What are the responsibilities and job description for the Tool Maker position at MILLAT INDUSTRIES?
Join our Team!
Millat Industries, a family-owned manufacturing company celebrating 60 years of success, is seeking a Tool Maker at our Kettering location. Are you a detail-driven person who wants to make a real difference at a stable, innovative, and rapidly growing precision machining company? If so, we want to meet you!
Associate Benefits:
- Pay negotiable with experience!
- Weekly paychecks
- Attendance Bonus and Bi-annual bonuses
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Company-paid life insurance & disability plans
- Immediate holiday pay & paid time off
- 401k with company match
- Heating and air conditioning throughout the facility
- Employee Appreciation: Catered Lunches, Gift Cards, Drawings
- Events: Holiday Parties, Golf Outing, Fishing Tournament
- Tuition reimbursement (up to 100%)
- Wellness coaching
Your Responsibilities
- Use sketches, blueprints, specifications, and models to plan operations for the machining of tools and assemblies, ensuring safety and maximum efficiency
- Programs, sets up, and operates tool room equipment including mills, lathes, and grinders
- Verify dimensions of finished parts to ensure they conform to specifications using dial indicators, gauge blocks, calipers, micrometers, CMMs, Optical Comparators, and other quality gages
- Utilize hand and machine tools to assemble parts of tools and to repair and modify gauges, and jigs
- Design fixtures to be used as work aids for efficient fabrication of products and parts
- Work collaboratively with other departments to assist in both product design and design for manufacturing
- Diagnose and troubleshoot problems and perform repairs on tools
- Interface with external and internal customers, handle supplier and customer concerns and work with team members to solve problems during the production process
- File and finish workpieces using the appropriate hand tools to ensure products are smooth and that they fit together properly
- Selects the proper metals and materials to be used based on properties, ensuring they meet project specifications
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of Tool Room Experience
- Mill, Lathe, and Grinding experience (Prototrak experience required, Hurco experience a plus)
- Quality oriented
- Has Computer knowledge and has own tools
- Reliable with an excellent attendance record.
- Must stand, walk, push, pull, reach overhead, and bend to the floor and be able to lift between 10 and 50 pounds frequently
Why Join Millat Industries?
- Stability and Legacy – 60 years in business, third-generation leadership, and turnover less than half the national manufacturing benchmark.
- Innovation and Growth – Work with teams that embrace new technology, continuous improvement, and diverse manufacturing projects for a diverse customer base.
- Values-Driven Culture – Operate in a culture built on teamwork, integrity, and respect where “Everybody is Somebody.”
- Prominent Customers – Support global OEMs like Honda, GE Aerospace, and Trimble Navigation.
Schedule – Approximately 45 hours per week, core hours 7:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Monday–Friday. Occasional overtime on Friday and Saturday. (Could be 50 – 55 hours on occasion)