Night Shift Tool and Die Maker - Precision Machinist

SOLVENTUM; Monrovia (CA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Solventum is seeking a Tool & Die Maker C/B for its Monrovia, CA facility on the 3rd shift, focusing on advanced machining and tooling while collaborating with experienced maintenance and manufacturing colleagues.

The role starts at $33.00–$37.00 per hour plus a $1.00 shift premium, with MSTB qualification and full-time night availability. A 2-year technical degree or 5 years tooling experience is required; safety, precision, and teamwork define our plant culture.

Qualifications

• 2-year technical degree in machining, manufacturing, tool maintenance, or related technical discipline.
• OR 5-years of experience as a Tool & Die maker.
• Must achieve a qualifying score on the Maintenance Selection Test Battery (MSTB).
• Ability to work full-time on 3rd Shift (10:00 PM - 6:30 AM).
• Ability to work overtime, weekends, or holidays as business needs require.
• Ability to maintain required personal hand tools as designated by plant management.

Responsibilities

• Developing skills in the construction, repair, and design of tools, jigs, fixtures, tooling gauges, and compound and/or progressive blanking and forming dies
• Learning to blank and draw characteristics of stainless steel and Inconel materials.
• Building and modifying tools and dies from verbal instructions, rough sketches, drawings, and other informal directions.
• Setting up and operating standard tool room equipment, including lathes, mills, surface grinders, dividing heads, radius dressers, optical comparators, surface and height gauges.
• Holding precision tolerances of ±0.0001” while working with tooling steels and carbide materials.
• Sharpening close-tolerance tooling, cutting tools, drills, and lathe tooling, and using hand and power tools to bench fit tool and die assemblies.

Education

2-year technical degree in machining, manufacturing, tool maintenance, or related technical discipline

Job description

Solventum is seeking a Tool & Die Maker C/B for its Monrovia, CA facility on the 3rd shift, focusing on advanced machining and tooling while collaborating with experienced maintenance and manufacturing colleagues.

The role starts at $33.00–$37.00 per hour plus a $1.00 shift premium, with MSTB qualification and full-time night availability. A 2-year technical degree or 5 years tooling experience is required; safety, precision, and teamwork define our plant culture.