Senior Precision Toolmaker & Machine Builder Onsite

Barrette Workforce Solutions, LLC; City of Pewaukee (WI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Barrette Workforce Solutions, LLC is seeking a Precision Toolmaker & Machine Assembler – Pneumatics & CAD in Pewaukee, WI. This 1st shift, on-site role offers up to $40/hour with overtime and a comprehensive benefits package, with flexible collaboration across engineering and shop-floor teams.

You will build custom automation equipment, read detailed drawings, model in 3D CAD at the floor, route pneumatic/hydraulic systems, and ensure tight tolerances while supporting end-to-end project

Qualifications

• 5+ years of ground-up mechanical machine builds, or 2+ years with precision toolmaking/fixture background.
• Experience with high-speed material handling, custom packaging machinery, or similar systems.
• Read/interpret multi-page mechanical prints and fluid power schematics.
• Citizenship or Green Card and within 45-minute drive of Pewaukee, WI.

Responsibilities

• Build, fit, align, and assemble complex automated machinery from the ground up.
• Read detailed mechanical drawings and pneumatic/hydraulic schematics for sequencing.
• Use on-floor 3D CAD models to verify clearances and sub-assemblies.
• Layout and mount pneumatic manifolds and hydraulic circuits on frames.
• Fine-tune components to exact tolerances with precision tool techniques.
• Collaborate with engineering to troubleshoot bottlenecks and deviations.
• Oversee teardown, packing, and crating for customer transport and field installs.

Skills

Ground-up mechanical machine building

Precision toolmaking / fixturebuilding

Blueprint literacy

Pneumatic / hydraulic systems

3D CAD modeling

Metrology: calipers / micrometers

Tools

Mills

Lathes

Surface grinders

Calipers

Micrometers

Job description

Barrette Workforce Solutions, LLC is seeking a Precision Toolmaker & Machine Assembler – Pneumatics & CAD in Pewaukee, WI. This 1st shift, on-site role offers up to $40/hour with overtime and a comprehensive benefits package, with flexible collaboration across engineering and shop-floor teams.

You will build custom automation equipment, read detailed drawings, model in 3D CAD at the floor, route pneumatic/hydraulic systems, and ensure tight tolerances while supporting end-to-end project