Maintenance Mold Maker

Accu-Mold Corp•Ankeny, IA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Join Accumold's world-class Tool Room team and build some of the most precision injection molds in the world, helping make life-changing medical, electronics, optical, and other advanced technologies possible. Every project presents unique engineering challenges, giving you the opportunity to apply your machining expertise while working with advanced manufacturing technologies. You'll collaborate with engineers, designers, and fellow toolmakers to create and maintain tooling measured in microns, contributing directly to innovative products used around the world.

Requirements

High school education coursework or GED required.
Ability to operate personal computer.
Knowledge of Windows based CAD programs such as Master cam, AutoCAD and Solid Works.
Ability to read, comprehend, and utilize instructions and short correspondence with professionals.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratios, percent and use trigonometry.
Ability to read and understand complicated designs and drawings.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
An understanding of cause and effect as it relates to mold making.
Use of experience to trouble shoot and problem solve.
Willingness to attend conferences, classes or training to enhance and update knowledge and skills.
Ability to direct work task to others if you are assigned the lead role in a project.
While performing the duties of this job, the incumbent is required to stand and use hand to manipulate very small parts or tweezers.
Sense of touch may be used to detect texture, burs and edges.
Frequent movement throughout the facility is required.
Normal or corrected to normal vision is required with good color vision, close vision, and ability to use microscope and adjust focus.
May be required to move or transport up to 55 lbs.

Nice To Haves

Two-year tool & die degree or four years experience in tooling or moldmaking preferred.
Experience using tools such as metal saws, mills, grinders, lathes, EDM sinkers, EDM Hole Burner and CNC Mill.
Occasional travel may be requested for company business.

Responsibilities

Cleans and maintains production tools and molds as primary duties. New tooling projects as required.
Builds or repairs components for existing tools and molds through the use of tool room equipment, using designs created by the engineering department. Reads and interprets plans from paper drawings or computer files.
Using toolmakers scope, measures, examines, diagnoses and trouble-shoots existing molds to make improvements or corrections.
Works as a team with Manufacturing Engineering and Production Planning to ensure that mold maintenance is finished quickly, precisely and on time.
Other duties as required.