Tool & Die Maker

• 40 multi-slide proprietary zinc die casting machines ranging from 12 to 21 tons
• Five multi-slide proprietary zinc die casting machines ranging from 70 to 200 tons
• Injected Metal Assembly (IMA) up to one ton
• Precision tool building with in-house capabilities
• Design, prototyping, and modeling services
• Wide range of finishing surfaces available including tumbling, polishing, shot blasting and thermal de-burring
• Cosmetic or protective coating equipment either through certified suppliers or in-house
• Wide range of secondary operations including CNC machining, tapping, reaming, and drilling

• Review product/assembly/blueprint/drawings, determine, plan, and coordinate tooling movement through required sequence(s) of operations, and complete complex set-up and machining operations required to produce work piece to prescribed tolerances, dimensions, and finish;
• Conduct required inspection and measurement activities to verify conformance of machined parts to specifications, hand and machine fit die parts to precise dimensions, and disposition component/tooling for heat treat, when required;
• Expedite heat treated components through required machining and cavity center operations to fit the die/tool, verify cavity conformance to customer print and cavity layout;
• Update blueprints and communicate with Designers/support staff regarding required design modifications;
• Assemble and fit/adjust die/tooling to extremely tight drawing specifications/tolerances, prepare for first testing, and complete required documentation;
• Provide technical assistance/guidance as required throughout the initial testing and inspection of castings, and provide required input/assistance to troubleshoot and coordinate implementation of corrective actions;
• Monitor action outcomes, document completed rework, update prints and complete revision requests, and where required, record labour hours and prepare tooling to ship to production plants;
• Analyze tooling problems and inspection reports, and communicate any input regarding corrective actions with the appropriate individuals/departments;
• Troubleshoot customer casting-related issues to determine appropriate corrective actions, and monitor impact of actions implemented to resolve issue;
• Detect and highlight design improvement opportunities, and modify engineering documents as required to improve clarity and manufacturing efficiency.

• Maintain production tools;
• Maintain adequate spare parts and initiate required documentation to requisition parts as needed;
• Provide guidance/support to junior peers, apprentices, and other personnel as needed;
• Conduct all scheduled P.M. activities, record and maintain completed activities records, and initiate machine/tooling/technology continuous improvement opportunities;
• Attend communication, Engineering and/or other meetings as required;
• Complete required housekeeping activities to maintain a clean and safe work area;
• Weld cavity area as required, and participate in manufacturing of new tooling when required;
• Repair or maintain all tooling on machining line plus, equipment and casting machine and robots;
• Build experimental cutters and tooling;
• Check and repair all gauging as needed;
• Assist in equipment maintenance in areas of his/her work where tool making expertise is necessary;
• Make gauges for inspection department, and electrodes, where applicable;
• Build new cavities, plates and related parts for die maintenance, jigs and fixtures to accommodate machining lines, and fixtures for robots;
• Set-up and run experimental runs.

• Minimum Grade 12; AND
• Certification of Qualification as a Tool & Die Maker/Toolmaker/Mould Maker; AND
• Minimum of five (5) years' experience as a Toolmaker or Mould Maker;
• Advanced level/complex blueprint reading and interpretation to conceptualize/visualize complex machining operations/procedures to manufacture the work piece to extremely tight (+/- .0002, .005 mm) tolerances and specifications;

• Advanced level ability to measure precisely in either imperial or metric measurement using measuring tools and complete conversions from one to the other;
• Advanced level skill and knowledge of the die casting process, dies, fixtures and cutting tools;
• Advanced level skill and knowledge in the safe operation of all standard tool room equipment;
• Tool steel welding skills, preferred;
• Proficiency in geometry and trigonometry;
• Ability to silver solder various sub assemblies of die parts preferred;
• Ability to weld minute cavity detail using plasma needle arc welder with minimum amount of distortions or overflow preferred;
• Intermediate level working knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical controls and PLC's preferred.

• Days, Afternoons, Nights
• Monday to Friday (32, 37.5 or 40 hours per week)

• Peterborough, ON K9J6X7: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work

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