Tool Maker ($37.35/hr)

Flex-N-Gate; Sandusky (OH); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid holidays

Vacation time

Job summary

Flex-N-Gate, a leading automotive supplier, seeks skilled personnel for extensive mold repair and maintenance, including disassembly/assembly of injection molds. You will support production, plan layouts, and use blueprints to select materials and tooling.

Ideal candidates have a Journeyman card or 8 years' experience, with strong troubleshooting, basic machining skills, and the ability to work across shifts in a dynamic shop environment.

Qualifications

• Journeyman card or 8 years' experience preferred.
• Extensive mold repair and maintenance experience.
• Ability to read blueprints, sketches, models and descriptions to determine materials and processes.

Responsibilities

• Perform extensive mold repair and maintenance, including full disassembly and assembly of injection molds.
• Provide production support and assist with shop assignments.
• Conduct basic machining on lathes, mills and grinders as required.
• Study specifications and use drawings/models to determine materials and tooling.
• Compute dimensions and plan layout, assembly methods and sequence of operations.
• Measure and scribe metal stock for machining.
• Understand lifting and rigging techniques for dies and parts with overhead cranes.
• Verify dimensions, alignments and clearances to ensure quality.
• Heat treat metal tools or parts.

Skills

Mold repair

Preventive maintenance

Blueprint reading

Machining basics

Education

Journeyman card or 8 years\' experience

Tools

Lathe

Milling machine

Grinder

Job description

Flex-N-Gate is a leading manufacturer and supplier of components for the automotive industry, recently ranked 10th of the 150 Top North American Suppliers in “Automotive News.” A growing and vital company, Flex-N-Gate provides a great opportunity for hard-working and skilled individuals.

Job Duties

• Extensive mold repair and maintenance, routine preventative maintenance on injection molds that requires full disassembly and assembly. Strong trouble shooting skills. Responsibilities include production support as well as job assignment in the shop. Basic machining skills required on lathes, mills, and grinders. Studies specifications such as blueprints, sketches, models, or descriptions, and visualizes product to determine materials required and machines to be used to fabricate metal parts
• Computes dimensions, plans layout, and determines assembly method and sequence of operations.
• Measures, marks, and scribes metal stock for machining.
• Knowledge of lifting and rigging techniques for dies and machined parts with overhead cranes.
• Ability to verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances.
• Heat treats metal tools or parts.
• Examines standard or previously used dies, tools, and jigs and fixtures, and recommends design modifications regarding construction and function of part.
• Develops specifications from general description for specialty tools and draws or sketches design of product.

Working Environment And Conditions

Working environment conditions include potential for high heat during spring, summer and fall months, moderate noise conditions, working with controlled chemicals, interacting with industrial truck traffic as a pedestrian, working on or around hazardous machinery, infrequent lifts of 40lbs or greater, working from a step ladder less than 6 feet, working in confined spaces, and potentially obtain an in plant industrial truck license. Some overtime is mandated. Candidate must be willing to work all 3 shifts.

Requirements

Journeyman card or 8 years' experience strongly preferred

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, prescription, vision, life and disability insurance; and a flexible spending account
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Extensive safety training, new hire orientation, continuous learning and development programs and tuition reimbursement
• Paid holidays and vacation time

What do our employees have to say?

“It engages you professionally, and provides learning opportunities.”

“Lots of growth opportunity.”

“The company’s young enough to be exciting, but old enough to be stable.”

Not just a job - a great place to work!

Flex-N-Gate is an equal opportunity employer.

EEO/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled.