Senior Precision Grinder

Pinewood Tool; Menomonee Falls (WI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Bonus based on performance

Company parties

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Free food & snacks

Health insurance

Paid time off

Training & development

Job summary

Pinewood Tool in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin is seeking an experienced Precision Grinder for first shift. The job involves handling surface and OD grinding for high-precision tooling with tight tolerances. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in precision grinding, strong wheel dressing skills, and solid blueprint reading abilities. Join a clean, air-conditioned facility where your work is appreciated, wealth of benefits offered, including 401(k) and health insurance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of precision grinding experience in a toolroom or short-run job shop.
• Hands-on experience with precision hand grinders and wet grinders.
• Ability to hold tight tolerances on flatness and concentricity.

Responsibilities

• Surface grinding to hold flatness and parallelism.
• OD grinding to achieve concentricity and runout.
• Set up jobs, select and dress wheels, and perform inspections.

Skills

Precision grinding

Blueprint reading

Metrology tools

Wheel selection and dressing

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Bonus based on performance
• Company parties
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Free food & snacks
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Training & development

Pinewood Tool is a family owned, high-precision job shop, and we're hiring a Precision Grinder to join our first shift. You'll handle surface and OD grinding on tooling and components for short-run, tight-tolerance work where flatness, parallelism, concentricity, and finish all need to be right the first time.

This is a hands-on role for someone who takes pride in reading a print, picking the right wheel, dressing it well, and bringing parts in to spec.

What you'll do

• Surface (flat) grinding to hold flatness and parallelism
• OD grinding to hold concentricity and runout
• Fine surface-finish control to print specification
• Work to Pinewood's capability of holding tolerances to .0001″
• Set up your own jobs, select and dress wheels, and perform in-process inspection
• Machine from blueprints, applying GD&T
• Take ownership of your work and stand behind the result

What we're looking for

• 10+ years of precision grinding experience in a toolroom or short-run job shop
• Hands‑on experience with precision hand grinders, spin fixtures and wet grinders
• Demonstrated ability to hold tight tolerances on flatness, parallelism, concentricity, and runout
• Strong wheel selection and dressing skills across materials and finishes
• Solid blueprint reading and applied GD&T knowledge
• Comfortable with standard toolroom metrology — micrometers, indicators, height gauges, surface plates, surface‑finish testers
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Detail‑oriented, dependable, and team‑minded — a fit for our culture of ownership, attention to detail, continuous improvement, and teamwork

The shop and the schedule

• First shift, 8‑hour days, full‑time, in person
• Clean, air‑conditioned facility
• Small‑team environment where your work is visible and valued

Salary is based on experience.