Toolmaker
Visa sponsorship
Manufacturing · Perth, WA, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
Toolmakers who have spent years holding fine limits will recognise the work on offer near Perth. A small specialist firm there builds refined mechanisms for customers abroad and is putting heavy money behind machining more of its own parts.
It needs a seasoned toolmaker and precision machinist who can run prototypes and short production runs of exacting parts and decide the right methods without close supervision. The firm is scaling up quickly, so the person hired can help set the direction of production and grow into senior technical and team-leading duties. The employer may consider sponsoring a visa for an exceptional candidate.
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Key Responsibilities
- Programme CNC lathe jobs
- Programme CNC milling jobs
- Prepare each machine and run it through production
- Take on jig grinding and other precision grinding
- Develop CAD/CAM programs and edit the models in use
- Design the fixtures each part needs
- Make the fixtures and holding devices
- Inspect and measure parts, then refine the process over time
- Work with the engineering team on manufacturability, write the systems and procedures a bigger team needs, and plan and deliver prototypes and short runs to a demanding standard
Requirements & Eligibility
- A trade qualification as a Toolmaker, Tool and Die Maker or Fitter and Turner/Machinist, or equal experience
- Real depth of practical experience in precision manufacturing at close tolerances (IT6 and finer, or equivalent precision work)
- Experience programming CNC on modern controls
- Experience working in CAD/CAM on modern software
- A good understanding of materials, tooling, workholding and measurement
- Experience in high-speed machining, precision grinding (particularly jig grinding), EDM and/or other prototype manufacturing techniques is beneficial
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