Tool & Die Maker

.; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Cannon Industries is looking for a skilled Tool & Die Maker to join their team in Rochester, NY. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in fabricating and maintaining tools used in the sheet metal industry. This full-time role offers the opportunity to work in a high-standard environment focused on quality control and engineering processes.

Qualifications

• Five or more years experience as a tool and die maker for the sheet metal industry.
• Must supply own tools.

Responsibilities

• Constructs and repairs shop tools, gauges, jigs, fixtures, or dies.
• Makes tools and dies for various metal forming processes.
• Layouts and plans work from mechanical drawings.

Skills

Blueprint Reading

Tool Repair

Metal Properties Knowledge

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

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Position: Tool & Die Maker

Reports to: Group Leader

Cannon Industries

A global company with headquarters in Rochester, New York, Cannon Industries has grown to become one of the leading sheet metal and custom weld fabricators in the contract manufacturing industry. Our quality standards are unsurpassed in the industry because we know that our customers’ standards grow with each passing year. Computer controlled processes, operators and technicians with decades of experience, and strict procedures for quality control have led Cannon Industries to step ahead of the competition, by earning QS:9000, ISO:9002, and TS:16949 certifications. Cannon Industries, Inc. is a drug, smoke and alcohol free working environment.

General Job Description

Constructs and repairs shop tools, gages, jigs, fixtures or dies used in the production and acceptance or inspection of parts from sheet metal.

Minimum Qualifications

High School diploma or equivalent

Five or more years experience as a tool and die maker for the sheet metal industry

Knowledge of characteristics of various metals needed to achieve final product.

Must be able to read and understand blueprints

Must supply own tools

Specific Duties

Makes tools and dies for forging, punching, milling, drilling, and other metal forming, die casting and metal cutting work.

Layout and plan work from mechanical drawings, models, rough sketches or other oral and written specifications.

Work with engineering and production to build Fixtures and Gages to ensure quality of parts

Occasionally assist with making prototype and short run parts.

Maintenance and maintain customer dies and tooling.

Use a variety of tool and die maker’s hand tools and measuring instruments

Understand the working properties of common metals and alloys.

Set up and operate a wide variety of machine tools and related equipment.

Has knowledge of shrinkage and draft and heat-treating of metal parts during fabrication as well as of finished tools and dies to achieve required results.

Works to close tolerances on tools of intricate design.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as it may be deemed necessary.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

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