Toolmaker - Precision CNC & Prototyping

Chemring Energetic Devices; Downers Grove (IL); On-site; GBP 31,955 - 40,202; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Life insurance

Tuition assistance

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Chemring Energetic Devices (CED) is seeking a skilled Toolmaker/Precision Machinist to design and deliver tooling and manufacturing solutions for the shop and development projects. You will interpret CAD drawings, program CNC machines, and work with tungsten carbide materials, ensuring tight tolerances and quality.

This role requires a formal apprenticeship or NIMS certification and 5–10 years in manufacturing, preferably aerospace/defense.

Qualifications

• Formal apprenticeship or NIMS certificate.
• 5–10 years in a manufacturing environment (aerospace/defense or prototype).
• Working knowledge of GD&T.
• Lawful U.S. Person (ITAR restrictions) and eligible to possess explosives under the Safe Explosives Act.
• Experience with various tool room machinery (manual lathes, mills, grinders, CNCs, EDM).

Responsibilities

• Interpret and machine parts from CAD drawings, hand sketches, and verbal instructions.
• Collaborate on prototyping and design changes with team members.
• Check work using precision measuring tools (micrometers, dial indicators, gage blocks, etc.).
• Machine parts on toolroom lathes, milling machines, grinders, and saws.
• Surface grind tungsten carbide and refractory materials.
• Work with operators to sharpen/modify production tooling.
• Program, set up, and run CNC vertical machining centers and CNC lathes for development and short runs.
• Program, set up, and run CNC wire EDM (WEDM) for development and short runs.
• Program, set up, and run EDM (hole pop) for development or production.
• Set up and debug punch presses (small dies).
• Grind, sharpen, modify, and repair punches and dies for small jobs.
• Build and repair jigs and fixtures from prints or verbal instructions.

Skills

GD&T

Tooling experience

Machining experience

Education

Formal apprenticeship certificate

NIMS certificate

Tools

Manual lathe

Manual mill

Grinders

CNC machinery

Electrical discharge machines (EDM)

WEDM

CNC lathe

Job description

Chemring Energetic Devices (CED) is seeking a skilled Toolmaker/Precision Machinist to design and deliver tooling and manufacturing solutions for the shop and development projects. You will interpret CAD drawings, program CNC machines, and work with tungsten carbide materials, ensuring tight tolerances and quality.

This role requires a formal apprenticeship or NIMS certification and 5–10 years in manufacturing, preferably aerospace/defense.