Important: This position is in Twin Falls, Idaho. Please do not apply unless you are willing to relocate to Twin Falls. Relocation assistance is offered.
Opportunity: Tool & Die Maker – Full Time, Part Time, Flexible Schedule
Seastrom Manufacturing is looking for an experienced and mechanically driven individual to join its Tooling Department. The Tool & Die Maker assembles, aligns, and maintains existing tooling used in production dies; retrieves and files all tooling stored in the Die Stack system; troubleshoots and repairs tooling used in production dies; assists Engineering Manager in maintaining “on-time” workflow within the department; machines tooling components as required; heat treats the tool steel; and performs basic form grinding.
This position requires the ability to consistently follow processes and schedules independently, with periodic interaction with managers and others. The ideal candidate will be a team-oriented individual who possesses a strong personal value commitment dedicated to professionalism, problem solving, and adaptability.
BENEFITS (begin the first day of the month following the hire date):
- Relocation assistance is available
- Comprehensive benefits package including Health, Dental, Vision, Life, and Long-Term Disability
- Additional voluntary benefits such as additional life, accidental death, and critical illness
- 401K program with company-matching
- Paid time off (PTO) from 1 to 3 weeks depending on length of service
- Personal Days - up to 2 per year
- Nine (9) company-paid holidays
- Profit Sharing
- Referral program
- Length of service program for full-time employees
- Drug-free workplace
- Safe, clean, climate-controlled facility
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Exhibit excellent troubleshooting skills.
- Build and understand engineering of all new dies: Progressive, Draw, CI, etc.
- Set-up and operate tool room equipment with minimal or no supervision.
- Work cohesively with production department and die ship personnel.
- Able to work independently on most repair work.
- Able to read and understand all die drawings and piece part prints.
- Able to work on the production floor with little or no assistance.
- Assist CI Technicians in the CI department.
- Build CI dies and small progressive dies with little or no direction.
- Build replacement parts for CI and progressive dies from prints or existing parts.
- Proficiently work with precision measuring equipment.
- Apply thorough knowledge of manufacturing processes.
- Exhibit basic knowledge of capabilities: Wire EDM, CNC, and Jig Grinding, and what they will do to enhance project flow.
- Set up punch press, assist Press Operators on the press floor.
- Good center, flat, and form grinding skills.
- Run all Tool Room equipment: Mill, Drill, Lathe, Grinders, etc.
- Able to do heat treatment of die details.
- Good mechanical aptitude.
- Build and maintain tools and dies from blueprints, sketches, or oral instruction.
- Proficiently work with precision measuring equipment.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- High school diploma/GED or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 4-year Tool & Die Maker apprenticeship and Journeyman card preferred.
- Ability to read, write and speak the English language with comprehension skills sufficient to understand safety standards and job performance expectations.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to interpret instructions which may be furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; and is frequently required to walk and stop, kneel, crouch and reach. Some sitting is required. The employee is frequently required to lift and/or move 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly subject to hazards, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, where there is air and/or skin exposure to oils and noise.
- The noise level in the environment is loud.
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Machining: 4 years (Preferred)
Language:
- English; read, write, comprehend (Required)
Work Location: In person