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Job Description

Overview

At Magna, the Assembly Toolmaker role offers an engaging environment to develop automotive technologies, with a focus on employee support and unique career paths. The company provides a range of body, chassis, and engineering solutions globally.

Responsibilities

  • Operate a variety of machine tools including Tig/Mig/Arc Welders, lathes, and milling machines.
  • Verify conformance of machines or repaired dies to specifications by checking dimensions, clearances, and alignments.
  • Troubleshoot for problems during production.
  • Set up appropriate tools in the department.
  • Follow safe work practices and company work procedures at all times.
  • Ensure work complies with QS9000 standards.
  • Maintain tooling Quality STD's and Preventative/Predictive Maintenance program.
  • Work overtime as required.
  • Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

  • Associate's degree or equivalent from two years college or technical school or 5 years related experience or training.
  • Completion of a 4-year Tool & Die apprenticeship program.
  • Minimum of 7 years' experience with assembly tooling.
  • At least 5 years specializing in new assembly tool construction and robot tooling.
  • Hemming die or clinch tool experience is a must.
  • Metrology experience is required including exposure to and using master-buck tooling.
  • Good hand dexterity, mechanical skills, mathematical skills, and organizational skills.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • Employee Profit Sharing Plan
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Referral Program
  • Onsite cafeteria
  • Annual events
  • Onsite Nurses' office
  • Onsite Mother's room

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
Employee Profit Sharing Plan
Employee Assistance Program
Tuition Reimbursement
Referral Program
Onsite cafeteria
Annual events
Onsite Nurses' office
Onsite Mother's room
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How this job compares in Piedmont, SC

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting sits about 33% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across South Carolina — toward the top of a $23–$34/hr middle band drawn from 37 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 81% 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 Piedmont, SC

Piedmont, SC currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across South Carolina as a whole we're tracking 110 other active welding openings from 78 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Piedmont, or widen the search to South Carolina.

The most active employers in South Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Recruiting Solutions (4), Parker Hannifin (3), and Kelso Industries (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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