Senior Precision Toolmaker & Custom Machine Builder

Kingfisher Recruiting; City of Pewaukee (WI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Kingfisher Recruiting seeks a Precision Toolmaker & Machine Assembler – Pneumatics & CAD to build complex custom automation. You will work onsite in a modern shop, collaborating with engineers and wiremen, owning assemblies from layout to final installation.

The role requires 5+ years in ground-up machine building or 2+ years with precision toolmaking, strong blueprint literacy, and fluid power experience. Citizenship or GC and residency within 45 minutes of Pewaukee are required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of ground-up mechanical machine building or 2+ years with precision toolmaking/fixture background.
• Blueprint literacy to read and assemble from complex assembly prints.
• Experience with pneumatics/hydraulics and fluid power routing.
• Proficient with precision measuring tools and shop equipment.

Responsibilities

• Build and align diverse, high-value custom automated machinery from the ground up.
• Read and interpret detailed mechanical drawings and fluid power schematics.
• Use on-floor 3D CAD models to verify fit and clearances in real time.
• Install pneumatic manifolds and hydraulic circuits on machine frames.
• Tune components to tight tolerances using toolmaking techniques.
• Collaborate with engineering to troubleshoot bottlenecks and verify tolerances.
• Oversee teardown, packing, and crating for shipment and field installation.

Skills

Ground-up machine building

Toolmaking/fixture-building

Blueprint literacy

Pneumatics & hydraulics

Precision measurement tools

Shop floor collaboration

Education

Precision toolmaking background

Die building / fixture assembly background

Tools

3D CAD modeling

Mills

Lathes

Surface grinders

Calipers/micrometers/dial indicators

Job description

Kingfisher Recruiting seeks a Precision Toolmaker & Machine Assembler – Pneumatics & CAD to build complex custom automation. You will work onsite in a modern shop, collaborating with engineers and wiremen, owning assemblies from layout to final installation.

The role requires 5+ years in ground-up machine building or 2+ years with precision toolmaking, strong blueprint literacy, and fluid power experience. Citizenship or GC and residency within 45 minutes of Pewaukee are required.