Tool and Die Maker

Tool & Die Maker / Tool & Die Apprentice – Automotive Stamping

Location: Concord, ON

Position Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Pay Rate: $38.00 – $42.00/hr (based on experience) + Afternoon Shift Premium

Shifts Available:

Day Shift: 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM (OR)

Afternoon Shift: 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Licensing: Open to Licensed Tool & Die Makers (430A), Experienced Unlicensed Makers, and Registered Tool & Die Apprentices.

Advantages
Open to Apprentices & Experienced Trades: Hiring both skilled Tool & Die Makers and Apprentices looking to grow.
Straight Shifts: Consistent 8-hour daily schedules with no rotations.
Top-Tier Facilities: Large, clean Tool & Die shop working directly alongside a supportive maintenance team.
Benefits & Perks: Full health, dental, and vision coverage after probation, $200 annual boot allowance, and $200 prescription safety glasses reimbursement.

Responsibilities
Perform maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, and sharpening of progressive, stage, transfer, and blanking dies.
Troubleshoot die performance issues directly inside stamping presses (300 to 1,200 tons) to minimize production downtime.
Setup and operate machine shop tools including surface grinders, conventional mills, engine lathes, and drill presses to fabricate replacement tooling components.
Inspect, fit, align, and assemble die components, punches, inserts, strippers, and die springs using precision measuring instruments.
Perform TIG/MIG welding and benchwork repairs on damaged tool steel components.

Qualifications
Tool & Die Maker: 3+ years of experience maintaining and repairing progressive and transfer dies in an automotive metal stamping plant.
Tool & Die Apprentice: Active apprenticeship enrollment or formal technical training with hands-on machining/die shop experience.
Proficiency in operating toolroom equipment (mills, lathes, surface grinders) and reading engineering detail drawings.
Strong troubleshooting skills to diagnose tooling defects (burrs, misfeeds, form issues) on active stamping lines.
Physical capability to work safely around heavy machinery and perform die benchwork (lifting up to 50 lbs).

Summary
For a confidential conversation regarding this role, please reach out directly:

Sarah Dinis Staffing Manager Skilled Trades & Industrial Management Randstad Canada

Email: sarah.dinis@randstad.ca LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sarah-dinis

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