Precision Tool & Die Machinist

Silgan Dispensing Systems; Grandview (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal Opportunity Employer

Drug-free workplace

Job summary

Silgan Dispensing Systems in Missouri seeks a skilled machinist to analyze specifications, lay out metal stock, set up and operate machine tools, and fit and assemble dies, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and related tooling to fabricate and repair parts.

You will read blueprints, measure stock, verify tolerances to tight specifications, heat-treat, and assemble components while following safety policies and environmental guidelines.

Qualifications

• Requires four-year apprenticeship or equivalent plus four or more years of experience in construction, alteration or repair of complicated tools, dies, molds and gauges.
• Experience with machining tools and dies to meet exact standards.
• Ability to read and interpret technical descriptions and drawings.

Responsibilities

• Studies specifications such as blueprints, sketches, models, or descriptions, and visualizes product to determine materials required and machines to be used to fabricate parts.
• Computes dimensions, plans layout, and determines assembly method and sequence.
• Measures, marks, and scribes metal stock for machining.
• Sets up and operates machine tools such as lathes, milling machine, EDM, Pantograph, and grinder, to machine parts, and verifies conformance of machined parts to specifications.
• Lifts machined parts and positions and secures parts on surface plate or worktable.

Education

Four-year apprenticeship or equivalent plus four years or more of experience in the construction, alteration or repair of complicated tools, dies, molds and gauges to meet standards

Tools

Lathes

Milling machine

EDM

Pantograph

Grinder

Job description

Silgan Dispensing Systems in Missouri seeks a skilled machinist to analyze specifications, lay out metal stock, set up and operate machine tools, and fit and assemble dies, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and related tooling to fabricate and repair parts.

You will read blueprints, measure stock, verify tolerances to tight specifications, heat-treat, and assemble components while following safety policies and environmental guidelines.