Tool / Die Maker III

Mason Controls; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 41,328 - 61,992; Full time

Job summary

Mason Controls is seeking a skilled Tool / Die Maker III based in Sylmar, CA, who will operate lathes, mills, grinders, and complex machines. The role focuses on fabricating and repairing production tools to comply with specifications.

The ideal candidate should have experience with SolidWorks and Mastercam programming. Responsibilities include understanding heat treating processes, constructing fixtures, and ensuring high-quality standards during production.

Qualifications

• Ability to use inspection instruments and precision measuring devices.
• Read and analyze complicated blueprints and drawings.
• Possess knowledge of shop practices and broad knowledge of metals.
• Ability to keep accurate inspection records.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate and repair production tooling such as dies and fixtures.
• Sharpen dies, dimensionally adjust, and fabricate new punches.
• Construct or repair various fixtures such as mill and assembly fixtures.
• Understand tool steel heat treating processes.

Skills

Ability to use inspection instruments

Read and analyze complicated blueprints

Knowledge of shop practices

Ability to make coordination checks

Job description

Position Overview

Position: Tool / Die Maker III

Location: Sylmar, CA

Job Id: 542

Number of Openings: 2

Reports To: Manufacturing Manager

Job Family: Production

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.
• Performs die work that 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.
• Performs mold work that 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.
• Conducts fixture work by constructing or repairing various fixtures such as 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 export data to other formats.
• Manufactures 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.
• Understands and may be required to set up and operate the wire and sinker EDM machines.
• Maintains the highest ethical standards, even when challenged from above.
• Understands and lives by Mason's ethics and business conduct policies.
• Performs 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 the system.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to use all types of inspection instruments and precision measuring devices.
• Ability to make coordination checks to tolerance and make part layouts to establish inspection reference lines and points.
• Read and analyze complicated blueprints and drawings and have a basic knowledge of positional tolerance.
• Knowledge of 2D and 3D solid geometry, trigonometry and related mathematics required for making accurate measurements checks with standard and digital read-out, operation of microprocessors, profilometer, computers and printers.
• Possess knowledge of shop practices and have a broad knowledge of metals and their reaction to all types of processes normally used by the company.
• Knowledge of inspection requirements, company quality standards, and military specifications.
• Ability to keep accurate inspection records and communicate directly with engineering personnel.
• Operates various machines and performs other highly skilled work such as laying out, fitting and assembling parts.
• May involve considerable development work, highly skilled fitting, timing and adjusting.
• Analyzes drawings and/or blueprints, determines tooling required and determines procedures to be followed for making parts needed. Must be able to fabricate specialized tools where no design is available.

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 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 elements such as noise, dust, odors and fumes.

Compensation Pay Range

$30.00 - $45.00

Additional Information

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).

EEO Statement

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.