Tool & Model Maker

Flex•Buffalo Grove, IL

1d•$27 - $37•Onsite

About The Position

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary. At Flex, we welcome people of all backgrounds. Our employees thrive here by living our values: we support each other as we strive to find a better way, we move fast with discipline and purpose, and we do the right thing always. Through a respectful, inclusive and collaborative culture, a career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference, invest in your career growth and join our purpose -- to make great products that create value and improve people’s lives. The Tool & Model Maker will be based in Buffalo Grove IL, reporting to Tooling Manager is responsible for producing manufacturing, tooling, special production parts, and development models requiring high degree of accuracy and precision.

Requirements

Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent, technical training, or equivalent experience.
Typically requires a minimum of 1-2 years of related experience, i.e. Specialized knowledge of mechanical drawing and design, advanced shop mathematics, and related physical sciences, i.e. properties of various metals and plastics

Nice To Haves

Associates degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Constructs, alters, repairs, or maintains complex tooling, specialized handling devices, and mechanized tooling to support new manufacturing technologies
Constructs, alters, repairs, or maintains complex special production parts, model parts for prototype equipment, test and special equipment components requiring precise inter-related tolerances
Constructs, alters, repairs, or maintains complex development models and parts for new equipment undergoing design
Constructs, alters, repairs, or maintains complex specialized machinery used in production
Constructs, alters, repairs, or maintains complex miniature and sub-miniature tooling and or assemblies requiring a high skill of expertise.
Works to .00002 tolerances, and closer
Provides expert support in fabrication techniques advises on design and builds optimization for form, fit, function, and cost.
Works closely with engineering, tool designers, manufacturing and manufacturing engineering personnel to exchange information or receive clarifications of the design specs or concepts to complete job assignments.
Set up and operate all types of machine tools to fabricate complex development hardware.
May work from blueprints, engineering and quality specifications.
Determines methods and sequence of machining operations required and upon completion, assembles, adjusts and debugs the tooling/equipment.
Selects appropriate material for assignment based on knowledge of material qualities and application, as well as understanding sound heat treat techniques.