Manual Toolroom Machinist & Toolmaker: Precision Fixtures

RNInk; Barkhamsted (CT); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

RNInk seeks an experienced manual machinist/toolmaker to manufacture and assemble precision fixtures, gauges, and tooling. You will set up and operate jig borers, lathes, milling machines, and grinders, interpreting drawings and GD&T to plan operations.

You will select materials, tools, speeds, feeds, and sequences to achieve required finishes, inspect parts with precision gauges, and collaborate with engineering, production, and quality teams to improve efficiency and repeatability.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on manual machinist or toolmaker experience.
• Ability to read technical drawings and GD&T.
• Experience with precision tooling and close tolerances.

Responsibilities

• Manufacture and assemble precision fixtures, workholding devices, tooling, and gauges.
• Set up and operate manual jig borers, lathes, milling machines, surface grinders, and other toolroom equipment.
• Interpret engineering drawings, specs, and GD&T to plan machining operations.
• Select materials, tooling, speeds, feeds, and sequences to meet dimensions and finishes.
• Inspect finished components with micrometers, calipers, indicators, bore gauges, and other measuring tools.
• Troubleshoot and modify tooling, fixtures, and gauges to address wear and changes.
• Collaborate with engineering, production, and quality to improve efficiency and repeatability.
• Maintain toolroom equipment, keep areas organized, and follow safety/quality procedures.
• Perform other machining and toolmaking tasks in support of manufacturing.

Skills

Manual machining

Mechanical aptitude

Reading drawings

Tools

Jig borers

Grinders

Lathes

Milling machines

Measuring tools

Job description

RNInk seeks an experienced manual machinist/toolmaker to manufacture and assemble precision fixtures, gauges, and tooling. You will set up and operate jig borers, lathes, milling machines, and grinders, interpreting drawings and GD&T to plan operations.

You will select materials, tools, speeds, feeds, and sequences to achieve required finishes, inspect parts with precision gauges, and collaborate with engineering, production, and quality teams to improve efficiency and repeatability.