Tool Room I - Charter Manufacturing Co. : Job Details

Charter Manufacturing is a fourth-generation family-owned business where our will to grow drives us to do it better. Join the team and become part of our family!

POSITION PURPOSE/MISSION:

Setup, adjust, and operate a variety of tool room equipment to manufacture, repair, or modify tooling. Troubleshoot tooling with production operators and perform preventative maintenance.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Constant standing.
• Frequent reaching, use of fine motor skills, and lifting up to 10 lbs.
• Occasional walking, balancing, and lifting up to 35 lbs.
• Minimal sitting, foot use, below waist level work, climbing, push/pulling, carrying, forceful motion, and lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to meet the physical requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation, as provided in detail in the Job Analysis Database.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Accredited Tool Maker Apprenticeship or four plus years' diversified machine and tool making experience.
• Operating and programming CNC equipment experience.
• Ability to read blueprints, drawings, and sketches.
• Ability to use precision measuring instruments.
• Basic oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work well with other employees.
• Ability to follow instructions.
• Basic problem-solving skills.
• Good math skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Accredited Tool Maker Apprenticeship or equivalent training or three plus years' diversified machine and tool making experience.
• Ability to program CNC machines independently.
• Ability to document machine/tool details from tool components.
• Metal stamping and/or cold forming tooling experience.
• Experience with metal inert gas (MIG) and tungsten insert gas (TIG) welding.

MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Daily Operations

• Identify Tooling problems and escalate for attention.
• Use precision measuring instruments, gauges, or devices to verify tooling, components, machine and production parts.
• Safely perform various PM work to tooling as required.
• Safely perform fabrication work.
• Safely set up and operate machine tools, such as lathes, mills, grinders, and CNC equipment to machine parts to specifications.
• Program CNC equipment to control path machining of tooling and machine parts. Select cutting tools, machine speeds, and feed rates and make adjustments for tool wear, material and machine wear.
• Act as a resource for Production to ensure the machines are operating safely and efficiently.
• Perform machining operations which may require unusual and complicated set-ups and adaptation of tooling to perform work.

Troubleshooting

• Assist to resolve tooling problems as assigned.
• Improvise temporary tooling.

Project Work

• Plan, layout, and perform machining and bench operations to construct, alter, modify, or repair tools, fixtures, attachments, etc. to close and exacting tolerance and finish requirements.
• Organize and determine work procedures, sequences, and methods.
• Work from drawings, blueprints, sketches or own concept as to design.

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