Tooling Jr. Engineer II

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Constructs and repairs machine shop tools, gauges, fixtures, jigs or dies for use within the establishment.
• Performs assignments that range from the use of ordinary tool room operations to performing work involving accurate relationships and extremely close tolerances.
• Plans construction procedures and methods, selecting the proper materials.
• Makes allowances for shrinkage during the heat treating of tools and metal flow in dies.
• Lays out, fabricates and assembles metalworking dies, molds, and machine tool fixtures by analyzing blueprints, sketches, models and engineering or shop specification.
• Uses a variety of machinist s hand tools and precision measuring instruments.
• Computes dimensions; determines machining and material or parts required.
• Performs precision work to exacting tolerances and dimensions.
• Recommends revisions in design and/or substitutions in material based on machine-ability or fabrication problems encountered.
• Solves problems relating to unusual material, work-holding arrangements, machine settings, fabrication methods, and production process.
• Monitors and verifies quality in accordance with statistical process or other control procedures.
• May provide guidance to lower level toolmakers.
• Supports all company safety and quality programs and initiatives.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to read and write English and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, procedure manuals, and blueprints.
• Ability to perform basic math and interpret and executive work instructions.