Tooling Apprentice

Watkins Wellness is hiring a Tooling Technician to join our Vista Tooling team!

DISCOVER

If you enjoy building things with your hands working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and turning ideas into precision tooling this role could be a great fit.

As a Tooling Technician youll help create and maintain the molds patterns fixtures and tooling used throughout our manufacturing operations. Youll work in a hands-on composite shop environment where craftsmanship dimensional accuracy and problem-solving are valued every day.

This role offers the opportunity to expand your technical skills while working alongside experienced tooling professionals. Youll contribute to the fabrication of tooling components support quality and safety objectives and help ensure tools are built to specification and ready for production.

The ideal candidate is comfortable working in full PPE enjoys learning new skills and can translate drawings and concepts into accurate molds patterns and tooling with precision and attention to detail.

YOUR RIPPLE EFFECT

• Do you enjoy building and creating with your hands Fabricate modify repair and maintain molds patterns fixtures tooling and related equipment used in manufacturing operations.
• Can you visualize designs in three dimensions and bring them to life Create tooling components that meet dimensional requirements maintain angular and perpendicular relationships and support precision manufacturing processes.
• Do you have experience shaping bodywork or fabricating physical components Apply hands-on craftsmanship and fabrication techniques to produce and repair tooling and mold surfaces.
• Are you comfortable working in a composite shop environment Support tooling activities involving hand lay-up processes fiberglass materials resins molds and pattern construction while following established work instructions.
• Do you like solving problems and improving processes Participate in troubleshooting continuous improvement initiatives and day-to-day problem-solving activities that enhance tooling performance.
• Can you interpret technical information and execute with accuracy Read and apply drawings specifications work instructions and measurement requirements to ensure quality results.
• Do you take pride in quality and safety Maintain housekeeping quality and safety standards while working in a manufacturing environment that requires PPE and adherence to established procedures.
• Do you enjoy sharing knowledge and helping others grow Support skill development within the team by demonstrating techniques sharing best practices and assisting less experienced team members when appropriate.
  
  

WHAT YOU BRING

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Manufacturing fabrication tooling machining or production experience.
• Strong hands-on mechanical aptitude and experience working with hand tools and shop equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings specifications and work instructions.
• Experience with shaping bodywork fabrication pattern-making or similar craft-based work preferred.
• Understanding of dimensional tolerances measurements layout squareness and angular relationships.
• Ability to visualize and work with three-dimensional forms and structures.
• Strong problem-solving teamwork and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment while maintaining attention to detail.
• Willingness to learn new skills and continue technical development.
• Ability to obtain forklift certification.
• Comfortable working in a composite shop environment with PPE requirements hearing protection and respirator compliance as required.

WHAT YOULL GET
At Watkins Wellness we believe that everyone should Feel good. Live well. We offer employees the opportunity to join a dynamic growing industry leader with an outstanding and well-deserved reputation for leadership and commitment to our employees customers and community. Our employees are eligible to receive exceptional health and wellness benefits paid time off company bonus profit sharing 401k match education assistance and much more. We are proud of the people we are and the products we make products that make a difference to the health and well-being of others.

We look for candidates that exhibit The Watkins Way (always Ethical endeavors to be Visible embraces Inclusion welcomes Diverse backgrounds and perspectives Accommodating believes in Work-Life Balance puts Safety First Accountable values Relationships Passionate Team Player and Goal Driven).

The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision color vision peripheral vision and depth perception. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

In compliance with federal law all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Hiring Range: $16.90 - $23.26

Many factors affect actual compensation including but not limited to experience education skills and geographic location

Watkins (the Company) is an equal opportunity employer and we strive to employ the most qualified individuals for every position. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Companys policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment employment promotion salary increases benefits termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race color sex sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression genetic information pregnancy religious creed national origin ancestry age physical/mental disability medical condition marital/domestic partner status military and veteran status height weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all people involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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