Tool / Die Maker III

Mason; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 41,328 - 61,992; Full time

Job summary

Mason is seeking a skilled Tool Maker in Chicago, Illinois. As part of the Toolroom team, you will operate conventional lathes, mills, grinders, and advanced CNC machines to achieve precise tolerances. You will be involved in programming and preparing work for EDM and CNC machines, while also assisting with production issues.

The ideal candidate has experience in tool and die fabrication, machining, and must be able to work effectively with engineering designs. This is a first shift position offering competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Experience with conventional machining tools: lathes, mills, grinders.
• Proficient in reading and interpreting engineering drawings.
• Knowledge of heat treating processes.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate and repair production tooling.
• Sharpen and adjust dies, create new punches.
• Maintain tool heat treating standards.

Skills

CNC Programming

EDM Operation

Tool Fabrication

SolidWorks

Mastercam

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Conventional lathes

Grinders

CNC Machines

Job description

Title

Tool Maker

Job Family

Production

Reports To

Manufacturing Manager

EEOC Class

Craft Worker

Summary

This is a highly skilled trade category in the Toolroom. Operates conventional lathes, mills, grinders, and electrical discharge machine (EDM), and complex CNC machines to achieve extremely close tolerances. Prepares work for, and is involved in programming EDM and CNC machines. Plans, develops and constructs highly intricate tools, dies, jigs, fixtures and gauges to required tolerances. Assist with the Mold Department supervisors on complicated setups and adjustments for production issues to optimize the process and help with F.A.I. Recommends materials and applications to Mfg. & Design Engineering including, but not limited to, D.F.M. and D.F.A., with the Value Stream Manufacturing Engineers. Can work from SolidWorks models, program in Mastercam, follow verbal instructions, and interpret sketches and drawings on engineering development and production programs. This position is primarily based inside the NPI – Toolroom but, will fully support production and any other assignments deemed necessary by management supervision. This position will work first shift from 7:00am - 3:30pm.

Position Duties

• Determines and executes methods and sequences necessary to fabricate and repair production tooling such as dies, fixtures and transfer and injection molds to ensure compliance with our customer and company specifications and quality requirements.
• Perform die work involves sharpening dies, dimensionally adjusting, making changeovers, and fabricating new punches or new die block sections either in‑part or in their entirety.
• Establishes build and repair routine as required, recording produced values and variances for engineering requirements.
• Perform mold work involves changing over cores and cavities of family‑type molds, fabricating new or repairing old cores and/or cavities, replacing ejector pins, replacing core pins, all in part or in their entirety.
• Fixture work involves constructing or repairing various fixtures, e.g. mill, drill, soldering, ultrasonic and assembly fixtures either in‑part or in their entirety.
• Improvise or adapt all tooling as needed to provide engineering data gathering and exporting data to other formats.
• Manufacture first run and production run parts where manufacturing tools are not available and special inspection tools are required.
• Understands tool steel heat treating processes of various types.
• Understand and may be required to set‑up and operate the wire and sinker EDM machines.
• Maintain the highest ethical standards, even when challenged from above.
• Understand and live by Mason’s ethics and business conduct policies.
• Perform related work requiring equal or lesser skill.
• Documents general data as related to daily work performed such as requesting perishable tooling, shop math, work assignment activity in our system.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods and stand to perform work. The employee is required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee must be able to lift, push, pull or move up to fifty (50) pounds or more with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.

• Occasionally required to lift up to 30 lbs.
• Regularly required to sit, stand, bend, reach and move about the facility.
• Safety glasses, shop coat/apron, proper shoes.
• Occasional exposure to shop element such as noise, dust, odors and fumes.

Compensation Pay Range

$30.00- $45.00

Others

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a US person as: any individual who is granted U.S. citizenship; or any individual who is granted U.S. permanent residence ("Green Card" holder); or any individual who is granted status as a "protected person" under 8 U.S.C 1324b(a)(3).

Mason prohibits discrimination or harassment based on the following categories: race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, protected medical leaves (requesting or approved for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act or the California Family Rights Act), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law.