Tooling Toolmaker - 1st shift plus

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.

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.

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:

• 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.

• Educational certification in industrial-related field.
• Header or tooling experience.

• Basic toolroom equipment ( lathes, grinders, and cut‑off saws)
• Basic inspection equipment ( micrometers, calipers, and indicators)

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 partner programs.

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and…