Tool Maker

Charter Manufacturing•Milwaukee, WI

107d

About The Position

Charter Manufacturing is a fourth-generation family-owned business where our will to grow drives us to do it better. Join the team and become part of our family! POSITION PURPOSE/MISSION: Setup, adjust, and operate a variety of tool room equipment to manufacture, repair, or modify tooling. Improve operations and tool making processes to improve cost and efficiency. Troubleshoot tooling with Production Operators, coach and mentor Tool Makers or Apprentices, and perform preventative maintenance. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Constant standing. Frequent reaching, use of fine motor skills, and lifting up to 10 lbs. Occasional walking, balancing, and lifting up to 35 lbs. Minimal sitting, foot use, below waist level work, climbing, push/pulling, carrying, forceful motion, and lifting up to 50 lbs. Ability to meet the physical requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation, as provided in detail in the Job Analysis Database.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
Accredited Tool Maker Apprenticeship or four plus years’ diversified machine and tool making experience.
Two plus years’ tool maker experience.
Experience operating and programming CNC equipment.
Ability to read blueprints, drawings, and sketches.
Ability to use precision measuring instruments.
Basic oral and written communication skills.
Ability to work well with other employees.
Ability to follow instructions.
Basic problem-solving skills.
Good math skills.

Nice To Haves

Accredited Tool Maker Apprenticeship or equivalent training or three plus years’ diversified machine and tool making experience.
Ability to program CNC machines independently.
Ability to document machine/tool details from tool components.
Metal stamping and/or cold forming tooling experience.
Experience with metal inert gas (MIG) and tungsten insert gas (TIG) welding.

Responsibilities

Daily Operations Identify Tooling problems and escalate for attention.
Use precision measuring instruments, gauges, or devices to verify tooling, components, machine and production parts.
Safely perform various PM work to tooling as required.
Safely perform fabrication work.
Safely set up and operate machine tools, such as lathes, mills, grinders, and CNC equipment to machine parts to specifications.
Program CNC equipment to control path machining of tooling and machine parts.
Select cutting tools, machine speeds, and feed rates and make adjustments for tool wear, material and machine wear.
Act as a resource for Production to ensure the machines are operating safely and efficiently.
Perform machining operations which may require unusual and complicated set-ups and adaptation of tooling to perform work.
Troubleshooting Assist to resolve tooling problems as assigned.
Improvise temporary tooling.
Act as a resource for Engineering and Maintenance to help troubleshoot production issues to ensure the machines continue operating safely and efficiently.
Assist with Production and Leadership to help with the Root Cause Analysis for ongoing issues in Production.
Project Work Plan, layout, and perform machining and bench operations to construct, alter, modify, or repair tools, fixtures, attachments, etc. to close and exacting tolerance and finish requirements.
Organize and determine work procedures, sequences, and methods.
Work from drawings, blueprints, sketches or own concept as to design.
Select materials and layout components from blueprints or designs to create or modify prototypes, tools, dies, jigs, and fixtures.
Perform bench operations to construct and finish projects which may involve critical polishing, grinding, fitting, and aligning; includes updating documentation and logging modifications as appropriate.
Be able to recognize issues with drawings and to bring those issues up to the lead or engineering.