4 Tool Die Maker jobs in Bellwood
TOOL & DIE MAKER
Deerfield, Illinois
MPI Products
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We are a leading fineblanking manufacture in Deerfield WI - focused in the automotive and industrial markets. As a tier one supplier, we are dedicated to producing high quality products while maintaining the highest standards of safety and environmental health. Our commitment to safety is integral to our operations ensuring a zero - tolerance working environment and fostering a culture of safety across our facilities.
Overview:
The Tool and Die maker will be responsible of planning, laying out and performing all bench and machine operations to construct, alter and repair intricately designed and constructed tools, dies, fixtures, gauges, etc.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Construct and repair new and existing dies, fixtures, gauges, etc.
- Construct replacement die parts.
- Set-up and operate all department equipment (includes turning, grinding, milling, drilling and cutoff machines, cutting tools, etc.).
- May act as lead on given tooling projects interacting with Engineering, Manufacturing and coordinating Tool Room activities in the construction and repair of new and existing dies.
- May occasionally do development and experimental work.
- Ensure quality workmanship and dimensional accuracy of assigned work.
- Maintain a clean, safe and efficient work area.
- Assist with the training of new or inexperienced personnel.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED/HSED.
- Excellent math skills (Adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, geometry, decimals).
- Journey-level status or equivalent experience.
- Experience and/or education and demonstrated ability to read and interpret blueprints and precision gauges.
- Must have own toolmaker tools or be willing to purchase.
- Demonstrated good attendance and performance per WF standards.
- Must work consistently within +/- .0001 tolerances.
- Ability to communicate effectively (verbal & written)
- Good interpersonal skills, ability to work within a team
- Coursework and/or equipment training that is provided internally and/or externally as required by the company and/or individual's needs
- Customer course work as necessary based upon the individual's experience and/or past training
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Stand in one place 70% of the day.
- Stand in one place up to 3 hours at any one time.
- Sit up to 1 hour at a time.
- Using 2 hands lift and carry up to 75 pounds.
- Lift from floor up to 4 feet height.
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Tool and Die Maker
Chicago, Illinois
HireNow Medical Solutions
Posted 17 days ago
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Tool and Die Maker Location: Chicago, IL 60644
Employment Type: Full-Time | Shift: 1st Shift + Overtime Available
Hourly Rate: Up to $40/hr. (based on skills and experience) About the Role HireNow Staffing is seeking an experienced and detail-driven Tool and Die Maker to join a leading metal manufacturing team based in Chicago. This is a hands-on, precision-driven position perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced shop and enjoys building, maintaining, and modifying tools that keep production running smoothly. If you're a skilled fabricator with a passion for troubleshooting and an eye for exact measurements, this opportunity offers competitive pay, a stable work environment, and a strong benefits package. What You'll Be Doing Tool Building & Maintenance
Comfortable with hands-on fabrication and quality control
Ready to contribute your expertise and solve challenges head-on
Reliable, team-oriented, and committed to craftsmanship and safety Ready to make your mark?
Apply today and join a company where precision, innovation, and quality craftsmanship come first.
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Employment Type: Full-Time | Shift: 1st Shift + Overtime Available
Hourly Rate: Up to $40/hr. (based on skills and experience) About the Role HireNow Staffing is seeking an experienced and detail-driven Tool and Die Maker to join a leading metal manufacturing team based in Chicago. This is a hands-on, precision-driven position perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced shop and enjoys building, maintaining, and modifying tools that keep production running smoothly. If you're a skilled fabricator with a passion for troubleshooting and an eye for exact measurements, this opportunity offers competitive pay, a stable work environment, and a strong benefits package. What You'll Be Doing Tool Building & Maintenance
- Analyze blueprints and plan tooling layouts
- Build, modify, and maintain cutting tools, jigs, dies, and fixtures
- Set up and operate manual machines (lathes, mills, grinders, etc.)
