Plastics Tool & Die Maker
Badger Meter is a leading global water technology company, with a mission to preserve and protect the world's most precious resource. For more than 100 years, cities and businesses have utilized our innovative and trusted solutions to enhance operational efficiency and conserve water while making it more affordable, clean and resilient. Just like every drop counts, at Badger Meter every employee counts because our contributions have a lasting impact on the world! Here at Badger Meter, we believe that our approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion is the very foundation of our success. Our commitment is reflected in our core values, where we strive to create an environment that celebrates differences, encourages innovation, and ensures that every voice is celebrated and appreciated. We understand that a diverse team brings a variety of perspectives and ideas, which ultimately fosters creativity and excellence. Badger Meter provides opportunities for career growth and development for every employee by creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where they can make meaningful contributions while preserving the world's most precious resource.
What You Will Contribute: Join our team as a Plastics Tool & Die Maker and become the backbone of our production success! In this crucial role, you'll maintain and operate production tooling to ensure our products meet the highest quality standards. With your expertise in precision machining and problem-solving, you'll tackle challenging projects, working from intricate blueprints and collaborating across teams to achieve excellence. If you're ready to make a tangible impact in a dynamic manufacturing environment while honing your craft with cutting-edge equipment, we want to hear from you! This will be a first shift (6:30am-3:00pm) role at our Milwaukee Headquarters.
We are looking for a Tool and Die Maker with either plastics injection or die cast experience. The Tool & Die Maker's main function is to keep production tooling maintained and operational to ensure production needs are met to the highest quality level. Work will be subject to process and final inspection in accordance with Badger Meter's quality management system and you will be responsible for observing safe work habits and maintaining cleanliness of work area. Work will be subject to process and final inspection in accordance with Badger Meter ISO 9000 documentation.
Job Duties
- Plan, layout and perform required bench and machine operations to construct, alter and repair tools, dies, fixtures, and gauges.
- Communicate with supervisor his/her daily activities, anomalies in work areas, and unsafe conditions.
- Work from complicated drawings, specifications or concepts.
- Use a wide variety of precision instruments for exacting measurements.
- Lay out work and plan machining/bench procedures and perform difficult machining operations requiring complicated setups which may involve improvising of tooling and machines for adaptations beyond the normal range in capacities of available equipment.
- Set up and operate a variety of CNC mills, CNC EDM's and related CAD equipment machine tools to perform precision machining operations.
- Perform critical bench and assembly operations to fit, align, calibrate, adjust, assemble and finish work.
- Train apprentice Tool and Die Maker or other tool room personnel on a project basis.
- Analyze molded parts to determine tool repair and adjustments required.
- Operate related CAD/CAM equipment.
Education and Experience
* State indentured Tool and Die Journeyman's Card pref