Toolmaker

Position Title: Toolmaker

Target Experience: 5+ years

Department: Tooling

Location: Trafford, PA

About Us

Cleaveland/Price specializes in the design and manufacture of high voltage disconnect switches and switch automation products. The products that we offer are unique in design, and some include patented features. Products have been developed and tested in accordance with IEEE, ANSI, and NEMA standards for high voltage equipment. They are primarily used by investor-owned and public electric utilities and large industrial operations in substation, distribution, transmission, and generation applications.

All company operations take place in a modern 218,300 sq. ft. multi-site facility situated on 20 acres east of Trafford, PA. The facility houses virtually all resources for product realization, including engineering, supply chain, parts fabrication, electro-mechanical assembly, and testing. Fabrication capabilities include laser and plasma cutting, CNC machining, CNC punching, and automated bending and forming. The company also utilizes specialized processes, such as MIG and TIG welding, friction welding, silver and tin electroplating, and silver brazing.

Cleaveland/Price's employee-focused culture plays an important role in being recognized by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as being a Top Workplace in the Pittsburgh region. The company is driven by the caring people that we employ: the heart and soul of the Cleaveland/Price product line.

Your Goal

To support manufacturing operations through the design, fabrication, maintenance, and continuous improvement of precision tooling, fixtures, dies, gauges, and specialized production equipment that ensure product quality, production efficiency, process consistency, and compliance with engineering specifications and safety standards.

Your Responsibilities

• Manufactures parts for tools, dies, and fixtures per drawings.
• Inspects, troubleshoots, and repairs tooling, dies, and equipment.
• Reads blueprints, design, maintain and build gauges, tools, dies and other manufacturing equipment.
• Tests equipment, tools, and dies and validates that they meet specifications; adjust parts as needed.
• Performs die preventative maintenance and document results.
• Operates small bench pendent and overhead radio controlled cranes.
• Sets up, operates, and maintains a variety of fabrication and machining equipment, including but not limited to manual and CNC mills and lathes, surface grinders, cutoff saws, drill presses, punch pressed, etc. Performs equipment calibration and adjustments as required to ensure accuracy, quality, and operational efficiency.
• Designs, sizes, and hand-fits on bench, dies, tools, and fixtures.
• Works with other employees on tooling projects and understand the projects requirements.
• Ensures work practices are compliant with all OSHA and ISO standards.
• Ensures proper utilization of required PPE and task-specific tools and equipment to ensure the highest level of safety for self and others.
• Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe work environment.
• Follows all company and job-specific safety rules and regulations.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.