Precision Tooling Machinist

About the role

Imagine stepping into a well-equipped toolroom where prints become parts and ideas become cutting tools. As a Precision Tooling Machinist, you transform detailed drawings into the jigs, fixtures, dies, gauges, and specialized cutters that keep manufacturing running smoothly. You alternate between creation and repair—building new tools, refining old ones, and ensuring everything you touch returns to service ready for production.

What your day looks like

Early in the shift, you pull the latest job prints, study the dimensions, and verify tolerances with calibrated measuring devices. You choose materials and setups, then cut, grind, and finish to spec using lathes, grinders, and other toolroom machines. Between builds, you sharpen cutting tools, check toolholders, and return everything to its proper place—documenting check-in/check-out so the team always knows what’s available.

When a machine center needs a setup, you assemble complete setup kits so production can move quickly. You diagnose wear, determine if a repair will restore performance, and either fix or requisition replacement components to maintain stock levels. Throughout, you communicate clearly with supervisors and peers—by phone, email, and in person—staying cool under pressure and moving efficiently from one task to the next with minimal errors.

Core responsibilities

• Interpret blueprints and job prints; fabricate or modify tooling accordingly.
• Sharpen and maintain tools; verify toolholders are service-ready before storage.
• Repair tools or request replacement parts, tooling, and hardware to sustain inventory.
• Manage toolroom log: check tooling in and out accurately.
• Set up and operate toolroom machinery (including lathes and grinders) to produce form tools, taps, drills, and holders.
• Assemble complete setup kits for machines as needed.

What you bring

• Background in fastener manufacturing preferred, especially with heading operations.
• Comfort communicating across shifts and functions; steady under time-sensitive conditions.
• Strong organization and prioritization; able to pivot quickly without sacrificing accuracy.
• Working knowledge of IATF 16949 quality expectations.
• Sound deductive reasoning to apply general rules to specific, real-world problems.
• Ability to adjust equipment for speed, pressure, temperature, dimensions, and material flow.
• Basic heading maintenance familiarity.
• Proficiency with calipers, micrometers, and blueprint reading.
• Consistent adherence to OSHA and company safety standards.

Tools of the trade: lathes, grinders, measuring instruments, and the skills of a tool and die maker who produces jigs, fixtures, dies, gauges, and other precision tooling used throughout the manufacturing process.

Work setup: 100% onsite at a single location.

Quality culture: You’ll operate within a disciplined, standards-driven environment where craftsmanship and documentation go hand-in-hand.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an

employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable

accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds.
• Must wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which is required in designated areas.
• Ability to continuously stand and move through 8–10-hour shifts.
• 100% onsite. One work location.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) of this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will relationship.