Tool & Fixture Specialist

Boeing•North Charleston, SC

5d•$69,300 - $73,000•Onsite

About The Position

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is currently seeking a Tool and Fixture Specialist to join the Propulsion South Carolina(PSC) Tool Construction team in Ladson, South Carolina on second shift. Propulsion South Carolina (PSC) is seeking an experienced Tool & Fixture Specialist to support second shift operations. Primary responsibilities are performing emergent repair of broken tooling and periodic maintenance of tooling used to assemble 737 inlets and build up 787 engines. The PSC tool construction shop has a variety of manual and computer-controlled mills, lathes, and other machines used to fabricate replacement tooling details. A successful candidate must be able to read engineering drawings and perform conversational programming to fabricate tooling details under general direction. On the job training will be conducted on first shift before transitioning to second shift. This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at Ladson, SC (BSC). Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Requirements

4+ years of experience reading engineering schematics and blueprints
4+ years aerospace, manufacturing, or fabrication
4+ years of experience in Tooling and/or Advanced Manufacturing with factory automation, 3D printing, robotics, RFID, etc. “Tooling” includes assembly, design, fabrication, maintenance/repair
4+ years of experience in setting up and operating manual and CNC machines
4+ years of experience operating manual mills and manual lathe
Availability to work 2nd shift required

Nice To Haves

10+ years of experience in repairing broken tooling, periodic tooling maintenance
10+ years of experience in setting up and operating manual and CNC machines
Experience in aerospace, manufacturing, and fabrication
Ability to maintain a periodic maintenance program in a production environment
Experience in Boeing Tooling Procedures
Experience reading and editing G & M codes in CNC programs
Experience with the following equipment: Vertical Mill with Accurate conversational programing controller Sharp Precision Lathe Haas Vertical VF-3 CNC Mill Haas Tool Room TL-3 CNC Lathe

Responsibilities

Performs complex tool setup activities (e.g., alignment, leveling)
Performs visual inspections on tools using appropriate documentation
Make major repairs
Manufactures assembly and fabrication tools using various manual and computer-controlled machines, hand tools and precision alignment equipment
Operates various factory support equipment to move materials and tools as required
Provides tooling support to other organizations
Designs various part fabrication and assembly tools per part engineering drawings or customer requests to enable production using computer or paper tool design processes
Determines fabrication and assembly processes for the design
Reverse engineers design and fabrication processes for parts
Demonstrates functionality of complex fabrication and assembly tools to approve authority by manufacturing first part with new tool
Resolves problems with tools to produce acceptable parts and assemblies
Works under general direction
Submit part & tool order requests
Using cranes and elevated work platforms to perform examination and repair of tooling.