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Overview

Coining, part of AMETEK Specialty Metal Products, is a global manufacturer of precision metal solutions for critical applications across various industries. The Tool & Die Maker role involves building and repairing jigs, fixtures, tools, and dies, ensuring high quality and performance in manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

  • Reads and interprets blueprints or works from verbal or written instructions.
  • Plans the setup and operation of machine shop tools considering materials and tolerances.
  • Heat treats materials as required.
  • Determines specifications for inspection using precision measuring tools.
  • Performs hand operations to produce jigs, fixtures, tools, and dies.
  • Fits and assembles jigs, fixtures, tools, and dies.
  • Sets up, runs off, and tests dies to produce products to specifications.
  • Maintains a safe and organized work environment.
  • May assist machinists and millwrights in punch press overhaul.
  • May work with product designers to provide input on manufacturing capabilities.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED.
  • 5 years experience in tool and die making.
  • Basic computer skills.
  • Basic math aptitude.
  • Attention to detail with strong time management and organizational skills.
  • Proactive communicator who collaborates well with others.
  • Team-oriented, reliable, and safety-minded.
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How this job compares in Montvale, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $50/hr, this posting sits about 53% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $28–$40/hr middle band drawn from 121 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 98% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Montvale, NJ

Montvale, NJ is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 216 other active welding openings from 135 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

AMETEK currently has 1 other opening live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), MillenniumSoft Inc (11), and Gpac (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Camden at $41/hr, Newark at $38/hr, and Somerdale at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Tool & Die Maker figures were last recalculated when this page was built.