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Tooling Technician

Skilled Manufacturing Inc
Traverse, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 5/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/22/2026

$2000 RETENTION BONUS

Participating Employer: MI Tr-Share Child Care Program

*Your child cost is reduced by 66% for eligible employees*

 

Tooling Technician

As the Tooling Technician, you will be responsible for managing new and existing tooling in order to support the machining requirements. In this position, you ensure the ability of production personnel to provide high-quality, timely maintenance and customer service by having needed tooling, equipment, and supplies available to them, in good repair and on demand.

Essential Duties / Responsibilities:

  • Manage changes, repairs, and improvements to existing tooling.
  • Setting up jobs for the machine shop.
  • Dealing with vendors in order to purchase various tools for the machine shop.
  • Keep tool crib organized for easy locating of parts and supplies
  • Receives, stores, and issues tooling as needed.
  • Issues tools and equipment to workers & maintains records of tools and equipment issued and returned.
  • Locates lost or misplaced tools and/or equipment.
  • Prepares periodic inventory or maintains perpetual inventory of tools and/or equipment.
  • Inspects and measures tools and/or equipment for defects wear, visually or using a micrometer, and reports damage or wear to supervisors.

 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

  • Ability to lift and push up to 50 lbs.
  • Sufficient manual dexterity to operate machines properly and safely
  • Physical ability to do work requiring frequent stooping, twisting, and bending frequently (more than 4 hours of each activity).
  • Sufficient visual acuity (corrected) to read instructions, operate machines and visually inspect parts.

 

Qualifications:

  • Basic Office, Excel, and keyboarding skills
  • Organizational Skills
  • Previous tool crib experience in fast-paced manufacturing environment a plus
  • Good communication skills, oral and written.

Work Environment:

  • Standing for 10-hour shifts
  • Moderate physical activity such as walking and lifting is required on a daily basis
  • Safety gear, such as approved safety glasses, is required at all times
  • Clean climate-controlled manufacturing environment

Benefits – starts the 1st of the month after 30 days of employment:

  • Health Insurance
  • Health Savings Account
  • Vision Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • 401(k) with employer match plus employer contribution
  • Company-paid Short-term Disability
  • Company-paid Long-term Disability
  • Company-paid Life Insurance

Benefits – Additional:

  • Paid Time Off available after 60 days of employment
  • Quarterly bonus program 
  • 401K with employer match plus an employer contribution after 6-months of employment

Schedule:

  • 8-hour shifts Monday – Friday
  • 2nd Shift 


Employment Criteria: 

This position includes access or potential access to ITAR technical data. Therefore, candidates will need to qualify as a US Person which is defined as a US Citizen, a Permanent Resident who does not work for a foreign company/foreign government/foreign governmental agency or organization, or a political asylee in compliance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

Due to the requirements of the Customer, No Visa sponsorship is available

We are a team-driven Equal Opportunity Employer committed to workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, pregnancy or age.

 

 


M-F, 2pm-10pm

Salary : $20 - $25

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