Toolmaker
Visa sponsorship
Manufacturing · Perth, WA, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
Whether you work in Kampala or Jinja today, this is a role for a toolmaker who takes precision seriously. A specialist engineering firm near Perth makes demanding mechanisms for overseas customers and is backing its own machining shop with serious spending.
The firm is looking for a toolmaker who is also at home as a precision machinist. The job is prototypes and short batches of parts that must be exact, and the person chosen decides much of how each method develops. Growth is fast, so the role brings a leading hand in building up the shop and senior technical and supervisory duties as the team expands. Visa sponsorship may be considered for an exceptional candidate.
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Key Responsibilities
- Write CNC programs for turning jobs
- Write CNC programs for milling jobs
- Set up each machine for the job in hand
- Operate the machines and watch the run
- Perform jig grinding and other precision grinding
- Develop CAD/CAM programs and modify existing models
- Design workholding and fixtures and manufacture them
- Inspect parts closely and refine the way they are made again and again
- Collaborate with engineers on easier manufacture, and develop systems and procedures as the team grows
- Plan, programme and carry out prototype and small-batch production to exacting quality standards
Requirements & Eligibility
- Qualified as a Toolmaker, Tool and Die Maker or Fitter and Turner/Machinist through a trade qualification, or able to show equivalent experience
- Extensive hands-on time in precision manufacturing held to close tolerances (IT6 and finer, or equivalent precision work)
- Experience programming CNC machines and using CAD/CAM on contemporary controls and software, backed by a sound understanding of materials, tooling, workholding and measurement
- Experience with EDM, high-speed machining, precision grinding (particularly jig grinding) and/or alternative prototype manufacturing techniques is an advantage
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