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Overview

At Klein Tools, curiosity powers discovery, ownership inspires excellence, and urgency means we run towards opportunities. As a Plastics Tool Room Team Member, you'll design, build, maintain, and repair complex tooling, molds, fixtures, and systems that keep our manufacturing operations running at peak performance.

Responsibilities

  • Install, repair, and modify hot runner systems.
  • Install, repair, and modify valve-gated systems.
  • Operate computer and mechanically controlled machine tools to produce and repair precision metal tools and dies.
  • Analyze blueprints, CAD/CAM/CAE models, and engineering specifications.
  • Determine optimal tool paths for fabricating tools/forms/molds.
  • Manually set up and adjust machine tools and load instructions into CNC systems.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, dimensions, and tolerances.
  • Use precision measuring instruments such as micrometers and indicators.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs and maintenance.
  • Utilize basic math and trigonometry in daily operations.

Requirements

  • High School diploma and at least 3 years related work experience.
  • Associates Degree or vocational certification in related Tool & Die Making field preferred.
  • Must possess knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs and maintenance.
  • Read blueprints and understand dimensions and tolerances.
  • Able to use precision measuring instruments such as micrometers and indicators.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in basic math and trigonometry.
  • Must be able to read, write, speak and understand basic English.
  • Demonstrate proficiency with Microsoft Office and CAD software.
  • Ability to communicate and work as a team member.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Work schedule is T-F, 5am-3:30pm.

Benefits

PTO
401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Mansfield, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Mansfield, TX currently run a median of $22/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$22/hr across 9 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 Mansfield, TX

We're tracking 16 other active welding openings in Mansfield, TX right now, from 6 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,245 other active welding openings from 549 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Mansfield, or widen the search to Texas.

Klein Tools currently has 3 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (39), Zachry Group (30), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (22). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Old Sixth Ward at $40/hr, Arlington at $39/hr, and Dallas at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Mansfield, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Plastics Tool Room Team Member II T-F, 5am-3:30pm figures were last recalculated when this page was built.