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Tool & Die Maker

Milwaukee Tool · Mukwonago, WI

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Level
Technician
Team
Manufacturing
Experience asked
5+ years
Industry
Industrial
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A technician-level manufacturing role at Milwaukee Tool (industrial) in Mukwonago, WI.

They ask for
5+ years
Tools it names
CNC, Machining, Injection molding, Stamping, Tooling, SolidWorks

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Manufacturing Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $60k–$91k.

Median of the low and high ends of 50 live postings that list pay, out of 825 manufacturing technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 15 other live manufacturing postings in Wisconsin.

Experience asked
More than usual (5+ vs 4+)

Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Team leadership 63%
  • ✓ Tooling 50%
  • ✓ CNC 50%
  • ✓ Machining 50%
  • Robotics 31%
  • GD&T 25%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for Injection molding, Stamping, CATIA / NX, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

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Responsibilities

  • ◆Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
  • ◆Study blueprints, sketches, and models to repair or fabricate tools and dies
  • ◆Ability to troubleshoot production and prototype tooling
  • ◆Have journeymen experience in stamping and forming, as well as Injection Mold Tooling
  • ◆Set up and operate conventional or CNC machine shop equipment such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders, and wire EDM
  • ◆Inspect tooling for production readiness
  • ◆Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools.
  • ◆Conduct tryouts with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, making adjustments as necessary.
  • ◆Record work and repair history of tooling in electronic maintenance system
  • ◆Perform and develop effective preventive maintenance systems of plastic molds and stamping dies
  • ◆Build and modify spare parts as needed and give accurate time estimates of repairs
  • ◆Identify continuous improvement opportunities and work in a self-directed manner to implement projects and optimize production processes

Requirements

  • ✓Possess expert level experience in troubleshooting tooling
  • ✓5 years' experience with stamping and Injection Molding die repair, engineering changes and new builds
  • ✓Experience with aluminum stamping and machining a plus
  • ✓Must be able to communicate technical status to engineering or operations team.
  • ✓Experience with Solidworks or NX a plus
  • ✓Experience with Gibbscam CAM or NX CAM a plus
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Job Description

At Milwaukee Tool (Milwaukee), we strive for operational excellence to deliver best-in-class products that exceed the needs of our end users. We achieve this by cultivating a culture to hire, reward, mentor and grow 'Exceptional People.'

As a Tool - Die Maker, you would work on both stamping dies and plastic injection molds. The primary duty is to utilize tool and die making skills to contribute to manufacturing improvements in both existing manufacturing processes and new products. This position will interact with operations, engineering and process technicians to construct, alter, fit and repair tooling from both the stamping and plastic molding processes.

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