ABOUT US

SMW Manufacturing is now the newest business unit of the Amsted Automotive Group and is seeking a 2nd shift Toolmaker. Amsted Automotive is a growing company that embraces the employee experience through driving a positive culture, respecting and implementing your ideas and providing opportunities for career growth. As an employee-owned company, you will share in the overall financial success of the business.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Study blueprints, sketches, models or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies
• Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers and dial indicators
• Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes and tolerances of assemblies based on specifications
• Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically machined tools such as CNC Lates, CNC Grinder, Mill, EDM, Hole Poper, Blancher grinder, ID/OD Grinder, surface grinder or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes
• File, grind, shim and adjust different parts to properly fit them together
• Fit and assemble parts to make, repair or modify dies, jigs, gauges and tools using machine tools and hand tools
• Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, making adjustments as needed
• Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity and defects
• Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools using scrapers, abrasive stones, files or power grinders
• Lift, positions and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables using hoists, vises, v-blocks or angle plates
• Select metals to be used from a range of metals and alloy based on properties such as hardness and heat tolerance
• Set up and operate drill presses

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED

• Experience as a Tool Maker
• Proven ability to work well in a team environment
• Possess strong motivational and leadership skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent work record history
• Basic computer skills, including P.C knowledge and current technology software familiarity
• Must have strong oral and written communication skills and be able to communicate with staff well

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Incentive Bonus
• Medical, Vision, Dental
• Prescription Drug Plan
• 401K
• Paid Vacation & Holidays
• Short-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health and Wellness Reimbursement
• Employee Recognition
• Discount Programs

WHAT ELSE YOU’LL NEED TO KNOW

• Ability to regularly stand or work for long periods of time
• Ability to regularly lift/or move up to ten (10) pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds, and occasionally lift to fifty (50) pounds
• While performing the job, the employee is regularly exposed to vibration, repetitive motion, bending, lifting, twisting, crouching, reaching, pushing and/or pulling
• Ability to endure heat

Experience

• 5 - 10 years: Tool Maker Experience

Education

• High School or better