SMW Manufacturing is now the newest business unit of the Amsted Automotive Group and is seeking a 2nd Shift Toolmaker. Amsted Automotive is a growing company that embraces the employee experience through driving a positive culture, respecting and implementing your ideas and providing opportunities for career growth. As an employee-owned company, you will share in the overall financial success of the business.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Study blueprints, sketches, models or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies
- Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers and dial indicators
- Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes and tolerances of assemblies based on specifications
- Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically machined tools such as CNC Lates, CNC Grinder, Mill, EDM, Hole Poper, Blancher grinder, ID/OD Grinder, surface grinder or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes
- File, grind, shim and adjust different parts to properly fit them together
- Fit and assemble parts to make, repair or modify dies, jigs, gauges and tools using machine tools and hand tools
- Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, making adjustments as needed
- Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity and defects
- Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools using scrapers, abrasive stones, files or power grinders
- Lift, positions and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables using hoists, vises, v-blocks or angle plates
- Select metals to be used from a range of metals and alloy based on properties such as hardness and heat tolerance
- Set up and operate drill presses
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
- Experience as a Tool Maker
- Proven ability to work well in a team environment
- Possess strong motivational and leadership skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Excellent work record history
- Basic computer skills, including P.C knowledge and current technology software familiarity
- Must have strong oral and written communication skills and be able to communicate with staff well
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Incentive Bonus
- Medical, Vision, Dental
- Prescription Drug Plan
- 401K
- Paid Vacation & Holidays
- Short-Term Disability
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Health and Wellness Reimbursement
- Employee Recognition
- Discount Programs
WHAT ELSE YOU'LL NEED TO KNOW
- Ability to regularly stand or work for long periods of time
- Ability to regularly lift/or move up to ten (10) pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds, and occasionally lift to fifty (50) pounds
- While performing the job, the employee is regularly exposed to vibration, repetitive motion, bending, lifting, twisting, crouching, reaching, pushing and/or pulling
- Ability to endure heat