Tool & Die Maker – Stamping Operations
- Markham, ON, Canada
$38 to $42 CAD / hour · Full-time
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Original job description
Location: Markham, Ontario
Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time | On-Site
Compensation: $38.00–$42.00 per hour, based on experience
The Opportunity
An established Canadian manufacturer is seeking an experienced Tool & Die Maker to support its metal-stamping operation in Markham.
This is a hands-on role for an experienced toolmaker who enjoys troubleshooting, solving production problems and taking pride in keeping dies - and the operation - performing properly.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
Competitive compensation: $38.00–$42.00 per hour, based on experience.
Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental and other group benefits.
Stable, long-term employment: Join an established Canadian manufacturer with decades of stamping and tooling experience.
Skilled, meaningful work: Apply your technical knowledge to real tooling challenges - not narrowly repetitive production work.
Varied tooling environment: Work with progressive and transfer dies supporting a range of stamping equipment.
Visible impact: Your workmanship directly affects quality, uptime and production performance.
Experienced team: Work alongside people who understand tooling and value
skilled trades expertise.
What You'll Be Doing
Tooling Maintenance and Repair
Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on stamping dies.
Diagnose tooling problems and complete emergency repairs to minimize production downtime.
Repair, replace, fit and assemble tooling components.
Manufacture or modify parts for dies, production equipment and other plant machinery.
Clean, inspect and prepare dies according to the production schedule.
Troubleshooting and Production Support
Investigate tooling-related quality and production problems and determine the appropriate corrective action.
Support tooling tryouts and verify proper operation before release to production.
Check repaired or manufactured components for dimensional accuracy, clearances and alignment.
Communicate tooling concerns, required repairs and potential delays to tooling leadership.
Ensure dies are production-ready and respond promptly when tooling issues threaten scheduled output.
Tool Room and Quality
Read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications and GD&T.
Operate conventional tool-room equipment and use precision measuring instruments.
Record completed maintenance and repairs within the company's ERP system.
Support 5S, workplace safety, continuous improvement and established quality requirements.
What You Bring
Five or more years of tooling maintenance and repair experience.
Hands-on experience with dies in a metal-stamping production environment.
Strong knowledge of progressive and/or transfer dies.
Proven troubleshooting, fitting, repair and precision-measurement skills.
Ability to read engineering drawings and understand GD&T.
Ontario 430A Tool and Die Maker certification or equivalent Red Seal is preferred.
A dependable, safety-conscious and collaborative approach.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Tool & Die Maker at Kellow Recruiting will keep stamping dies working by doing preventive and emergency repairs, making and fixing parts, and checking the dies before they return to production. The role also investigates tooling problems and records completed work in the company's ERP system.
Requirements
Candidates need five or more years of tooling maintenance and repair experience, with hands-on work on dies in a stamping environment. Strong knowledge of progressive and transfer dies, precision measuring, and reading engineering drawings with GD&T is required. An Ontario 430A or Red Seal certification is preferred.
Skills
- Progressive die maintenance and repair
- Transfer die maintenance and repair
- Die fitting and assembly
- Die troubleshooting
- Tryout support
- Engineering drawing interpretation
- GD&T
- Precision measuring instruments
- Conventional tool-room machinery
- Dimensional inspection
- Clearance and alignment checks
- Parts manufacturing and modification
- ERP record keeping
- 5S
- Continuous improvement
- Workplace safety
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
Categories
- Manufacturing
- Engineering
- Trades
Keywords
- Tool and die maker
- Tool & die
- Metal stamping
- Stamping dies
- Progressive dies
- Transfer dies
- Die maintenance
- Die repair
- Tool room
- GD&T
- Engineering drawings
- Precision measurement
- Troubleshooting
- Manufacturing
- Machinist
- Ontario 430A
- Red Seal
- ERP
- 5S
- Markham
Seniority
Senior
Licences and certifications
- Ontario 430A Tool and Die Maker
- Red Seal
Tools
- Conventional tool-room equipment
- Precision measuring instruments
- ERP system