Mechanical Journeyperson (Toolmaker) - Wentzville Assembly

General Motors; Wentzville (MO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the automotive industry is seeking an Industrial Toolmaker Journeyperson to join their team. The successful candidate will work on maintaining and repairing industrial machinery while ensuring safe and efficient operations. Candidates should possess experience with machine tool setup and a strong mechanical aptitude.

Qualifications

• Experience with planned maintenance systems and predictive technologies.
• Proficient in machine tool setup, fabrication, and repair.
• Skilled in using precision measuring tools.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, maintain, and repair mechanical components on industrial machinery.
• Set up and operate CNC lathes and milling machines.
• Read and interpret blueprints for mechanical operations.

Skills

Problem Solving

Flexibility

Mechanical Aptitude

Tools

CNC Machine Tools

Precision Measuring Tools

Job description

An Industrial Toolmaker Journeyperson includes ambitious millwrights, machinists, and toolmakers. You will work under minimal supervision with a high level of independent judgement and problem solving. You should be flexible enough to take on and tackle multiple job assignments in a shift.

Preferred Experience Includes:

• Experience with planned maintenance systems and predictive technologies

• Experience with machine tool setup, fabrication, and repair

• Experience with precision measuring tools

Primary Responsibilities:

• Follow established safety procedures according to OSHA standards and company procedures

• Troubleshoot, maintain, dismantle, repair, and replace mechanical components (e. g. bearings, seals, details, carriers, etc.) on industrial machinery such as shafting, chucks, fixtures, couplings, linkages, high speed CNC spindles.

• Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes

• Plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools or assemblies using blueprints, sketches, or models

• Determine quality of finished products, ensuring defect-free parts, by verifying dimensions, alignment, and clearances for conformance to specifications using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators

• Use various hand or power tools for measuring, cutting, threading, and grinding mechanical details.

• Read and interpret blueprints for the mechanical operation and assembly of fixtures and work components

• Operate mobile equipment (e.g. vertical lifts, cranes)

• Determine loading requirements to rig equipment and material for lifting