- Use surface plates, micrometers, and comparators to ensure tolerances are spot-on
- Lay out and measure metal stock for machining
- Operate 4-slides and related production equipment
- Assemble complex tooling and mechanisms with precision
- Use hand tools, gauges, and CAD drawings to bring tools to spec
- Perform quality checks and ensure compliance with manufacturing standards
- Diagnose tooling problems and develop on-the-spot solutions
- Maintain clean and organized workstations and return all tools to proper storage
- Track and report tooling effectiveness, first-piece inspections, and statistical data
- Work closely with engineers, supervisors, and production teams
- Document changes, updates, and tool designs
- Follow all safety protocols and contribute to process improvements
- Minimum 5 years of tool design/build experience
- At least 1 year of experience working with 4-slides
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, tool schematics, and tight tolerances
- Proficiency in manual machining (CNC skills a plus)
- Strong math skills, including geometry and trigonometry
- Ability to use calipers, micrometers, gauges, and related precision tools
- Fluent in English (oral and written communication)
- TMA Certificate
- Background in coal heading , small stamping , or wire forming
- Experience working with flat metal (1 inch wide or smaller)
- Familiarity with AutoCAD , EDM , or Haas Machines
- Competitive hourly pay up to $40/hr. based on skill
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Life & AD&D , Disability, and Critical Illness Insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Paid time off & Flexible Spending Account
- Growth opportunities within a well-established manufacturing company
Comfortable with hands-on fabrication and quality control
Ready to contribute your expertise and solve challenges head-on
Reliable, team-oriented, and committed to craftsmanship and safety Ready to make your mark?
Apply today and join a company where precision, innovation, and quality craftsmanship come first.
HireNow Staffing Precision Talent for Precision Work #ToolAndDieMaker #ChicagoJobs #ManufacturingCareers #MachinistJobs #SkilledTrades #HireNowStaffing #NowHiring #EngineeringSupport #CNCJobs #BlueprintReading #DieMaker
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Tool and Die Maker II
60104 Bellwood, Illinois
Advanced Technology Services
Posted 2 days ago
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Founded in 1985, ATS is a company with a presence in the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom. We are professionals in Industrial Maintenance and we make factories run better.
Fundada en 1985, ATS es una empresa con presencia en los Estados Unidos, México y el Reino Unido. Somos profesionales en mantenimiento industrial y hacemos que las fábricas funcionen mejor.
**Principal Duties/Responsibilities:**
· Performs repairs and adjustments to complex die sets.
· Inspects, measures, troubleshoots, and repairs common failures associated with Tool and Die.
· Develops and writes concise technical documents, including repair findings and reports.
· Heat-treats tools or parts.
· Measures, marks, and scribes metal stock for machining.
· Smoothes flat and contoured surfaces, using scrapers, abrasive stones, and power grinders, and fits and assembles parts together and into assemblies and mechanisms, using hand tools.
· Verifies dimensions, alignments, and clearances, using measuring instruments, such as dial indicators, gauge blocks, thickness gauges, and micrometers.
**Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, & Behaviors Required:**
· Post-secondary technical training or certification preferred
· At least five years related experience with tool and die tasks
· At least two years previous experience with measurement processes and equipment capabilities used in order to perform repairs and adjustments to complex die sets
· Previous experience with electronic drawing such as AutoCad, Pro-E or Solid Works and ability to modify existing drawings
· Knowledge of Heat Treat process as applied to Tool and Die components
· Knowledge of failure analysis, reliability studies, and performance enhancements
**Competencies Required:**
· Functional/Technical Skills
· Peer Relationships
· Technical Learning
· Learning on the Fly
**Physical Demands and Working Conditions:**
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb, ascend/descend or balance to heights that may require a ladder or lift; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl in confined spaces; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. The employee is regularly required to use close vision and color vision. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. Work is
typically performed in a factory environment and is usually very loud. In the factory environment, the employee may be exposed to hazardous materials and/or greasy or slippery factory floors
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ATS believes in fair and equitable pay. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location.
