Toolmaker

Who YOU are and what YOU can become:

To provide tooling support in fabrication, repair, inspection, and project leadership. To repair, fabricate, machine, fit, inspect, and assemble all types of high precision tools. Instruct and direct lower graded employees as necessary.

Who WE are and where WE are going:

At MRA Systems, our employees have amazing opportunities to work on advanced technologies and systems that support thousands of customers and millions of people worldwide every day. From the first flight across the Pacific Ocean to developing highly complex structures for the most popular aircraft in the world, we have come a long way always with a can-do approach to problem solving while delighting customers with our high say-do ratio. We are looking for people with innovative ideas and the drive to help us grow into the future.

A pioneer in the production and assembly of complex aerostructures including aircraft and rocket components, engine nacelle systems, thrust reversers and advanced composite products, we apply the latest digital technologies and automation in composite design and manufacturing that are second to none. At ST Engineering MRAS, we are also rapidly augmenting our maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities leveraging the company’s expanded aircraft nacelle portfolio as well as it’s materials and processing expertise.

What YOU will do:

• Ability to work to tool orders, tool process plans, tool designs, sketches, engineering drawings, mylars (non-dimensioned drawings). Determine necessary operations, plan the operational sequence, instruct and direct lower classified employees as required, follow progress of job to assure Quality requirements are met, and status progress to the Team.
• Ability to lay out, fit, machine, and assemble a variety of high precision tools used in the manufacturing of details, sub-assemblies, assemblies, and other tools. Fabrication of tools may be but is not limited to the use of wood, composites, adhesives, purchased tooling components and a variety of metals.
• Ability to inspect tools to plan, repair features to drawing requirements, and fabricate replacement details to rebuild existing tools.
• Ability to use Basic Trigonometry to calculate angles and dimensions, lay out contours for data not shown on tool drawings.
• Ability to use machining equipment such as band saw, sander, lathe, milling machine, grinder, drill press and hand power tools.
• Ability to check your work and the work of others, using precision measuring instruments such as laser, optics, V-stars, scales, micrometers, height gauges and other similar tools.
• Ability to complete fabrication of tools by laying out trim lines, reference lines, reference points, station lines and mold lines, indicating various points, stations, edges, etc., with appropriate markings to facilitate use of tools.

What YOU must bring to Succeed:

HS Diploma/ GED equivalent with a minimum of 5-years’ of Toolmaker experience and/or of the same general nature or successful completion of vocational/technical schooling curricula. Requires a thorough knowledge of complex drawings as applied to tools and fixtures, and a knowledge of the use of a variety of precision measuring instruments. Requires a knowledge of mathematics up to and including trigonometry to calculate dimensions not shown on the drawing, and to properly lay out the material. Requires a general knowledge of the capabilities and operation of a variety of machines and working characteristics of metals to perform machining operations as required.

Desired Characteristics
Ability to stand and perform work duties for an extended period of time.
Ability to lift a minimum of 25 pounds.
Ability to work in warehouse conditions at various temperatures (e.g. warm, hot, cold, freezing).
Ability to work in an environment that includes dust and other debris.
Ability to work with changes in priorities and work assignments.
Ability to work independently, without close supervisions or detailed instructions.
Ability to complete tasks in a timely, detailed, and orderly manner.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others (e.g., peers, employees, vendors, truck drivers, and public) to create a productive environment.
Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment.

AT ST Engineering, we offer great rewards, competitive pay, career advancement and growth opportunities.

Salary for this role: $22.00 per hour. ST Engineering considers several factors with extending job offers, including but not limited to candidates’ key skills, relevant work experience, education/training/certification, job level, and work location. Base salary is only one component of our competitive Total Rewards package.

MRAS offers these incentives for hourly roles:

• Competitive Healthcare Benefits Package

• 401k Savings Plan

• Annual Pay Increases and COLA pay

• Shift Differential Pay for off shift schedules

• Overtime Opportunities

• Paid-Time Off/Vacation

• Educational Assistance Reimbursement

• Health & Safety Personal Protective Program

• Free Onsite Gym with weekly fitness classes

• On-the-Job Training

Employment Notice: Background and Drug Screening Requirements

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and secure workplace, successful completion of a background check and drug screening is a mandatory condition for employment. All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory results from these screenings.

It takes diverse talent to solve real-world problems. ST Engineering is deeply committed to building a workplace community where inclusion is valued, and everyone feels welcomed. We’re proud to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status, or any other legally protected grounds. So, bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s through our differences that innovative changes are made.

ST Engineering is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation, please contact our Talent Strategies team at 571-771-0101, or by email at stena.careers@stengg.us.

Nearest Major Market: Baltimore