Tool and Die Machinist
Works from a variety of prints, sketches, drawings, manuals, formulas, and verbal instructions to achieve specific requirements such as mold maintenance, fitting, assembling, and CNC machining. Maintains tolerances within stated levels and applies electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic standards to molds or other apparatus.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoots basic electronic and/or hydraulic problems.
- Instructs and verifies work performed by others as directed.
- Provides safe tools and processes for production.
- Loads and unloads tools from transports.
- Trains employees as needed.
- Complies with all safe practices when working with large tools.
- Knows, understands, and complies with company quality policies and directives.
- Learns, supports, and practices continuous improvement initiatives to improve processes.
- Performs housekeeping functions before and after the job.
Essential Skills
- Proficiency in using manual machines such as lathes and mills.
- Experience in tooling or mold is a plus.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
- Knowledge of lathe, mill, manual machining, tooling, die repair, and mold repair.
- Familiarity with calipers, micrometers, grinders, surface grinding, stamping, die maintenance, tolerances, and troubleshooting.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Preferred Associate's Degree or equivalent within machining or tool and die.
Why Work Here?
When you join us, you become part of a company with over 60 years of history in the plastic injection molding industry. We are privately held and founded on values like trust, pride, credibility, fairness, respect, innovativeness, responsiveness, and camaraderie. We aim to recruit and retain individuals who share our values, enabling us to achieve our vision of being a world-class custom injection molding company. We promote from within and emphasize education and training to retain talent, offering a comprehensive compensation package that balances a competitive wage with exceptional benefits.
Work Environment
The work environment includes 1st Shift from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm and 3rd Shift from 11:00 pm to 7:30 am. Employees work near moving mechanical parts and equipment, exposed to dirt, dust, high heat, humidity, vibrations, moving hazards, oil, detergents, and heights. The noise level is usually moderate.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of West Des Moines, Iowa.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $32.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in West Des Moines,IA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Sep 3, 2025.
About Aerotek
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meet their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies' construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.