Mold Maker

New England Cancer Specialists; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A tooling/ machinist position in Detroit is seeking a capable individual to produce tools and dies, using blueprints and precision hand tools. The role involves planning production sequences, fitting components, and delivering samples per customer specifications.

The candidate should be mechanically inclined with strong math and blueprint reading skills, able to work independently, handle concentration-heavy tasks, and communicate with programmers on a daily basis.

Qualifications

• Familiar with machining properties, such as hardness and heat tolerance of common metals/alloys.
• Mechanically inclined with the ability to work independently.
• Able to concentrate and perform physical tasks.
• Able to organize work and meet deadlines.
• Broad knowledge of machining operations, mathematics, and blueprint reading.
• Strong communication skills to convey information clearly (oral and written).
• Computer knowledge to retrieve data for the mold making process.

Responsibilities

• Plan the sequence of operations from blueprints or instructions to manufacture tools or dies.
• Use hand tools for fitting and assembling gauges and other equipment.
• Complete a die to a realistic promise date and produce samples to customer specifications.
• Create proto-type molds from various materials (aluminum, bronze, etc.).
• Communicate daily with programmers for project completion.
• Promote guest relations; respond to needs of others; provide courteous, quick assistance; maintain privacy and confidentiality.

Skills

Machining

Blueprint reading

Mathematics

Problem solving

Organization

Education

High school diploma or vocational training

Tools

Metalworking tools

Job description

General Job Summary:

Produce tools, dies, and special guiding and holding devices that enable machines to manufacture a variety of products. Communicates with programmers.

Essential Job Functions:

• Works from blueprints or instructions to plan the sequence of operations necessary to manufacture the tool or die.
• Uses hand tools for fitting and assembling gauges, and other mechanical and metal-forming equipment.
• Completes a die to a realistic promise date and produces samples to the customer's specifications.
• Makes proto@type molds from various material (aluminum, bronze, etc...).
• Communicates with programmers on a daily basis for completion of projects.
• Promotes guest relations; anticipates and responds to needs of others; provides assistance in a courteous, quick manner; treats others with care and respect, maintaining privacy and confidentiality.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs all other duties as assigned or required.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Familiar with machining properties, such as harness and heat tolerance, of a wide variety of common metals and alloys.
• Mechanically inclined.
• Ability to work and solve problems independently.
• Ability to do work that requires concentration and physical effort.
• Ability to organize work and priorities to meet deadlines.
• Broad knowledge of machining operations, mathematics, and blueprint reading.
• Communication skills necessary to provide information in a comprehensible fashion (oral and written); read and comprehend instructions.
• Good interpersonal skills necessary to develop and maintain a productive working relationship with staff members.
• Computer knowledge to retrieve data for the mold making process.

Working Conditions:

• Shop environment with exposure to noises from shop machines.
• Requires a high degree of patience and attention to detail.
• Good eyesight (with or without glasses).
• Extended hours are commonly required beyond the regular eight-hour workday.
• Must wear protective equipment such as safety glasses to shield against bits of flying metal when on the shop floor, may wear earplugs to protect against noise, and gloves and masks to reduce exposure to hazardous lubricants and cleaners.
• Work requires standing approximately fifty percent. Frequently required to reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear, may do moderately heavy lifting.

Minimum Level of Preparation and Training:

High school or vocational school education, including courses in mathematics, blueprint reading, metalworking, and drafting is a prerequisite.