Tooling Specialist

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* Description:

** Survey tool orders and tool designs to review planning and design data for practicability and necessity of tool  Establish tool fabrication and shop span time, and recommend revision if necessary  Determine and order required materials, reference tools, and coordinating tools  Develop supplemental sketches of tools or component details to facilitate tooling fabrication and manufacture  Specialize in such duties in one of the tool manufacturing shops and have general familiarity with the other tool manufacturing shops

WORK PERFORMED

Survey and analyze tool orders and tool designs to determine the practicability of the tool as pertains to tooling costs, ease of manufacture, and necessity of tool  Review design and planning data to determine whether method of manufacture and available shop equipment is practicable, and recommend changes as necessary  Check material callouts, design, engineering, and planning data with respect to operational sequence and shop loading  Recommend changes in machine or shop operation sequence  Survey and analyze tool fabrication orders and tool design data to determine the time required to fabricate templates, dies, jigs, fixtures, patterns, forming blocks, and other miscellaneous tools  Recommend revision if estimate is unrealistic  Determine shop span in accordance with tool fabrication time and shop load conditions, and recommend revision, if necessary  Determine and order necessary materials, reference, and/or coordinating tooling;

such as master gauges, templates, shop aids, Keller patterns, photo reproductions, master parts, and any other equipment required to make and/or prove parts and tools

Confer with Engineering, Planning, Tool Design, Tool Control, and representatives of other departments relative to the coordination of revisions or to furnish manufacturing reference data

Develop supplementary sketches of tools and/or component details to be used in addition to tool order and tool design information

Utilizes computer based system for input/retrieval of information related to the support of tooling fabrication operations, and ground support equipment  AGE  

Thorough knowledge of either the jig and fixture, tool and die, template, or plaster pattern shop functions, duties, and practices; and basic knowledge of the other tool manufacturing shops  Thorough knowledge of tool fabrication, tool planning, and tool design practices; sequence of fabrication of tools and parts; and blueprint reading  Ability to analyze technical data and to confer with personnel of other departments in recommending and obtaining necessary corrections  Thorough knowledge of machine tools and the limitations of such tools

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* Basic Qualifications:

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* Required to have one of the following minimum levels of experience and/or training:

 Four years of experience in one of the following Tool Making Trades with a least one of the four years being at the journeyman  "A" level

 Tool & Die Maker "A", 545 3

 Plaster & Plastic Tooling Builder "A", 471 3

 Jig & Fixture Builder "A", 440 3

 Template Maker "A", 543 3

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 Two years of experience as a Machinist - General

** Desired

Skills:

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* Prior aircraft experience

** Clearance Level:
** None

** Other Important Information You Should Know*
* ** Expression of Interest:
** By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match   Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings

** Ability to Work Remotely:
** Onsite Full time:
The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility

** Work Schedules:
** Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees   Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed   These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits

** Schedule for this Position:
** 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week

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