Precision Toolmaker & Machine Assembler – Onsite 1st Shift

Soap Creek Resources; City of Pewaukee (WI); On-site; USD 33,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Soap Creek Resources is seeking a Precision Toolmaker & Machine Assembler for its Pewaukee, WI shop. This role emphasizes ground-up mechanical machine building, pneumatics, and CAD in a 1st shift, onsite environment.

You will interpret complex blueprints, work with 3D CAD models, and assemble high-value automated machinery with a focus on precision and reliable performance. Strong toolmaking background and residency within commuting distance are required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience executing ground-up mechanical machine builds, OR 2+ years of experience backed by a formal background in precision toolmaking, die building, or custom fixture assembly.
• Complex system craftsmanship in high-speed material handling, precision automated lines, or custom packaging machinery.
• Blueprint literacy to read, interpret, and assemble from multi-page assembly prints and fluid power schematics.
• Mastery of precision tools and shop equipment (mills, lathes, surface grinders) and metrology instruments.
• Collaborative mindset to partner with wiremen, controls engineers, and leadership.
• Residence within 45-minute commuting radius of Pewaukee, WI; U.S. Citizenship or Green Card.

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 mechanical drawings and pneumatic/hydraulic schematics to establish build sequencing.
• Use shop-floor 3D CAD models at on-floor workstations to verify spatial relationships and clearances.
• Layout, bend, route, and mount pneumatic manifolds, valve blocks, and hydraulic circuits onto machine frames.
• Shim, scrape, adjust, and tune components to exact tolerances using toolmaking techniques.
• Collaborate with engineering on-site to troubleshoot bottlenecks, verify tolerances, and resolve deviations.
• Oversee teardown, match-marking, packing, and crating of completed machines for transport.

Skills

Ground-up machine building

Blueprint literacy

Precision measurement

3D CAD modeling

Team collaboration

Tools

Mills

Lathes

Surface grinders

Calipers

Micrometers

Dial indicators

Job description

Soap Creek Resources is seeking a Precision Toolmaker & Machine Assembler for its Pewaukee, WI shop. This role emphasizes ground-up mechanical machine building, pneumatics, and CAD in a 1st shift, onsite environment.

You will interpret complex blueprints, work with 3D CAD models, and assemble high-value automated machinery with a focus on precision and reliable performance. Strong toolmaking background and residency within commuting distance are required.