Job Description

Overview

The Metal Stamping Toolroom Machinist position involves building, repairing, and maintaining progressive stamping dies, fixtures, and precision tooling for continuous-run punch press operations in Wood Dale, IL. The role requires collaboration with the Tool Room Manager and focuses on improving die functionality and troubleshooting production issues.

Responsibilities

  • Translate engineering drawings and blueprints into action and offer design feedback.
  • Run grinders, drills, mills, lathes, and hand tools to machine close-tolerance parts and fabricate prototypes.
  • Receive and inspect dies, disassemble, clean, and perform repairs while implementing countermeasures.
  • Plan operations and complete multi-step setups to achieve machining outcomes.
  • Validate die and part specifications using measurement tools.
  • Safely handle tooling and practice safe lifting at all times.
  • Troubleshoot production lines and conduct routine maintenance.
  • Champion safety and maintain a neat work area.
  • Document repairs and notify leadership of quality issues.
  • Train peers on machining and suggest process improvements.
  • Monitor and maintain inventory of spare die components.
  • Accurately complete paperwork and follow company policies.
  • Collaborate to resolve daily issues and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Hands-on proficiency with assigned machinery and equipment.
  • Experience with CNC programs and control panels.
  • Ability to read Blueprints, Piece Prints, and GD&T.
  • Advanced math skills for feeds, speeds, distances, and geometry.
  • Skilled with measurement tools such as calipers and micrometers.
  • Understanding of machining behavior of diverse raw materials.
  • Strong communication skills to follow and give instructions.

Additional Information

  • Location: Wood Dale, IL
  • Posted on: 10/12/22

How this job compares in Wood Dale, IL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$43/hr across 252 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 Wood Dale, IL

Wood Dale, IL is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 342 other active welding openings from 206 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gerber Collision & Glass (16), S&C Electric Company (10), and Crash Champions (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 Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $38/hr, Downers Grove at $36/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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