Toolmaker
Visa sponsorship
Manufacturing · Perth, WA, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
Looking at a move from Dar es Salaam to Western Australia? Here is a vacancy for a seasoned toolmaker who also machines to precision. The employer is a compact, highly technical firm near Perth that ships refined mechanisms to buyers overseas and is ploughing resources into producing more of its parts itself.
The work is prototypes and short runs of exacting parts. You would have wide freedom to choose the methods and a leading hand in growing the workshop's abilities. Because the business is expanding fast, you could help steer production and move into senior technical and team-leading duties. Sponsorship of a visa may be considered if the candidate is exceptional.
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Key Responsibilities
- Programme, set up and run CNC lathes and milling machines, and grind to fine limits including on the jig grinder
- Write CAD/CAM programs, change existing models, and design and make the fixtures and holding devices parts need
- Measure and inspect work, and keep refining the process
- Partner with engineers on ease of manufacture and put systems and procedures in place as the team grows
- Plan and produce prototypes and short runs to a very demanding quality standard
Requirements & Eligibility
- Qualified through trade as a Toolmaker, Tool and Die Maker or Fitter and Turner/Machinist, or able to point to equal experience
- Substantial hands-on time in precision manufacturing at tight tolerances (IT6 and finer, or equivalent precision work)
- Experience in CNC programming, on up-to-date controls
- Experience in CAD/CAM, on up-to-date software
- A sound command of materials and tooling
- A sound command of workholding and measurement
- Experience in high-speed machining, precision grinding (particularly jig grinding), EDM and/or other prototype manufacturing methods is helpful
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