Tool & Die Machinist

SUMMARY

Analyzes specifications, lays out metal stock, sets up and operates machine tools, and fits and assembles parts to fabricate and repair metalworking dies, cutting tools, jigs and fixtures, gauges, and machinists' hand tools by performing the following duties.

All employees are expected to act in a safe manner at all times and ensure that those around them do not put themselves or others ryone is personally accountable for his/her own safety as well as their co-workers. Safety and health is a shared responsibility of everyone in the organization and a condition of employment. We value and expect engagement out of all employees.

Co-workers share the responsibility for doing the right thing for the environment and carrying out the stewardship principles addressed in our Environmental Policy. We will provide the resources necessary to implement this policy, and management will conduct periodic reviews to ensure its ongoing effectiveness.

• Studies specifications such as blueprints, sketches, models, or descriptions, and visualizes product to determine materials required and machines to be used to fabricate parts.
• Computes dimensions, plans layout, and determines assembly method and sequence of operations.
• Measures, marks, and scribes metal stock for machining.
• Sets up and operates machine tools such as lathes, milling machine, EDM, Pantograph, and grinder, to machine parts, and verifies conformance of machined parts to specifications.
• Lifts machined parts and positions and secures parts on surface plate or worktable.
• Smoothes flat and contoured surfaces and power grinders, and fits and assembles parts together and into assemblies and mechanisms.
• Verifies dimensions, alignments, and clearances.
• Heat‑treats tools or parts.
• Connects wiring and hydraulic lines to install electrical and hydraulic components.
• Examines standard or previously used dies, tools, and jigs and fixtures, and recommends design modifications regarding construction and function of part.
• Develops specifications from general descriptions for specialty tools and draws or sketches design of product.
• Plans and constructs intricate tools, dies, fixtures, molds, and gauges where accurate relationship, fitting, interchangeability of parts require extremely close tolerances to fits.
• Constructs tools where no design is available, determines metal flow in dies, selects allowances, performs difficult development work, and makes tool tryouts.
• Fits and assembles parts involving irregular contours, large number of holes or numerous die sections.
• Works to extremely close tolerances, often within .0001".
• Cleans all plates and cavities/cores and moving parts of mold with Dyna-clean.
• Repairs parts of mold that are defective.
• Fit up cores, cavities, ejector pins and moving parts within .0005 clearance.
• Finish parts to print dimensions.
• Makes new parts for molds according to print plus grinds stock before heat‑treating.
• Heat treats parts to specifications per print.
• Drills out water lines.
• Drills and counter bores for water lines.
• Makes holding fixtures and gauges for grinding and/or machining or other departments.
• Figures stack‑up dimension of parts.
• Plugs and bores gauge hole diameters.
• Trig angles for grinding and machining.
• Indicates parts on shop equipment.
• Must follow all rules and policies.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

One to three months related experience and/or training Requires four-year apprenticeship or its equivalent plus four years or more of experience in the construction, alteration or repair of complicated tools, dies, molds and gauges to meet standards.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and effectively present information in…