Tooling Toolmaker - 1st shift plus
Listed on 2026-10-05
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Manufacturing / Production
Manufacturing Engineer, Manufacturing & Industrial Operations, Production Associate / Production Line, Assembly
Tooling Toolmaker – 1st shift, M-F 7am-3pm, Pay Rate $23.23
Make Your Mark. Shape Your Future. STANLEY® Engineered Fastening is the global leader in precision fastening and assembly solutions, with a history spanning nearly 100 years. Our portfolio features industry-leading brands such as Avdel®, Integra™, Nelson®, Optima®, POP®, and Tucker®. We empower engineers in Automotive, Aerospace, and Industrial sectors with innovative products that ensure efficiency, reliability, and quality in manufacturing processes.
We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of innovation and creativity. Our skilled team develops, manufactures, and distributes cutting-edge fastening and joining solutions to meet modern engineering and manufacturing challenges. It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™.
Sound like you? Join us and be part of a company at the forefront of technological evolution, delivering solutions that shape the future of the fastening industry.
What You’ll Do:
As a Tooling Toolmaker you’ll be part of our manufacturing team located in Decorah, IA. You’ll get to:
- Under supervision learn to read blueprints, use gages and equipment for the purpose of making and reworking header and secondary tooling for fastener manufacturing.
- Utilize and understand the purpose and operation of required toolroom equipment.
- Capable of making header tooling and set-ups to die prints with minimal supervision to meet necessary quality and productivity requirements for heading and secondary departments.
- Reads all manufacturing and tooling blueprints and select and prepare necessary tools to meet print tolerances.
- Maintains back-up tooling required to eliminate header downtime and enhance production efficiencies.
- Follows schedules and prioritizes duties based on needs and productivity requirements or assigned by supervisor or lead person.
- Knows and follows ISO & IATF
16949 and SPC procedures pertaining to toolroom. - Provides assistance to header operators with tooling needs to produce parts to specified dimensions.
- Initiates T.C.R.'s and E.C.'s as needed to improve tooling designs as well as updates setup sheets and reviews obsolete orders.
- Recognizes the acceptable quality of draw dies.
- Learn how to interpret tooling and production prints.
- Utilize and understand all toolroom inspection equipment.
- Maintain cleanliness of work area.
- Follow company safety guidelines.
- Learn preventative maintenance procedures.
- Follow all safety rules.
- Performs all other duties as requested by Supervisor or Lead person.
- Must be available to work overtime as needed.
Who You Are:
You always strive to do a good job…but wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? You care about quality – at every level. You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. In fact, you embrace it. You also have:
- Required Skills:
High School diploma or GED equivalent. - Strong mechanical ability.
- General shop knowledge.
- Basic math skills.
- Good human relations skills.
- Knowledge in IATF
16949 and ISO
14001 requirements.
- Preferred Skills & Abilities:
Educational certification in industrial-related field. - Header or tooling experience.
- Tools Used:
Basic toolroom equipment ( lathes, grinders, and cut-off saws) - Basic inspection equipment ( micrometers, calipers, and indicators)
What You’ll Receive:
You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan:
- Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off and tuition reimbursement.
- Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other…
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