Tool & Die Maker - Level 2

Precision Castparts; San Leandro (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Castparts in San Leandro, CA, seeks a skilled tooling professional to design, program, and build dies and production tooling in line with quality standards. The role focuses on balancing time and cost to approach final dimensional needs with minimal rework.

You will lead tooling projects, supervise shop floor tasks, train staff, and collaborate with design and engineering to ensure cost analysis, tooling efficiency, and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience with injection molding.
• Experience with MasterCAM.
• Proficient at CNC programming; able to fully program and operate a CNC.
• Ability to perform complex mathematical calculations.
• Ability to use complex measuring devices and fixtures.
• Experience with toolmaking is a nice to have, but is not necessary.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate leadership to improve productivity and reduce scrap and rework while maintaining production schedule.
• Train incoming personnel and cooperate with management.
• Instruct others in plant safety rules and policies.
• Design, program, and build dies at all levels of complexity (wax dies, ceramic core dies, fixtures).
• Quote design and manufacturing cost of new tools and reworks.
• Supervise and troubleshoot in-house tooling projects and communicate with design/engineering.
• Maintain efficiency standards and cost analysis for profitability.
• Run department efficiently with minimal outside assistance.
• Evaluate outside toolmakers and cost-charging systems.
• Explain and compute efficiency systems in the area/department.
• Plan, organize, and supervise large tooling programs and communicate with vendors.

Skills

MasterCAM

CNC Programming

Injection Molding

Measuring Devices

Mathematical Calculations

Toolmaking (Nice-to-have)

Tools

MasterCAM

Job description

Under general supervision, those who design, program, and build cavity dies and production tooling and fixtures in accordance with quality standards. Ensures that documentation, tooling and parts are correctly matched to paperwork.

To build tooling with the proper balance of time and cost to make a product that is as close to final dimensional need as possible with minimal rework.

Essential Job Functions

• Demonstrate leadership ability and set good examples for the department. This will be judged on increase of productivity and decrease of scrap and rework, plus maintaining production schedule.
• Demonstrate cooperation when assistance is needed by the management and must possess the ability to train incoming personnel.
• Know, understand, and be able to instruct others in the Safety rules and policies of the plant.
• Demonstrate the ability to design, program, and build dies at all levels of complexity, for example, Wax dies, ceramic core dies, inspection fixtures, straightening fixtures, and all other types of permanent and temporary tooling.
• Demonstrate the ability to quote the design and manufacturing cost of new tools and reworks. Note: This will be verified thru comparisons with vendors.
• Demonstrate the ability to supervise and troubleshoot in house tooling projects. Clarify tooling instructions with design and engineering personnel.
• Maintains the requirements and skills of all previous levels for that department, including the Quality Systems, and make and maintain efficiency standards.
• Possess the ability to make cost analysis for decision making, and exercise good judgment in helping the company to become more profitable.
• Possess ability to basically run the department efficiently with a minimum of outside assistance.
• Maintain outside toolmaker sources, evaluate their work, and determine a system of cost analysis for approval of their charges.
• Explain and be able to compute the efficiency system established in the area/department.
• Demonstrate the ability to plan, organize, instruct, supervise and gather feedback on large tooling programs (Project Manager). Must also be able to communicate with tool vendors, such as giving instructions and answering tooling related questions.
• All other duties assigned.

Qualifications And Additional Requirements

• Experience with injection molding
• Experience with MasterCAM
• Proficient at CNC Programming; candidate must be able to fully program and operate a CNC without assistance
• Ability to perform complex mathematical calculations
• Ability to use complex measuring devices and fixtures
• Experience with toolmaking is a nice to have, but is not necessary