Challenge Manufacturing
automotive
Tool&DieMakerII
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“Tool & Die Maker II at Challenge Manufacturing. Skills: tool and die making, machining, metal working, troubleshooting. Troubleshoots, maintains and repairs dies, die components, and tooling used in the production process. Analyzes specifications, lays out metal stock, and sets up and operations machine tools to make and repair dies”
What You'll Achieve.
operational excellence; obtain quality level of parts
Industry & Context.
Troubleshoots, maintains and repairs dies, die components, and tooling used in the production process; Analyzes specifications; Troubleshoot tooling analysis and resolve problems
Occasionally, this may require you to arrive early, stay late, or work on weekends, outside of our regular hours, to ensure we successfully meet customer needs, deadlines, or urgent requests, work up to 12 hours per day, including Saturday and Sunday, obtain a hi-lo license
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
minimum 2+ years of verifiable tool and die experience or equivalent, intermediate level of machining and metal working experience, understand and follow written and verbal workplace instructions, work up to 12 hours per day, including Saturday and Sunday, obtain a hi-lo license, read, write, speak, and understand English at a level sufficient to safely and effectively perform job duties, including following work instructions, safety procedures, and company communications
Nice to Have
Journeyman or completed apprenticeship, Mastercam and Solidworks experience, mechanical and shop math aptitude
What You'll Do.
maintains and repairs dies
and tooling used in the production process
Analyzes specifications
and sets up and operations machine tools to make and repair dies
Studies specifications such as blueprints
and visualizes product to determine materials required and machines to be used to fabricate parts
and determines assembly method and sequence of operations
and scribes metal stock for machining
Sets up and operates machine tools such as lathes
and verifies conformance of machined parts to specifications
Lifts machined parts and positions and secures parts on surface plate or worktable
Smooths flat and contoured surfaces using power grinders and fits and assembles parts together and into assemblies and mechanisms
Heat treats tools or parts
Examines standard or previously used dies
and jigs and fixtures
and recommends design modifications regarding construction and function of part
Troubleshoot tooling analysis and resolve problems to obtain quality level of parts
Follow all safety precautions and company policies to prevent injury to self and others
gauge pins and blocks
various other types of measurement equipment
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
teamwork of industry leaders; employee-owners share in Challenge’s success
Communication Scope
understand and follow written and verbal workplace instructions; read, write, speak, and understand English at a level sufficient to safely and effectively perform job duties, including following work instructions, safety procedures, and company communications
Full Job Description
Who We Are: Challenge Manufacturing’s mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day; they are the true driving force in our operations. Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time at Challenge. Being part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge’s success! Challenge is #QualityDriven and #PeoplePowered! Who We Want: Troubleshoots, maintains and repairs dies, die components, and tooling used in the production process. Analyzes specifications, lays out metal stock, and sets up and operations machine tools to make and repair dies. What You'll Do: Studies specifications such as blueprints, sketches, models, or descriptions, and visualizes product to determine materials required and machines to be used to fabricate parts. Computes dimensions, plans layout, and determines assembly method and sequence of operations. Measures, marks, and scribes metal stock for machining. Sets up and operates machine tools such as lathes, milling machine, shaper, and grinder, to machine parts, and verifies conformance of machined parts to specifications. Lifts machined parts and positions and secures parts on surface plate or worktable. Smooths flat and contoured surfaces using power grinders and fits an
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