Essentra is immediately hiring for a Tool Maker based in the Flippin, AR area to join our team. Reporting to the Toolroom Manager, the Tool Maker duties include fabricating, repairing, and inspecting a wide variety of tooling, including runnerless systems and controls.

Essentra is a global market leader in plastic injection molded, vinyl dip molded and metal components with a portfolio of over 40,000+ products to meet our client’s needs. 

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation and bonus incentives
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• 401K + company match
• Vacation and Holidays!

What you will do:

• Construct new molds and components as required
• Provide support for injection molding manufacturing operations by maintaining and repairing all tooling in a safe and orderly fashion
• Repair and maintain molds or components for molds
• Troubleshoot problems during production
• Modify molds to conform to engineering changes
• Verify conformance of machined or repaired molds to specifications by checking the dimensions, clearances, and alignments

What we look for:

Required:

• Experience with metal molds.
• Able to safely operate surface grinders, hones, knee mills, engine lathes, drill presses, saws, conventional EDM, and various fixtures
• Able to use micrometers, calipers, indicators, and various gages to inspect mold components to close tolerances
• Able to read blueprints and inspect mold components to very close tolerances
• Able to solve molding problems and improve mold design
• Able to read, interpret reports, instructions, procedures and guidelines
• Comply with all company policies, procedures, quality management systems, and environmental, health, and safety regulations
• Physical demands include standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, handling, feeling, talking, listening, hearing, vision, and depth perception
• May require lifting up to 75 pounds

Education:

• Minimum of a High school diploma/GED (a technical certificate in Tool Making or Injection Molding is a plus, but not required)
• Four years experience building/repairing molds or running CNC equipment (preferably in a manufacturing environment).
• Requires working knowledge of injection mold form, fit, and function.
• Safety Certifications: LOTO, Machine Guarding, Respiration Program

Essentra Components is an Equal Opportunity & E-Verify employer.