Tool Maker

ALL REALTRUCK Career•Mesquite, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Tool Maker will operate band saw, sanders, grinders, drills, lathes, milling and boring machines to build and repair custom tools, molds, and trim fixtures that are used to manufacture a variety of products. The Tool Maker must be able to ensure quality standards are maintained for each tooling/mold, jigs and fixtures created as they are manufacturing tools and aids used to increase the reliability, accuracy and quality of the manufacturing process while minimizing production cycle times and improving worker safety.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent experience is required.
1-3 years of related experience required.
Skilled in operating band saw, sanders, grinders, drills, lathes, milling, and boring machines.
Skill to layout cavities to pour epoxy for production molds.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Knowledge of the steps to follow to ensure proper surface quality, vacuum holes, and proper curing of the epoxy.
Knowledge of chemicals is needed to produce epoxy molds and trim fixtures from urethane.
Individual Contributor: working team member with no oversight of others and no management responsibilities.
Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
climbing, balancing, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, crawling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; expansive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly of fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.
subject to inside and outside environmental conditions, including heat, noise, vibration, and hazards from a production-based environment.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree or related job experience is preferred.
Small press machine 2 years of experience.
CNC Programmer preferred.
3-5 years of related experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Repair production tooling when necessary.
Sand, drill vacuum holes, produce prototype from plastic sheet.
Band saw, table saw, powered sander, hand drill, drill press.
Experience in fabrication.
Repair production tooling and replace parts when necessary.
Weld and fabricate using measuring tools.
Shop equipment steel cutting saws.
Use welding skills with both mig and tig welder.
Create trim out fixtures and jigs for Production.
Build fixtures to fit each manufactured part which is vital for optimizing manufacturing processes, reducing scrap material, and improving accuracy and repeatability of processes, reducing the level of skill required to operate jigs and fixtures and increasing productivity.
Sand and hand polish new molds/tooling.
Use tool design skill set to design progressive dies utilized in production from vehicle parts without help from engineering.
Design of tooling frames and other structures for tooling.