Job Description
Hours: 6am – 4pm, Monday - Thursday
Job Purpose
Fabricate models and prototype parts to support new product development engineering teams. Build, repair, and maintain jigs, fixtures, dies, gauges, and tools for manufacturing operations.
Essential Duties
- Read and understand blueprints
- Program and operate CNC machines
- Transform complicated drawings and sketches into parts
- Perform hand-fitting operations
- Build multiple parts holding tools
- Work with engineers and support groups on machine requirements that could affect the quality and cost of prototypes being built
- Work from sketches and information from engineers as necessary
- Inspect work to assure parts conform to blueprints
- Maintain safety procedures for self and end users
- Must be willing to move to other machines as needed
- Other duties as assigned
Job Requirements
Education/Certifications/Experience
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 2 year technical school degree in Machine Tool or Tool and Die
• Minimum 3 years of CNC machine tool operation and programming experience, combined with milling and turning machines
Skills/Abilities/Competencies
• Previous CNC operating programming experience
• Must be able to inspect complex parts, read and understand complicated drawings, and have advanced math and precision measuring instruments (both English and metric)
• Ability to apply Graco standards and geometric tolerancing and dimensioning
• Experience preforming prove-outs, preprods, reprocessing, and cost savings
• Ability to work independently
• Good interpersonal, written, and oral communications
• Ability to plan and execute directions
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Strong PC skills