Tool Maker

PPG • Huntsville, AL

85d • $29 • Onsite

About The Position

As a Tool Maker you will be a crucial part of our operations, ensuring that a quality product is available to our customers when they need them. Your work will directly affect people's lives!

Requirements

• Able to read and understand blueprints.
• Ability to work well with hands while focusing on detailed tasks.
• Experience with fiberglass/epoxy tooling fabrication.
• Experience with machining (manual and/or CNC) fabrication.
• Prior tooling or similar experience.

Responsibilities

• Fabrication and repair of precision tooling used for the manufacturing of aircraft transparencies.
• Work with a variety of material types (plastic, fiberglass, metal, epoxy, composites, etc.) while performing their job.
• Job will include milling, lathe work, welding, epoxy work, metal bending, and various other hand tool work.
• Work from blueprints, sketches, master shapes, CAD data, and incorporate end user feedback to create tooling that is both ergonomically functional, and dimensionally correct.
• Enroll in off-site technical college and take a prescribed course curriculum as part of their apprenticeship, while maintaining an acceptable GPA.
• Work under the guidance of senior/more-experienced toolmaker/s to learn the nuances of tool fabrication and repair.
• Be flexible in job function during times of need- i.e. tooling emergency from production floor or similar situation.
• Obey all plant general and safety rules, paying special attention to shop specific safety hazards.
• Complete 48 credit hours of schoolwork at Calhoun as part of the apprenticeship program.

Benefits

• Competitive pay based on skill sets, experience, and training.
• Employee benefits programs designed to support health and well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Associate degree