and engineering drawings
• Manufacture and repair fixtures, dies, jigs, and special tooling
• Hold tight tolerances (±.0005" or as required)

Education Required
High School Diploma

• Troubleshoot tool and die failures
• Take tool-die project from conception
• Make necessary tool and die tryouts
• Setting up machine tool or tools
• Perform tool room machining duties
• Replace parts of the dies and tooling equipment
• Returned dies and items leaving tool room
• Perform minor maintenance on die cast dies and machines
• Clean and maintain production extrusion die and tooling
• Perform difficult tool room machine operations
• Specified die sections into machine
• Perform full range of tool and die work, focusing on die maintenance
• Lead new tooling reviews with die buy off with corporate tooling design team
• Operate all tool room equipment expertly to repair/build quality fixtures and dies from tool blueprints and verbal instructions
• Design progressive die tooling and fixtures for welding, soldering and assembly
• Assemble new parts in tooling
• Ensure new tooling and tooling repairs and modifications
• Perform die repairs at the press and in the tool room
• Maintain inventory levels for tooling and die needs
• Assist in tool room duties