Pay Range
$30.96-$39.60 USD
ATS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment to all applicants and employees without regard to age, color, race, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or other legally protected status. Review the privacy policy here. ( se compromete a brindar igualdad de oportunidades de empleo en todos los aspectos del empleo a todos los solicitantes y empleados, independientemente de su edad, color, raza, religión, sexo (incluido el embarazo, identidad de género y orientación sexual), origen nacional, discapacidad, estatus de veterano, información genética u otro estatus legalmente protegido. Revisión de la política de privacidad aquí here. ( is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of employment to all applicants and employees, regardless of age, color, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information or other legally protected status.
Fundada en 1985, ATS es una empresa con presencia en los Estados Unidos, México y el Reino Unido. Somos profesionales en mantenimiento industrial y hacemos que las fábricas funcionen mejor.
**Principal Duties/Responsibilities:**
· Performs repairs and adjustments to complex die sets.
· Inspects, measures, troubleshoots, and repairs common failures associated with Tool and Die.
· Develops and writes concise technical documents, including repair findings and reports.
· Heat-treats tools or parts.
· Measures, marks, and scribes metal stock for machining.
· Smoothes flat and contoured surfaces, using scrapers, abrasive stones, and power grinders, and fits and assembles parts together and into assemblies and mechanisms, using hand tools.
· Verifies dimensions, alignments, and clearances, using measuring instruments, such as dial indicators, gauge blocks, thickness gauges, and micrometers.
**Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, & Behaviors Required:**
· Post-secondary technical training or certification preferred
· At least five years related experience with tool and die tasks
· At least two years previous experience with measurement processes and equipment capabilities used in order to perform repairs and adjustments to complex die sets
· Previous experience with electronic drawing such as AutoCad, Pro-E or Solid Works and ability to modify existing drawings
· Knowledge of Heat Treat process as applied to Tool and Die components
· Knowledge of failure analysis, reliability studies, and performance enhancements
**Competencies Required:**
· Functional/Technical Skills
· Peer Relationships
· Technical Learning
· Learning on the Fly
**Physical Demands and Working Conditions:**
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb, ascend/descend or balance to heights that may require a ladder or lift; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl in confined spaces; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. The employee is regularly required to use close vision and color vision. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. Work is
typically performed in a factory environment and is usually very loud. In the factory environment, the employee may be exposed to hazardous materials and/or greasy or slippery factory floors
?
ATS believes in fair and equitable pay. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location.
Pay Range
$30.96-$39.60 USD
ATS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment to all applicants and employees without regard to age, color, race, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or other legally protected status. Review the privacy policy here. ( se compromete a brindar igualdad de oportunidades de empleo en todos los aspectos del empleo a todos los solicitantes y empleados, independientemente de su edad, color, raza, religión, sexo (incluido el embarazo, identidad de género y orientación sexual), origen nacional, discapacidad, estatus de veterano, información genética u otro estatus legalmente protegido. Revisión de la política de privacidad aquí here. ( is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of employment to all applicants and employees, regardless of age, color, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information or other legally protected status.
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Tool Die Model or Plate Maker
60155 Broadview, Illinois
ITW
Posted 2 days ago
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**Job Description:**
ITW Shakeproof Industrial supplies cold headed & metal stamped fasteners totaling approximately $60M in revenue annually. Manufacturing/warehouse locations include Watertown, WI, Milwaukee, WI, Broadview, IL, and Iron Ridge, WI. We serve major OEMs and their tier suppliers direct and through distribution channels in the industrial market. ITW Shakeproof Industrial drives profitability by leveraging its innovative solutions and application engineering, allowing us to enhance our customers' competitive advantage.
ITW Shakeproof Industrial is an Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Company. ITW is a Fortune Manufacturing Company with Multi-Billion Dollar revenue and fifty thousand employees worldwide. Known for innovation, diversification, and excellent financial performance. We are never, whether we know it or not, more than a few steps from an innovative ITW solution.
