Precision Jig & Fixture Builder — 5+ Years Experience

Bell Textron Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Textron in Fort Worth, TX seeks an experienced Jig & Fixture Builder A to craft, assemble and repair jigs, fixtures, gauges and tooling for production assemblies. You will read drawings, lay out parts, and work with hydraulic, electrical and pneumatic components to exact tolerances.

Requires five years of jig/fixture building or tool-and-die experience, ability to set up tool room equipment, and precision measuring skills. Textron is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years’ experience in jig and fixture building and/or tool and die making experience.
• Must be able to work from drawing of part without benefit of tool design.
• Experience with alignment, compound angles, and coordinating related tools.

Responsibilities

• Devises, lays out, manufactures, assembles, reworks, and repairs jigs, fixtures, gauges, and necessary tools for assemblies.
• Uses a wide variety of raw materials.
• Mounts and aligns hydraulic, electrical/electronic, pneumatic and optical components as required.
• Works to precision tolerances as required.
• Uses precision measuring equipment to check work.
• May set up and use a range of tool room equipment and machines.

Skills

Drawing interpretation

Precision measurement

Precision alignment

Tools

Machinist hand tools

Job description

Textron in Fort Worth, TX seeks an experienced Jig & Fixture Builder A to craft, assemble and repair jigs, fixtures, gauges and tooling for production assemblies. You will read drawings, lay out parts, and work with hydraulic, electrical and pneumatic components to exact tolerances.

Requires five years of jig/fixture building or tool-and-die experience, ability to set up tool room equipment, and precision measuring skills. Textron is an Equal Opportunity Employer.