Mold Repair Journeyman
Listed on 2026-09-12
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Manufacturing / Production
Manufacturing Engineer, Manufacturing & Industrial Operations, Machine Operator
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Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, flawlessly manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we are one of the World's Most Admired Companies.
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Lear For YouWe work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams and foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. Because we want to be more for you.
A path to a better career. A better future.
Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we’re named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies.
They’re the secret to our success—empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we win together.
Are you ready for a better career? A better future?
Job DescriptionSet up and understand how to operate and adjust molding presses in the production of molded component parts using all safety equipment and/or controls provided for the job or machinery. Visually inspect parts and press for defects.
Perform changeover and repair of molds, including maintenance, installation of new tooling, press operations, functions, and settings.
Make tooling adjustments or in process repairs in order to comply with customer specifications. Regrind/sharpen tooling or make new tooling. Perform routine safety checks on all crane and machine equipment used to manufacture or repair mold.
Other duties include, but are not limited, to using a hi low and assist in the training process of the mold PM techs.
Job RquirementsRequires a mechanical background, experience in the use of micrometers, calipers, and various other precision measuring instruments.
Ability to read and interpret blueprints, basic understanding of computers and work within stringent tolerances, and knowledge of S.P.C. (Statistical Process Controls).
Ability to review electronic prints using Soildworks , Auto Cad , or equivalent
Performing blueprint corrections and changes with Engineering Department
Completing paperwork relating to assigning work done to a particular “job”.
Gives a preliminary evaluation of trainees.
Ability to analyze part drawings and proposed tooling, requiring a high degree of originality and imagination to visualize the tool and determine if it will meet the needs of the job and recommend changes where required.
Ability to check tool drawings for errors in dimensions, fits, and clearances.
Ability to plan, layout, and determine manufacturing methods and sequence of operations best suited to make tooling to design specifications.
Ability to use advanced shop math including geometry and trigonometry to verify dimensions and make intricate calculations for hole locations, compound angles, contours, and reference points.
Ability to setup and operate all types of machine tools to perform difficult and exacting operations.
Ability to devise methods of holding, locating, and machining work of unusual shape, eccentric contours, and compound angles.
Ability to perform bench assembly operations including assembly fitting and lapping and make surface plate set-ups to check complex and close tolerance tooling for accuracy of location points, compound angles, and related dimensions and surfaces.
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