Job Description

Overview

Datwyler is a high-tech company that focuses on high-quality, system-critical elastomer components, contributing to safety in healthcare and mobility. The Tool & Die Maker will be responsible for maintaining production and quality performance levels while efficiently using manufacturing equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Read blueprints.
  • Operate all machine shop equipment including milling machines, lathes, and surface grinders.
  • Service and repair progressive high-speed stamping dies.
  • Service and repair high cavitation plastic injection molds.
  • Work unsupervised to a tolerance of .0001”.
  • Set up and troubleshoot molds and dies for stamping presses and plastic mold injection machines.

Requirements

  • High School or GED equivalent required.
  • Minimum of 4 years experience in a machine shop role.
  • Ability to speak, read, and write English.
  • Ability to communicate goals in an inspirational manner.
  • Basic arithmetic skills.
  • Basic computer skills.
  • Ability to learn and implement GMP, SOPs, and other procedures.

How this job compares in Pennsauken, NJ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across New Jersey currently run a median of $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $29–$40/hr across 115 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Pennsauken, NJ

Pennsauken, NJ currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 184 other active welding openings from 132 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Pennsauken, or widen the search to New Jersey.

Datwyler Group 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 gpac (13), Phillips Tank & Structure (7), and Carvana (5). 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 Northvale at $40/hr, Newark at $38/hr, and South Plainfield at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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