Toolmaker

Job Description

Job Description

Are you a skilled Toolmaker with a passion for precision and craftsmanship? We're seeking a talented individual with experience in progressive and transfer tooling to join our highly skilled team. In this role you will:

• Produce tools and machinery that cut and form metal or other materials
• Build and debug progressive and transfer tooling and automated machinery to prints and specifications
• Create jigs or fixtures, which are used to hold metal in place when it is stamped or drilled
• Produce gauges and measuring devices
• Following a tool design/blueprint plan measure the metal pieces for cutting, drilling or boring, and continually verify that the tool meets the specifications
• Put the pieces together and finish the tool by filing, grinding or polishing
• Read blueprints prepared by tool designers or engineers
• Troubleshoot to identify and repair tooling and machinery breakdowns
• Close tolerance form grinding
• Design and build short-term projects such as simple jigs, fixtures and single station tooling
• Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications; make adjustments as necessary
• Set up and operate conventional or CNC machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes
• Design jigs, fixtures, and templates for use as work aids in the fabrication of parts or products
• Other related duties as assigned

Required Skills and Experience

• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance
• Must be able to use advanced trades mathematics together with the use of complicated drawings, specifications, charts, tables, handbook formulas
• The successful candidate must have an equivalent to a completed accredited apprenticeship
• Must be skilled in the use of precision measuring instruments, CNC equipment, multi-machine work stations
• High school diploma or equivalent required
• 2-year technical college education preferred
• 5+ years of tooling experience in a manufacturing environment

Physical and work condition demands required of this position:

• Able to lift 50-75 pounds throughout the shift
• Able to walk and stand the throughout the shift
• Able to reach and lift material
• Able to push and pull carts full of materials
• Able to wear required PPE at all times with no restrictions

LeachGarner offers the industry's most comprehensive melt to market precious metal products and technical expertise. As a leader in precious metals processing, LeachGarner continually evolves to meet the challenges of evergreen markets and strives to exceed expectations for reliability, quality and innovation by an unwavering commitment of integrity.

LeachGarner specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of precious metals in the form of sheet, wire, fancy wire, tubing, fancy tubing, casting grain, findings and chain specific to customer’s needs.

We are committed to bringing responsible and compliant manufacturing to all facilities regardless of geographical location while leveraging our global reach to serve our customers providing quick-to-market and market oriented products.

LeachGarner is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.