Hours: 3:30pm-2:00am Monday-Friday. 11:00am-5:00pm if there’s Saturday work.
Position Summary: The Tool Room Helper assists in lifting, moving, maintaining, and assembling tooling components. This role requires hands-on mechanical work, including cleaning, sharpening, and inspecting tooling to ensure it meets specifications. Must be interesting in training to become a Machinist.

EDUCATION:

• High School Diploma or GED required.

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar role.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• Blueprint reading.
• Knowledge of tool room equipment.
• Strong mathematical skills.
• Use of precision measuring instruments.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Knowledge of metal properties and abrasives.
• Understanding of mechanical processes.

• Lift, move, clamp, and bolt dies and fixtures on machines using hand tools.
• Lubricate, clean, and maintain tool room equipment.
• Assist in lifting and positioning workpieces.
• Clean machines and work areas.
• Inspect tools for wear and broken or non-functioning components.
• Compare workpieces with prints and measuring instruments to verify conformance to specifications.
• Place workpieces into heating furnaces or preheat workpieces using a hand torch.
• Disassemble and clean dies using cleaning solutions, brushes, and rags.
• Sharpen dies and punches.
• Reassemble tooling to proper functional status.
• Make shims to maintain existing or newly re-engineered timing of assembled tooling.
• Perform other customer-driven or product-driven duties as assigned by the Supervisor.