Tooling

  • Full-time

Company Description

Everything Has A Reason

Over time this statement became a culture at Bass Cat and Yar-Craft Boats. A simple tribal tactic, not one that comes from a how-to manual or a mission statement. It comes with years of building the finest bass and walleye boats in the world. Our staff compiles hundreds of years of boat-building experience. We aren’t the new kids on the block, and we know our culture runs deep.

We uphold a commitment to ensuring each boat is comprised of the finest quality throughout the manufacturing process. Better resins, better fiberglass, better techniques and not cutting corners in any segment. It’s not about the price, it’s about the boats and the people that build and run them.

Job Description

Job Purpose

Analyze specifications, lay out material, 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.

Qualifications

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Set-up and operate machine tools, such as: lathes, milling machines and grinders, to machine parts to specifications and verify conformance of machined parts to specifications.
  • Fit and assemble standard parts into assemblies or mechanisms, using hand tools. Verify dimension and alignment, using measuring instruments such as: micrometers, height gauges and gauge blocks. Examine and modify tools as required under the direction of the Tooling Group Leader or Applications Manager. Seek guidance for more complex assemblies or mechanisms from senior level technicians or manager.
  • Meet with customers during the manufacture of standard fixtures, production or prototype tooling, to ensure the customer and tooling engineering specifications as directed by the Tooling Group Leader. Make modifications as required and directed. Seek guidance for more complex customer requirements from senior level technicians or manager
  • Assist Tooling and Application Engineers to ensure on-time equipment installation, check-up and debug.
  • Diagnose, isolate malfunctions and repair produced fixtures and tools.
  • Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies.
  • Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
  • Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications.
  • Calculate dimensions of workpieces, products, or equipment.
  • Inspect metal, plastic, or composite products.
  • Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.
  • Assemble machine tools, parts, or fixtures.
  • Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, making adjustments as necessary.
  • Conduct test runs of production equipment.
  • File, grind, shim, and adjust various parts to properly fit them together.
  • Smooth metal surfaces or edges.
  • Select production input materials.
  • Lift, position, and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, vises, v-blocks, or angle plates.
  • Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
  • Lift materials or workpieces using cranes or other lifting equipment.
  • Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or power grinders.
  • Polish materials, workpieces, or finished products.
  • Design tools, fixtures, or other devices for production equipment.
  • Design jigs, fixtures, and templates for use as work aids in the fabrication of parts or products.
  • Measure, mark, and scribe metal or plastic stock to lay out machining, using instruments such as protractors, micrometers, scribes, and rulers.
  • Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
  • Set up and operate drill presses to drill and tap holes in parts for assembly.
  • Drill holes in parts, equipment, or materials.
  • Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.
  • Cut, shape, and trim blanks or blocks to specified lengths or shapes, using power saws, power shears, rules, and hand tools.
  • Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
  • Perform other duties, assignments and responsibilities as needed.

Additional Information

Benefits and Perks:

  • Faith based foundation
  • Family oriented atmosphere
  • Competitive pay - Opportunity for a pay increase at 90 days!
  • Benefits - Medical/Dental/Vision/401(k)/Paid Holidays/Vacation
  • Employee Appreciation Celebrations as well as Family Day (Restrictions permitting)
  • Attendance bonuses, referral bonuses, end of the year profit sharing

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Bass Cat Boat Company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Bass Cat Boat Company complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, and transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Bass Cat Boat Company expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Bass Cat Boat Company’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.