Toolmaker

General Dynamics Land Systems; Scranton (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Land Systems is seeking a skilled Toolmaker to design, set up and operate CNC machining centers, lathes and mills. You will lay out work, select appropriate tooling, and produce or repair tools, dies, fixtures and gauges with tight tolerances.

You may work without detailed drawings and in environments handling hazardous waste. Experience prototyping without drawings and proven CNC programs is required.

Qualifications

• Must have experience in set up of CNC Machining Centers, lathes, mills.
• Must be able to produce prototype productions without finished detailed drawings
• Must be able to prove out CNC programs

Responsibilities

• Make and repair all types of tools, dies, jigs, fixtures and gauges.
• Lay out the work and determine the sequence of operations and the kind of materials and the tools best suited to the job at hand.
• Operate tool room machine tools and perform bench work with fine tolerances.
• May work without detailed design and specifications and with only limited instruction.
• May also be required to handle hazardous waste from time to time.

Skills

CNC machining

Set up CNC machines

Lathes

Mills

Prototype production without drawings

CNC program verification

Tools

CNC machine tools

Job description

General Dynamics Land Systems is a global leader in the design, development, production, support and sustainment of tracked and wheeled military equipment, specifically the Abrams Main Battle Tank and the Stryker Family of Wheeled Combat Vehicles.

The job description is as follows:

Make and repair all types of tools, dies, jigs, fixtures and gauges. Lay out the work and determine the sequence of operations and the kind of materials and the tools best suited to the job at hand. May work without benefit of detailed design and specifications and with only limited instruction. Requires the ability to operate all types of tool room machine tools and to perform all types of bench work, fitting and assembly work and to deal with fine tolerances.

This classification applies particularly to toolmakers who specialize in bench and assembly work. Tool room machine operators who specialize in the operation of certain machines to machine parts required by bench hand toolmakers are classified as machine operators, boring mill grinders, etc.

May also be required to handle/manage hazardous waste from time to time.

THE ABOVE STATEMENTS REFLECT GENERAL DETAILS NECESSARY FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE JOB AND ARE NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS BEING ALL INCLUSIVE

Background Requirements

• Must have experience in set up of CNC Machining Centers, lathes, mills.
• Must be able to produce prototype productions without finished detailed drawings
• Must be able to prove out CNC programs