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Tool, Jig and Die Maker - Silverton
Swift Human Resources
Johannesburg, South Africa
Mid / Senior
5 years - 10 years
Market Related
Contract
Skills and Industries
Job Description
General Information
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Tool Maker at our Client in Silverton Pretoria.
Qualifications
Matric
Trade Test: Tool, Jig and Die Maker
5 - 10 years experience
Requirements
- Experience working as a tool and die maker.
- In-depth knowledge of machine tools and their uses.
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints and design schematics.
- Extensive experience with metalworking tools including drills, milling machines, grinders, and lathes.
- Ability to lift heavy objects and operate large machinery.
- Experience with quality control analysis.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Advanced troubleshooting skills.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Reading and interpreting blueprints, design schematics, and CAD drawings.
- Visualizing and computing metal shapes and tolerances.
- Designing jigs and templates as work aids in the fabrication of parts.
- Measuring and marking metal stock for machining.
- Setting up machine tools such as drills, lathes, grinders, and milling machines.
- Cutting and shaping blocks to specified dimensions.
- Filling, grinding, and shimming metals to ensure a smooth finish.
- Fitting and assembling tools and die parts.
- Inspecting finished dies and tools for defects, smoothness, and contour deformities.
- Conducting test runs with completed tools and dies.
Client Overview
Our client is a mechatronics innovation and development company that specialises in bespoke industrial turnkey solutions, comprising of robotics, machine building, automated guided vehicles, packaging solutions, telemetry smart factory & city systems, aluminium kits building solutions, automated torque tools, and spray painting solutions. Directech has been in operation for the past 26 years.