Tooling & Design Technician

Tooling & Design Technician

1st Shift: Monday-Friday

Location: Montrose, MN

Primary Responsibilities:

• Engineer prototype and production foundry tooling, including 3d printed sand components, using your experience, guidance from the project manager/department lead, and company established procedures and "best practices".
• Adhere to the rules and conventions established by the Pattern Work Instruction.
• Establish design competency with SolidWorks, Creo, Fusion 360, PowerShape, and/or PowerMill and programming competency with Fusion 360 and/or PowerMill.
• Set-up tooling and CNC machines to produce tooling components using wood, plastic, and metal materials.
• Assemble tooling and work with finishing department on completing tools.
• Work with quality to ensure job requirements are met.
• Actively participate in the material management system. (Kan-ban cards)
• Ensure jobs are completed in a timely manner. Communicate delivery updates and potential delays with management.
• Ensure jobs are completed efficiently, consistent with the quoted hours and materials for the job. Advise management if a job will run over or cannot be completed within the time allotted.
• Meet frequently (at least biweekly) with the department manager to address any concerns and/or pass on concerns to management. This may include machine availability, material resources, tools or tooling, quality, design, workflow, and manpower needs and availability.
• Ensure clean & safe workplace.
• Other jobs and duties as assigned by supervisors or management.

Minimum Education: Trade school and 2 years of experience or equivalent.

Preferred Education: A relevant 2-year technical or equivalent degree

Minimum Skills/Experience: One year in similar position, mechanical aptitude, effective computer use, basic Math skills, independent decision-making, and effective self-management.

Preferred Skills/Experience: Above plus - Strong Computer and math skills, and three or more years of relevant experience gained through on the job instruction, apprenticeship programs, and increasingly more complex assignments, strong mechanical aptitude as demonstrated through success at increasingly more complex assignments.

The Company:

Le Sueur Incorporated("LSI"), a portfolio company of Delos Capital, and a leading supplier of complex aluminum castings, machined castings, and plastic injection molded components.

Craft, based in Montrose, MN, is a rapid prototyping and complex metal and plastics component manufacturer. Craft has over 30 years of industry experience and has established itself, along with its skilled employees, as a leader in delivering high-quality parts to customers.