Toolmaker
Visa sponsorship
Manufacturing · Perth, WA, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
Looking for the next rung on a toolmaking career? This opening in the Perth area offers real technical depth alongside room to rise. The employer is a boutique producer of finely engineered mechanisms sold abroad, and it is committing capital to taking more of its machining in-house.
The person hired will be a seasoned toolmaker and precision machinist producing prototypes and short runs of exacting parts, with a wide say over how each method is worked out. As the firm scales up, senior technical duties and team-leading work can follow. An exceptional candidate may be considered for visa sponsorship.
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Key Responsibilities
- Programme, set up and run CNC lathes and mills end to end
- Perform jig grinding and related precision grinding
- Prepare CAD/CAM programs and edit current models
- Design and build fixtures and workholding for each part
- Inspect output with metrology tools and keep sharpening the process
- Support engineers on manufacturability and draft the systems and procedures a larger team will use
- Plan and complete prototype work and small production batches, meeting strict quality requirements
Requirements & Eligibility
- Trade qualification as a Toolmaker, Tool and Die Maker or Fitter and Turner/Machinist, or comparable experience
- Deep hands-on experience in precision manufacturing held to close tolerances: IT6 and finer, or equivalent precision work
- CNC programming and CAD/CAM experience on modern controls and software, together with a sound grasp of materials, tooling, workholding and measurement
- Experience with high-speed machining, precision grinding (jig grinding in particular), EDM and/or other prototype-making methods is advantageous
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