Mold &Tool Maker A ( 2nd shift)

Techtronic Industries; Town of Mukwonago (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan

Education assistance

On-site wellness and fitness center

Job summary

Milwaukee Tool, a part of Techtronic Industries, seeks a Journeyman Mold & Tool Maker to improve plastics tooling and fixtures. You will interact with operations and engineering to repair, modify, and fabricate tooling for production and prototype needs.

You’ll verify tolerances, study blueprints, troubleshoot tooling, set up machine shop equipment, and participate in tryouts to ensure parts meet specs.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience with Injection Molding repair, engineering changes and new builds.

Responsibilities

• Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of mold components for conformance to specifications using calipers, micrometers, and indicators.

Skills

Troubleshooting tooling

Injection molding repair

Journeyman Mold maker

Aluminum stamping/machining

Communication of status

SolidWorks/NX

Master CAM/SolidWorks CAM

Tools

SolidWorks

NX

Master CAM

SolidWorks CAM

Job description

As a Journeyman Mold & Tool Maker, you would work primarily on plastic injection molds, with other tooling and fixture work as needed. The primary duty is to utilize tool and die making skills to contribute to manufacturing improvements in both existing manufacturing processes and new products. This position will interact with operations, engineering and process technicians to construct, alter, fit and repair tooling from both the plastic injection molding processes.

You’ll be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities:

• Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of mold components for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
• Study blueprints, sketches, and models to repair or fabricate tools and dies
• Ability to troubleshoot production and prototype tooling
• Mold cavity and insert changes as needed to support production schedule.
• Set up and operate conventional or CNC machine shop equipment such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders
• Inspect tooling for production readiness
• Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.
• Participating in tryouts with completed tools to ensure that parts meet specifications, adjusting as necessary.
• Record work and repair history of tooling in the electronic maintenance system
• Perform and develop effective preventive maintenance systems of plastic molds and stamping dies
• Build and modify spare parts as needed, and give accurate time estimates of repairs
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and work in a self-directed manner to implement projects and optimize production processes

The TOOLS you’ll bring with you:

• Possess expert-level experience in troubleshooting tooling
• 5 years’ experience with Injection Molding repair, engineering changes and new builds
• Journey Mold (Tool and Die) Maker
• Experience with aluminum stamping and machining a plus
• Must be able to communicate technical status to the engineering or operations team.
• Experience with SolidWorks or NX is a plus
• Experience with Master CAM or Solidworks CAM is a plus

We provide these great perks and benefits:

• Robust health, dental and vision insurance plans
• Generous 401 (K) savings plan
• Education assistance
• On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service
• And many more, check out our benefits site HERE .

Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.