Senior Automotive Toolmaker

 

Recruiter:

Ann Swann Personnel

Job Ref:

JHB000718/BP

Date posted:

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Location:

Pretoria, South Africa

Salary:

53000 Monthly


SUMMARY:
This large manufacturing company requires the expertise of a Trade Test qualified Toolmaker with N3 and at least 5 years' experience in an automotive stamping plant. Must be able to work without supervision and be prepared to do shifts.

POSITION INFO:

Minimum qualifications and requirements:

  • Toolmaker Trade Certificate with at least 5 years’ experience in an Automotive stamping plant.
  • Proficient draw die forming knowledge.
  • 3 years’ experience with A class surface dies.
  • Ability to read tooling and product drawings.
  • Proficient welding skills.
  • Knowledge of tool steel properties and heat-treating parameters. 
  • Ability to work any shift as well as rotating shifts and weekends
  • Ability to work independently with limited supervision

Key Responsibilities:

Deliver the best Tool & Die to produce high quality product at the required rate according to specification. Manufacture, maintain, and modify Press tools, Jigs and Fixtures according to company standard and requirement.

  • Perform safety inspections using corporate tools and conduct safety talks, Identify and insure that safety hazards and unsafe practices are promptly corrected.
  • Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications; make adjustments as necessary.       
  • Cut, shape, and trim blanks or blocks to specified lengths or shapes, using power saws, shears, rules, and hand tools.  
  • File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together. 
  • Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.      
  • Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects.    
  • Lift, position, and secure machined parts or die components using hoists and overhead cranes.  
  • Measure, mark, and scribe metal or plastic stock to lay out machining, using instruments such as protractors, micrometers, scribes, and rulers. 
  • Select metals to be used from a range of metals based on properties such as hardness and heat tolerance.       
  • Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine (CNC/MECOF) tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes.      
  • Set up and operate drill presses to drill and tap holes in parts for assembly.          
  • Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or power grinders.           
  • Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies
  • Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
  • Inspect and class finished part appearance against a master sample.         
  • Design jigs, fixtures, and templates for use as work aids in the fabrication of parts or products.  
  • Understanding draw die forming, maintenance of beads, trim steels and pierce operations.        
  • Set pyrometer controls of heat-treating furnaces, and feed or place parts, tools, or assemblies into furnaces to harden.           
  • Do preventative maintenance according to instruction as scheduled. Report non-conformance.    
  • Support production with press and assembly related down time.
  • Actively partake in the role to improve production systems.           


 

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