ToolMaker

Job Description

About the Role

Pinnacle Partners is recruiting for a Toolmaker / Toolmaker II on behalf of a client in Erie, Pennsylvania. We are seeking an experienced precision toolmaker with a strong background in moldmaking, Tool & Die, or a comparable precision tooling environment. This role will focus on building, repairing, maintaining, and supporting high-precision injection molds while utilizing precision grinding, EDM, milling, turning, and inspection equipment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, repair, maintain, fit, and support high-precision injection molds used primarily for insulator housings and cable overmolding.
• Perform precision surface grinding, including flat and form grinding.
• Operate Wire and Sinker EDM equipment to produce precision mold components.
• Design and build EDM electrodes when capable and coordinate with the CNC team when additional support is required.
• Utilize manual and support equipment including vertical mills, lathes, and Bridgeport mills as needed.
• Inspect components and incoming steel using precision measurement and inspection equipment.
• Work with Quality Assurance to verify components before mold assembly or shipment.
• Support Toolmaker III associates with final fitting and assembly of complete molds.
• Review Bills of Materials (BOMs), verify components, and ensure components meet specifications.
• Understand how individually machined components interact within the finished mold and how dimensional variation can affect mold performance.
• Troubleshoot machining, fit, tolerance, and mold-related issues.
• Work closely with Design Engineers, Molding Technicians, Quality Assurance, Toolmaker IIIs, and other members of the engineering and tooling organization.
• Perform preventative maintenance and repairs on precision molds and extrusion tooling as needed.

Requirements:

• Strong toolmaking, moldmaking, or highly transferable Tool & Die experience.
• Experience with precision surface grinding.
• Strong understanding of holding tight machining tolerances.
• Experience working directly with molds, mold components, or comparable precision tooling.
• Working knowledge of EDM, grinding, mills, lathes, or comparable toolroom equipment.
• Ability to independently use precision measurement and inspection tools, including micrometers and comparable equipment.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and understanding of how individual precision components function together.
• Ability to read prints, specifications, and dimensional requirements.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, communication, and sense of urgency.
• High School Diploma required.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs. from floor to waist.

Preferred:

• 5+ years of direct moldmaking experience.
• Advanced precision surface or form grinding experience.
• Experience working with tolerances around ±.0001".
• Wire EDM and Sinker EDM experience.
• Injection mold experience, particularly with small, highly precise mold components.
• Experience with EDM electrode design and building.
• Final mold fitting, assembly, repair, and troubleshooting experience.
• Journeyman certification in Tool & Die or Moldmaking.
• Root cause analysis and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience in medical or similarly high-precision manufacturing and tooling environments.
• Experience independently leading tooling jobs.

Benefits Overview:

• Competitive base pay of approximately $30 per hour, with flexibility based on experience and qualifications.
• 1st shift with a flexible start time.
• Approximately 45 hours per week is common, with additional overtime earning potential.
• Overtime paid at 1.5x.
• Approximately five weeks of combined vacation and personal time.
• Paid holidays.
• Continued technical development within a highly specialized precision toolroom.
• Standard employee benefits package.

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