Lead Tool & Die Maker II: CNC MasterCAM Pro

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC); San Leandro (CA); On-site; USD 37,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

80 hours PTO annually

10 paid holidays

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

Precision Castparts Corp. in California is seeking an experienced tooling professional to design, program, and build dies and production fixtures, ensuring alignment with quality standards and paperwork.

The role calls for leadership of tooling projects, mentoring junior staff, and strong cost/time management. Proficiency in MasterCAM and CNC programming, plus experience with injection molding, are required to ensure efficient, accurate tooling development.

Qualifications

• Experience with injection molding.
• Experience with MasterCAM.
• Proficient at CNC programming; candidate must be able to fully program and operate a CNC without assistance.
• Ability to perform complex mathematical calculations.
• Ability to use complex measuring devices and fixtures.
• Experience with toolmaking is a nice to have, but is not necessary.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate leadership ability and set good examples for the department. This will be judged on increase of productivity and decrease of scrap and rework, plus maintaining production schedule.
• Demonstrate cooperation when assistance is needed by the management and must possess the ability to train incoming personnel.
• Know, understand, and be able to instruct others in the Safety rules and policies of the plant.
• Demonstrate the ability to design, program, and build dies at all levels of complexity, for example, Wax dies, ceramic core dies, inspection fixtures, straightening fixtures, and all other types of permanent and temporary tooling.
• Demonstrate the ability to quote the design and manufacturing cost of new tools and reworks.
• Demonstrate the ability to supervise and troubleshoot in house tooling projects. Clarify tooling instructions with design and engineering personnel.
• Maintains the requirements and skills of all previous levels for that department, including the Quality Systems, and make and maintain efficiency standards.
• Possess the ability to make cost analysis for decision making, and exercise good judgment in helping the company to become more profitable.
• Possess ability to basically run the department efficiently with a minimum of outside assistance.
• Maintain outside toolmaker sources, evaluate their work, and determine a system of cost analysis for approval of their charges.
• Explain and be able to compute the efficiency system established in the area/department.
• Demonstrate the ability to plan, organize, instruct, supervise and gather feedback on large tooling programs (Project Manager). Must also be able to communicate with tool vendors, such as giving instructions and answering tooling related questions.
• All other duties assigned.

Skills

CNC Programming

Complex mathematical calculations

Measuring devices usage

Tools

MasterCAM

Job description

Precision Castparts Corp. in California is seeking an experienced tooling professional to design, program, and build dies and production fixtures, ensuring alignment with quality standards and paperwork.

The role calls for leadership of tooling projects, mentoring junior staff, and strong cost/time management. Proficiency in MasterCAM and CNC programming, plus experience with injection molding, are required to ensure efficient, accurate tooling development.