Precision Tool & Machine Assembler - 1st Shift, Onsite CAD

Software Placement Group; City of Pewaukee (WI); On-site; USD 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime opportunities

Benefits package

Job summary

Software Placement Group in Pewaukee, WI is seeking a Precision Tool & Machine Assembler for 1st shift, 100% onsite. Build custom automated machinery from ground up, reading complex drawings and active collaboration with engineers.

Role emphasizes precision, PAY up to $40/hour with overtime, and access to CAD-equipped workstations. 5+ years experience or 2+ with formal toolmaking background required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience executing ground-up mechanical machine builds or 2+ years with a formal background in precision toolmaking.
• Experience building high-speed material handling systems, precision automated lines, or custom packaging machinery (not component-level bench assembly).
• Read, interpret, and assemble complex machinery from multi-page assembly prints and fluid power schematics (pneumatics/hydraulics).
• Skilled in safe operation of hand and power tools, shop equipment (mills, lathes, surface grinders), and precision measuring instruments (calipers, micrometers, dial indicators).
• Ability to collaborate with mechanical design engineers on-site to troubleshoot bottlenecks and verify tolerances.

Responsibilities

• Build, fit, align, and assemble diverse, high-value custom automated machinery, robotic cells, assembly presses, and packaging lines from the ground up
• Read and build from detailed multi-view mechanical drawings, assembly blueprints, and fluid power schematics covering pneumatics and hydraulics to establish proper build sequencing
• Access 3D CAD digital models directly at shop-floor workstations to verify spatial relationships, check mechanical clearances, and inspect complex sub-assemblies in real time
• Layout, bend, route, and mount complex pneumatic manifolds, valve blocks, and high-pressure hydraulic circuits onto machine frames
• Shim, scrape, adjust, and tune precision components to exact tolerances using toolmaking-level techniques to ensure flawless mechanical motion and cycling
• Partner directly with mechanical design engineers on-site to troubleshoot assembly bottlenecks, verify tolerances, and resolve design deviations
• Oversee the breakdown, match-marking, packing, and crating of completed custom machines to prepare them for customer transport and field installation

Skills

Machine assembly

Blueprint reading

CAD (3D)

Pneumatics & hydraulics

Precision measurement

Team collaboration

US citizen or GC

Education

Journeyman credentials or apprenticeship in Tool & Die or Precision Machining

Tools

CAD software

Mills & lathes

Surface grinders

Job description

Software Placement Group in Pewaukee, WI is seeking a Precision Tool & Machine Assembler for 1st shift, 100% onsite. Build custom automated machinery from ground up, reading complex drawings and active collaboration with engineers.

Role emphasizes precision, PAY up to $40/hour with overtime, and access to CAD-equipped workstations. 5+ years experience or 2+ with formal toolmaking background required.