Onsite Precision Toolmaker & Custom Automation Builder

Talent Match Recruiting; City of Pewaukee (WI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Pewaukee, WI 100% onsite, 1st shift Precision Toolmaker & Machine Assembler role offering up to $40/hour plus overtime. You will build advanced custom automation from ground up, work closely with engineers, and operate from a modern facility with CAD workstations.

Requirements include 5+ years in machine building or 2+ years with precision toolmaking/fixture background, plus blueprints literacy and pneumatics/hydraulics knowledge. U.S.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of ground-up mechanical machine builds, OR 2+ years with precision toolmaking/fixture background.
• Experience with high-precision mechanical assembly and fixture creation.
• Ability to read and assemble from multi-view mechanical drawings and fluid power schematics.

Responsibilities

• Build complex custom systems from the ground up.
• Interpret detailed mechanical drawings and pneumatics/hydraulic schematics.
• Use on-floor 3D CAD models to verify fit and clearances.
• Install and route pneumatic manifolds and hydraulic circuits.
• Fine-tune components to precise tolerances.
• Collaborate with engineering to resolve build issues.
• Oversee teardown, packing, and crating for transport.

Skills

Machine building

Blueprint literacy

CAD modeling

Pneumatics & hydraulics

Precision measurement

Toolmaking background

Team collaboration

Tools

3D CAD software

Mills & lathes

Calipers & micrometers

Job description

Pewaukee, WI 100% onsite, 1st shift Precision Toolmaker & Machine Assembler role offering up to $40/hour plus overtime. You will build advanced custom automation from ground up, work closely with engineers, and operate from a modern facility with CAD workstations.

Requirements include 5+ years in machine building or 2+ years with precision toolmaking/fixture background, plus blueprints literacy and pneumatics/hydraulics knowledge. U.S.