About The Role

As a Journeyman Mold & Tool Maker, you would work primarily on plastic injection molds, with other tooling and fixture work as needed. The primary duty is to utilize tool and die making skills to contribute to manufacturing improvements in both existing manufacturing processes and new products. This position will interact with operations, engineering and process technicians to construct, alter, fit and repair tooling from both the plastic injection molding processes.

You’ll be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities

Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of mold components for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
Study blueprints, sketches, and models to repair or fabricate tools and dies
Ability to troubleshoot production and prototype tooling
Mold cavity and insert changes as needed to support production schedule.
Set up and operate conventional or CNC machine shop equipment such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders
Inspect tooling for production readiness
Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.
Participating in tryouts with completed tools to ensure that parts meet specifications, adjusting as necessary.
Record work and repair history of tooling in the electronic maintenance system
Perform and develop effective preventive maintenance systems of plastic molds and stamping dies
Build and modify spare parts as needed, and give accurate time estimates of repairs
Identify continuous improvement opportunities and work in a self-directed manner to implement projects and optimize production processes

The TOOLS you’ll bring with you

Possess expert-level experience in troubleshooting tooling
5 years’ experience with Injection Molding repair, engineering changes and new builds
Journey Mold (Tool and Die) Maker
Experience with aluminum stamping and machining a plus
Must be able to communicate technical status to the engineering or operations team.
Experience with SolidWorks or NX is a plus
Experience with Master CAM or Solidworks CAM is a plus