Journeyman Mold Maker

Job Description:

As a Journeyman Mold & Tool Maker, you would work primarily on plastic injection molds, with other tooling and fixture work as needed. The primary duty is to utilize tool and die making skills to contribute to manufacturing improvements in both existing manufacturing processes and new products. This position will interact with operations, engineering and process technicians to construct, alter, fit and repair tooling from both the plastic injection molding processes.

You’ll be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities:

Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of mold components for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.

Study blueprints, sketches, and models to repair or fabricate tools and dies

Ability to troubleshoot production and prototype tooling

Mold cavity and insert changes as needed to support production schedule.

Set up and operate conventional or CNC machine shop equipment such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders

Inspect tooling for production readiness

Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.

Participating in tryouts with completed tools to ensure that parts meet specifications, adjusting as necessary.

• Record work and repair history of tooling in the electronic maintenance system
• Perform and develop effective preventive maintenance systems of plastic molds and stamping dies
• Build and modify spare parts as needed, and give accurate time estimates of repairs
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and work in a self-directed manner to implement projects and optimize production processes

The TOOLS you’ll bring with you:

• Possess expert-level experience in troubleshooting tooling
• 5 years’ experience with Injection Molding repair, engineering changes and new builds
• Journey Mold (Tool and Die) Maker
• Experience with aluminum stamping and machining a plus