**Position Summary:**
Analyze specifications, lay out metal stock, set up and operate machine tools, and fit and assemble parts to make and repair dies, cutting tools, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and machinists' hand tools.
+ Working knowledge of stamping dies and machining equipment, including grinding, lathes, mills; EDM and CNC experience a plus.
+ Ensure timely delivery of tools to press.
+ Work with production supervisor to identify and correct issues on tools with repeat.
+ Work with production operators to troubleshoot dies as needed.
+ Sharpen/maintain/change-over/repair/PM dies as needed to support production.
+ Maintain accurate die history files and time spent for work performed.
+ Consult with production operators regarding first/last piece approval; execute reaction plan for defective parts as needed.
+ Participate in tagging system, including red tags to ensure tools are ready for production.
+ Monitor inventory of key tooling components needed for assigned dies.
+ Complete tool or engineering change requests to ensure proper documentation control.
+ Ensure good housekeeping in your area.
+ To work in any other area of the plant at the request of your supervisor.
**Required Skill, Education and Experience**
+ Two-year degree in Machine Tool and/or minimum of 6 years Tool & Die or equivalent.
+ Basic reading/writing/math skills
+ Mechanical ability and knowledge of tools and machinery
+ Ability to focus and prioritize tasks and objectives.
+ Good communication skills.
+ Ability to lift/pull up to fifty (50) pounds.
+ Knowledge of the use of measuring devices, blueprints and drawings preferred.
+ Knowledge of multi-die (boltmaking) and one die two blow machinery preferred.
**Compensation Information:**
31.80 - 35.00 USD Hourly
ITW Shakeproof Industrial supplies cold headed & metal stamped fasteners totaling approximately $60M in revenue annually. Manufacturing/warehouse locations include Watertown, WI, Milwaukee, WI, Broadview, IL, and Iron Ridge, WI. We serve major OEMs and their tier suppliers direct and through distribution channels in the industrial market. ITW Shakeproof Industrial drives profitability by leveraging its innovative solutions and application engineering, allowing us to enhance our customers' competitive advantage.
ITW Shakeproof Industrial is an Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Company. ITW is a Fortune Manufacturing Company with Multi-Billion Dollar revenue and fifty thousand employees worldwide. Known for innovation, diversification, and excellent financial performance. We are never, whether we know it or not, more than a few steps from an innovative ITW solution.
**Position Summary:**
Analyze specifications, lay out metal stock, set up and operate machine tools, and fit and assemble parts to make and repair dies, cutting tools, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and machinists' hand tools.
+ Working knowledge of stamping dies and machining equipment, including grinding, lathes, mills; EDM and CNC experience a plus.
+ Ensure timely delivery of tools to press.
+ Work with production supervisor to identify and correct issues on tools with repeat.
+ Work with production operators to troubleshoot dies as needed.
+ Sharpen/maintain/change-over/repair/PM dies as needed to support production.
+ Maintain accurate die history files and time spent for work performed.
+ Consult with production operators regarding first/last piece approval; execute reaction plan for defective parts as needed.
+ Participate in tagging system, including red tags to ensure tools are ready for production.
+ Monitor inventory of key tooling components needed for assigned dies.
+ Complete tool or engineering change requests to ensure proper documentation control.
+ Ensure good housekeeping in your area.
+ To work in any other area of the plant at the request of your supervisor.
**Required Skill, Education and Experience**
+ Two-year degree in Machine Tool and/or minimum of 6 years Tool & Die or equivalent.
+ Basic reading/writing/math skills
+ Mechanical ability and knowledge of tools and machinery
+ Ability to focus and prioritize tasks and objectives.
+ Good communication skills.
+ Ability to lift/pull up to fifty (50) pounds.
+ Knowledge of the use of measuring devices, blueprints and drawings preferred.
+ Knowledge of multi-die (boltmaking) and one die two blow machinery preferred.
**Compensation Information:**
31.80 - 35.00 USD Hourly
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