Tool & Die Maker

Lockheed Martin•Marietta, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This occupation requires the planning, layout, fabrication, assembly, and proving of all types and sizes of aircraft tools and dies. The role involves planning the layout, fabrication, and assembly of tools and dies working from tool design and/or engineering information, and supplying any information lacking on the design, print, or sketch. The Tool & Die Maker will lay out, fabricate, and assemble various types of dies and machine tool fixtures, prove dies as required during test run operations, and suggest revisions in design and/or substitution in material. They will also set up and operate all types of machine tools, including generating NC code for CNC machine tools as required for the machining of tools and dies where established tooling is provided, working to exacting tolerances. The position also includes performing satisfactorily any function of the Bench Machinist as required and performing rework wherein the operations are essentially the same as required for the work described above.

Requirements

Three years of experience as a Tool & Die Maker.
Completion of a high quality industrial based Tool & Die Maker Apprenticeship program (typically 8,000 hours).
Completion of a high quality industrial based Tool & Die Maker Training program (typically 6,000 – 8,000 hours).
Aircraft experience

Nice To Haves

A maximum of six months credit towards the three-year requirement may be given to an employee who has satisfactorily completed a Tool Maker-Trainee program.

Responsibilities

Plans the layout, fabrication, and assembly of all types and sizes of tools and dies working from tool design and/or engineering information.
Supplies any information lacking on the design, print, or sketch.
Lays out, fabricates, and assembles tools and dies such as cam action dies; forming dies involving deep draws and compound contours; compound dies with irregular contour requiring coordination of punch holes, or compound dies designed for the production of light and heavy gauge parts; combination dies involving several planes and designed to perform joggling and dimpling operations on light gauge parts; progressive dies that include a forming action, or involve more than two operations.
Lays out and fabricates machine tool fixtures such as milling fixtures for angular and multiple cutting operations; checking fixtures and drill plates, involving irregular contours and locating points in more than one plane; drill jigs having coordinated holes in several difference planes not at right angles.
Proves dies as required during test run operations.
Suggests revisions in design and/or substitution in material.
Sets up and operates all types of machine tools, including generating NC code for CNC machine tools as required for the machining of tools and dies where established tooling is provided.
Works to exacting tolerances.
Performs satisfactorily any function of the Bench Machinist as required.
Performs rework wherein the operations are essentially the same as required for the work described above.
To plan for and build all types of aircraft tools, dies, and gauges.
To set up and operate machine tools as required.
To apply a knowledge of tooling heat treat and the machinability of metals; to apply a knowledge of machine shop practice and procedure.
To use precision measuring instruments.
To read and interpret complex blueprints and sketches; to use shop mathematics, including trigonometry.
To work to exacting tolerances.
To manually pull, push or lift over 25 lbs.