Signicast Corporation
Signicast - Hartford Facility, 1800 Innovation Way, Hartford, Wisconsin, United States of America
Job Description Posted Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Signicast is the industry’s leading investment casting manufacturer. Through the hard work and dedication of our employees, we satisfy our customer's needs by safely delivering a quality product on-time, at a competitive price. Working at Signicast means becoming part of a world-class company. With industry-leading Total Rewards package and the potential to grow your career with us. Signicast doesn’t just invest in you— we help you invest in a future!
The
Tool Maker
is responsible for mold, tool, and fixture build using all tool room equipment and providing technical support. This will include, mold design input, scheduling, and troubleshooting. This position is a 12-hour shift working 6 pm- 6 am on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Repair molds, tooling, and fixtures
Performs complex tool-making procedures requiring fitting and assembling parts, and adjusting meet requirements
Set up and operate conventional, special-purpose machines to fabricate tooling components, and fit and assemble these components into production tooling and fixtures
Set up and operate automatic and manual machining equipment for the manufacturing and repair of injection molds
Perform preventive maintenance on all molds/dies
Build jigs and fixtures as needed
Design and build gauges to check the accuracy of parts
Manufacture new molds/dies to meet production demand for existing and new products,
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of Electrical discharge machining
Knowledge of speeds and feeds for carbide cutters used in machining tool steels
The ability to program conversational and tool path programs in multiple formats
Experience with multi-axis, 5-axis simultaneous is a plus
Print and GD&T knowledge
Ability to hold close tolerance to + or - .0001
Ability to complete all tasks in a safe manner
Work Environment/Physical Demands
Frequently required to stand, walk, talk, hear
Use hands to work tools, controls, etc.
Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
Education and Experience
3 years experience as a Tool Maker preferably in a wax or plastics injection mold manufacturing environment
A two-year associate degree in machine tool technology is preferred but not required
Benefits Our Total Rewards program offers world class benefits for this full-time position.
Medical Insurance-PPO & HDHP HSA within 61 days of your start date
Dental & Vision insurance
Wellness Program
Life Insurance
Short-term & Long Term disability
Paid vacations plus 10 paid Holidays
Quarterly Performance Bonus
401k Matching up to 5.5%
Tuition Reimbursement
On-site Fitness center (Hartford & Brown Deer Only)
On-site Chiropractor (Hartford Only)
Signicast offers a breadth of opportunities from career development planning to help our employees grow into their next position through individualized planning and training to in-depth leadership development for our next generation of leaders.
Signicast is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
Signicast - Hartford Facility, 1800 Innovation Way, Hartford, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Job Description Posted Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Signicast is the industry’s leading investment casting manufacturer. Through the hard work and dedication of our employees, we satisfy our customer's needs by safely delivering a quality product on-time, at a competitive price. Working at Signicast means becoming part of a world-class company. With industry-leading Total Rewards package and the potential to grow your career with us. Signicast doesn’t just invest in you— we help you invest in a future!
The
Tool Maker
is responsible for mold, tool, and fixture build using all tool room equipment and providing technical support. This will include, mold design input, scheduling, and troubleshooting. This position is a 12-hour shift working 6 pm- 6 am on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Repair molds, tooling, and fixtures
Performs complex tool-making procedures requiring fitting and assembling parts, and adjusting meet requirements
Set up and operate conventional, special-purpose machines to fabricate tooling components, and fit and assemble these components into production tooling and fixtures
Set up and operate automatic and manual machining equipment for the manufacturing and repair of injection molds
Perform preventive maintenance on all molds/dies
Build jigs and fixtures as needed
Design and build gauges to check the accuracy of parts
Manufacture new molds/dies to meet production demand for existing and new products,
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of Electrical discharge machining
Knowledge of speeds and feeds for carbide cutters used in machining tool steels
The ability to program conversational and tool path programs in multiple formats
Experience with multi-axis, 5-axis simultaneous is a plus
Print and GD&T knowledge
Ability to hold close tolerance to + or - .0001
Ability to complete all tasks in a safe manner
Work Environment/Physical Demands
Frequently required to stand, walk, talk, hear
Use hands to work tools, controls, etc.
Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
Education and Experience
3 years experience as a Tool Maker preferably in a wax or plastics injection mold manufacturing environment
A two-year associate degree in machine tool technology is preferred but not required
Benefits Our Total Rewards program offers world class benefits for this full-time position.
Medical Insurance-PPO & HDHP HSA within 61 days of your start date
Dental & Vision insurance
Wellness Program
Life Insurance
Short-term & Long Term disability
Paid vacations plus 10 paid Holidays
Quarterly Performance Bonus
401k Matching up to 5.5%
Tuition Reimbursement
On-site Fitness center (Hartford & Brown Deer Only)
On-site Chiropractor (Hartford Only)
Signicast offers a breadth of opportunities from career development planning to help our employees grow into their next position through individualized planning and training to in-depth leadership development for our next generation of leaders.
Signicast is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
Signicast - Hartford Facility, 1800 Innovation Way, Hartford, Wisconsin, United States of America
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