Journeyman Tool and Die Maker; 2nd shift- Relocate Thomasville, GA

Check-Mate Manufacturing LLC is a subsidiary of Check-Mate Industries and is located as a start-up facility in Thomasville, GA. Over the past 40 years, Check-Mate has proven to be the winning move for hundreds of customers in a diverse range of industries including aerospace, automotive, firearms, cosmetics, and medical industries. The unsurpassed customer service of the company has long been recognized as an innovator and leader in tool & die, stampings and assemblies.

Whether producing high-precision tools and progressive dies, stamping, or assemblies for everything from healthcare to personal security products,
Check-Mate out-thinks, out-maneuvers, and out-performs its competition.

Check-Mate Manufacturing offers competitive pay, benefits and relocation assistance.

United States Citizens Only (No Sponsor ships Available)

Must present Journeyman’s card at time of interview.

Check-Mate Manufacturing has openings position for Tool and Die Maker. This position reporting to the Tooling Manager, the Tool and Die Maker has a Journeymen license or has completed formal apprenticeship program. Tool and Die Maker builds, repairs, and maintains: dies, fixtures, and all other tooling in conformance to customer and/or company specifications per control plans. Analyzes specifications, lays out metal stock, set up and operate machine tools, and fits and assembles parts to makes and repairs dies, cutting tools, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and machinists' hand tools.

Maintains a safe working environment by ensuring compliance with procedures and safety regulations.

US Citizens and Green Card Holders. This Position requires relocation to Thomasville, GA. $5,000 relocation assistance.

• Tool and die maker conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications; makes adjustments as necessary.
• Tool and die maker cuts, shapes, and trims blanks or blocks to specified lengths or shapes, using power saws, power shears, rules and hand tools.
• Tool and die maker files, grinds, shims, and adjusts different parts to properly fit them together.
• Tool and die maker fit and assembles parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.
• Tool and die maker inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects.
• Tool and die maker lifts, positions, and secures machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, vises, v-blocks, or angle plates.
• Tool and die maker measures, marks, and scribes metal or plastic stock to lay out machining, using instruments such as protractors, micrometers, scribes, and rulers.
• Tool and die maker select metals to be used from a range of metals and alloys, based on properties such as hardness and heat tolerance.
• Tool and die maker set up and operates conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes.
• Tool and die maker set up and operate drill presses to drill and tap holes in parts for assembly.
• Tool and die maker smooths and polishes flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or power grinders.
• Tool and die maker studies blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies.
• Tool and die maker verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
• Tool and die maker visualize and computes dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications.
• Tool and die maker casts plastic tools or parts, or tungsten-carbide cutting tips, using pre-made molds.
• Tool and die maker designs jigs, fixtures, and templates for use as work aids in the fabrication of parts or products.
• Tool and die maker develop and designs new tools and dies, using computer-aided design software.
• Tool and die maker set pyrometer controls of heat-treating furnaces, and feed or place…