**Job Title: Tool and Die Maker**
**Job Description**
This position is responsible for all inspections, routine maintenance, emergency repairs, and engineering changes on all of the stamping dies.
**Responsibilities**
+ Perform routine preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on all stamping dies and related components.
+ Conduct inspections, root cause analysis, in-press diagnosis, and repairs of stamping dies.
+ Perform welding to repair worn or damaged tools, fabricate new components, and improve tool properties.
+ Disassemble, assemble, and troubleshoot issues with presses and dies, collaborating with engineers and equipment manufacturers to improve processes.
+ Handle rigging and lifting for die sets.
+ Operate in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and prudent safety standards.
+ Experience with HAAS or ACER mills/lathes is strongly preferred.
+ Accurately read and interpret blueprints.
+ Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts using measurement instruments and inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour, and defects, making adjustments when necessary.
**Essential Skills**
+ Proficiency in tool and die making, manual lathes, and mills.
+ Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
+ Strong skills in machining, die repair, troubleshooting, and die maintenance.
+ Experience with progressive dies, manual lathe, manual mill, grinder, stamping, surface grinding, and Bridgeport.
**Additional Skills & Qualifications**
+ 4+ years of experience in tool and die or a journeyman card in tooling, with schooling as an acceptable alternative.
+ Experience with lathes, mills, surface grinders, and welding machines (Mig and Tig).
+ Experience in die de-construction and re-assembly.
+ Experience in lifting and rigging to move large die sets.
+ Experience with spectrometer and Argus systems is a plus.
**Why Work Here?**
Work in a highly automated manufacturing plant with compensation above the market rate.
**Work Environment**
The work environment is a brand-new manufacturing facility in the stamping department. The location is large, clean, and equipped with highly automated press equipment. The schedule is Monday to Friday, 10:30 pm to 7:00 am, starting January 5, 2026. Training will occur from the start date until January 5, 2026, from 6:30 am to 3:00 pm. Safety gear, including steel-toe boots, safety glasses, hearing protection, and high-visibility vests, is required. Acceptable attire includes jeans or work pants without holes, rips, shorts, or leggings, and plain-colored T-shirts or polos without vulgar language, images, or contraband.
**Job Type & Location**
This is a Contract position based out of Stanton, TN.
**Pay and Benefits**
The pay range for this position is $40.00 - $52.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
**Workplace Type**
This is a fully onsite position in Stanton,TN.
**Application Deadline**
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 26, 2025.
**About Aerotek:**
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry - from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies' construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.