Toolmaker II

SUMMARY OF POSITION

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.
• Works from blueprints, sketches, models, specifications or other drawings to plan sequences for operations and machining, compute dimensions, etc.
• Verifies dimensions, alignments, and clearances of tools, dies, fixtures, and gauges using measuring instruments.
• Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications.
• Set up and operate equipment such as lathes, milling machines, grinders, drill presses, and saws to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes.
• Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.
• Ability to effectively troubleshoot on deep draw tooling and progressive punch press dies on presses up to 600 tons.
• Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects.
• Design jigs, fixtures, and templates for use as work aids in the fabrication of parts or products.
• Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using files, power grinders, or scrapers.