Tooling Team Member

thyssenkrupp; Danville (IL); On-site; USD 36,850 - 39,785; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Tuition Reimbursement Package

401(k) Match

120 hours of Paid Time Off after one year

Comprehensive medical plans with flexible cost options

Gym membership reimbursement

$1,000 sign-on bonus

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Danville, IL is seeking a Tooling Team Member responsible for building and repairing fixtures, tooling, and machine parts. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years' experience in a Tool and Die role and proficiency in CNC operations. This full-time position offers a competitive pay range of $26.75/hr to $28.88/hr and various benefits including tuition reimbursement and a sign-on bonus. Join an innovative team where your skills will truly matter.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in a Tool and Die role.
• Previous experience in tool making, maintenance, and manufacturing.
• Proficient in English language.

Responsibilities

• Build and repair fixtures, tooling, and machine parts to required tolerances.
• Operate CNC high-speed milling machines to produce forge dies.
• Verify conformance of parts to specifications or blueprints.

Skills

CNC operating abilities

Excellent verbal communication skills

Basic math ability including algebra and trigonometry

Adapt to new methods, processes, materials, and equipment

Education

Industrial Maintenance AAS or equivalent degree

Tools

Machine tools

Precision measuring devices

Hand tools

Job description

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Base pay range

$26.75/hr - $28.88/hr

Responsibilities

Summary: The Tooling Team Member reports to the Tooling Group Leader and is responsible for cross‑functional roles in three areas including dies, coil inductors, and parts for the metallurgical lab.

Major Areas of Responsibility

• Build and repair fixtures, tooling, and machine parts to required tolerances.
• Assemble components for welding or brazing using fixtures, clamps, and gauges as required.
• Verify conformance of parts to specifications or blueprints using measuring instruments such as micrometers, calipers, and dimensional scales.
• Provide product sample piece cuts to the metallurgical lab.
• Replacement and repair of forge tooling.

Specific Responsibilities of the Job

Dies

• Operate CNC high‑speed milling machines to produce forge dies.
• Repair dies including rollers, main press, trimmer punches and blades, and calibration dies.
• Check for cracks, chips, wear, and caves on side walls of used dies.
• Grind out imperfections, remove wear, redo radii on edge impressions, and ensure proper contours.
• Maintain machine equipment such as adjusting plates, re‑sharpening blades, and replacing springs and sleeves.
• Refine new die cuts by removing tool marks and burn‑in embossments.

Coil Inductors

• Machine, form, braze, and assemble various materials required in the fabrication and repair of induction heat‑treat tooling.
• Fabricate component parts (including mandrels and fixtures for forming parts and soldering joints), assemble, and alter induction coils.
• Inspect heat‑treated cranks to ensure proper functioning of the inductor.

Metallurgical Lab

• Responsible for cut‑up of as‑forged cranks.
• Utilize guide book for direction on crank parts to be cut; saw respective parts.
• Acid‑etch pieces of received steel.
• Ensure cut parts correspond with paperwork from the Product Inspector.
• Handle machine maintenance of the saw room as necessary.

Standards of Performance

• Ensure proper tolerances of tools.
• Set up, program, operate, and maintain machine tools and measuring devices to perform necessary operations, optimizing speeds and feeds as required.
• Select appropriate materials and methods.
• Read and interpret blueprints.

Essential Functions

• Proficient in English language.
• Walk in a manufacturing setting with multiple stairs and inclines.
• Perform repetitive work.
• Work independently as well as on a team.

Qualifications

• Education/ Credentials/ Certifications
  • Industrial Maintenance AAS or equivalent degree.
• Experience
  • At least 5 years of experience in a Tool and Die role.
  • Previous experience in tool making, maintenance, and manufacturing.
• Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
  • Operate lift truck and overhead bridge crane.
  • Maintain high standards in housekeeping and safety.
  • Adapt to new methods, processes, materials, and equipment.
  • Understand material selection and design while working from blueprints, sketches, and verbal instructions.
  • Operate machine tools, precision measuring devices, and hand tools.
  • Excellent verbal communication skills.
  • Retain knowledge of different steps and processes.
  • Follow written and verbal instructions.
  • Basic math ability including algebra and trigonometry.
  • Well versed in safety policies and procedures.
  • CNC operating abilities.
  • Background in manufacturing and maintenance.

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Benefits

• Company Tuition Reimbursement Package. Quarterly Bonus Program.
• 401(k) Match.
• 120 hours of Paid Time Off after one year.
• Comprehensive medical plans with flexible cost options; Preventative Healthcare and Medical Program with additional premium discount on medical insurance premiums.
• Dental plans.
• Vision Plans.
• Company‑Paid Life, AD&D, Short‑Term Disability, and Long‑Term Disability.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Exclusive free medical services through partnership with Marathon Healthcare for employees and dependents 3+ years of age.
• Gym membership reimbursement.
• $1,000 sign‑on bonus, paid $500 at 6 months and $500 at 12 months.

Company

thyssenkrupp integrated its Forging & Machining and Undercarriage businesses to start the new business unit Forged Technologies. With roughly 7,000 employees at 18 production sites in seven different countries, thyssenkrupp Forged Technologies has sales of over one billion euros and operates over 50 forging press lines and more than 150 machining and assembly lines in seven countries. The product portfolio includes undercarriage systems for heavy machinery as well as crankshafts, connecting rods, pistons, chassis products, transmission systems and rotor shafts for the automotive industry.

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