Model Shop Toolmaker

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs all duties of the Model Shop Specialist
• Work in a team environment with engineering and supervisory personnel to troubleshoot and resolve design, equipment, and operating difficulties.
• Supports the production machine shop by giving directions, suggestions and advice on best operational sequences or tools for the desired outcome.
• Gain thorough understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) thru provided classes. Train with CMM operator for understanding of tolerancing and positional accuracy.
• Calculates and writes programs for conversational CNC work centers to fabricate component parts to stated engineering specifications.
• Prints with tolerances and material callouts will usually be available. But walk-in work must be done from sample parts, sketches and may require going to the workstation to determine development of mechanisms and details without compromising the quality of the workstation.
• Handle walk-ins to support a down machine or urgent job. This will require the planning of the repair a variety of tools and jigs with complicated nesting and locating features that are crucial for production and unique to each product line.
• Participates in Kaizens like SMEDs
• Develop working knowledge of machining characteristics of various materials and metals to pre-set cutting tools on the machine.
• Develop the knowledge of how to adapt and/or improvise tooling where standard tooling is unavailable.
• Develop general Metallurgy knowledge relating to the heat treatment of metals to produce desired hardness.
• Critical thinking and complex problem-solving skills to identify alternative and correct solutions.

• Associate degree in Machine Technology or equivalent certification or 2 years minimum experience as Model Shop Specialist with Kollmorgen preferred.
• Ten years of combined manual and CNC machining experience required
• Certificate in GD&T or equivalent experience in drawing reviews

• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Self-motivated and capable of completing tasks without supervision and within time limits.
• Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics, and their applications.
• Use of complicated drawings, specifications, charts, tables, and related.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

* Must be willing and able to travel by all forms of transportation.

Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a "U.S. Person", which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position.

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance

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