Precision Toolmaker & Machinery Assembler - 1st Shift

Food Management Search; City of Pewaukee (WI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Food Management Search, Inc. is seeking a Precision Toolmaker & Machine Assembler – Pneumatics & CAD in Pewaukee, WI. This 1st shift, 100% on-site role offers up to $40/hour with overtime and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements include 5+ years of ground-up mechanical machine building or 2+ years in precision toolmaking/fixture assembly, blueprints literacy, and strong pneumatics/hydraulics experience. You will work closely with engineers in a modern shop with CAD workstations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience executing ground-up mechanical machine builds or 2+ years backed by precision toolmaking/fixture-building background.
• Demonstrated background building high-speed material handling systems, precision automated lines, or custom packaging machinery.
• Expert ability to read, interpret and assemble complex machinery from multi-page mechanical prints and fluid power schematics.
• Expert, safe operation of hand and power tools, shop equipment (mills, lathes, surface grinders), and precision measuring instruments.

Responsibilities

• Build, fit, align, and assemble diverse, high-value custom automated machinery and robotic cells from ground up.
• Read and construct from detailed mechanical drawings and hydraulic/pneumatic schematics to plan build sequencing.
• Use 3D CAD models at shop-floor stations to verify spatial relationships and inspect sub-assemblies.
• Layout and mount pneumatic manifolds, valve blocks, and hydraulic circuits on machine frames.
• Shim, scrape, adjust, and tune components to tight tolerances with precision toolmaking techniques.
• Collaborate with design engineers on-site to troubleshoot bottlenecks and verify tolerances.
• Oversee teardown, packing, and crating of completed machines for transport and installation.

Skills

Machine Building

Blueprint Literacy

Pneumatics & Hydraulics

Precision Measurement

Shop Floor Machinery

Tools

Mills

Lathes

Surface Grinders

Calipers

Micrometers

Dial Indicators

3D CAD

Job description

Food Management Search, Inc. is seeking a Precision Toolmaker & Machine Assembler – Pneumatics & CAD in Pewaukee, WI. This 1st shift, 100% on-site role offers up to $40/hour with overtime and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements include 5+ years of ground-up mechanical machine building or 2+ years in precision toolmaking/fixture assembly, blueprints literacy, and strong pneumatics/hydraulics experience. You will work closely with engineers in a modern shop with CAD workstations.