Tool & Die
nVent · Solon, OH
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at nVent (industrial) in Solon, OH. A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day.
- They ask for
- 3+ years
- Tools it names
- CNC, Machining, Tooling
- Day to day
- relocation help
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How this role compares
Against 43 other live manufacturing postings in Ohio.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 59%
- ✓ Tooling 43%
- ✓ Machining 41%
- ✓ CNC 36%
- Lean 36%
- 5S 27%
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- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
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This plant: nVent in Solon
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Full description from nVentAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
responsibilities
- ◆Plan, layout, construct, maintain, alter, and repair complicated multi-station progressive, single purpose blanking, piercing and forming dies, as well as a variety of drills, holding and clamping fixtures.
- ◆Design dies and make or direct the making of detailed drawings.
- ◆Work from drawings, sketches, samples, written and verbal instructions.
- ◆Visualize finished job, make necessary mathematical calculations, select allowances for fitting and finishing.
- ◆Plan, layout, and perform intricate machining operations on tool room equipment involving exacting setups and adjustments to maintain very close tolerances and skilled bench and hand operations. Experience with CNC equipment is beneficial.
- ◆Determine repairs required on dies returned to tool room.
- ◆Perform emergency repairs to dies in the press department.
- ◆Perform any variety of die grinding, shimming, replacement of progressive die components.
- ◆Make up repair parts or machined items for special orders.
- ◆Try out dies in tool room press, suggest changes to improve operation or reduce maintenance time, observe operation in production and diagnose and correct trouble.
- ◆Prepare complex print programs utilizing higher levels of math and or utilizing a computer programming language.
- ◆Instruct other employees and assist in overcoming difficulties. Aid in setting up any plant equipment as needed.
- ◆Report faulty equipment, defective material and unusual conditions to supervisor.
- ◆Observe all prescribed safety rules and regulations and maintain work area in a neat and orderly condition.
Relocation Assistance
and Experience
- ✓High School diploma or equivalent.
- ✓Journeyman’s card or equivalent years of experience in the tool and die trade is required
- ✓Open to those with a minimum of 3 years of experience.
- ✓Wire EDM experience preferred.
- ✓Strong troubleshooting skills necessary, with the ability to make informed decisions.
- ✓Good organizational skills with strong attention to detail.
- ✓Ability to work in a fast-paced; multi-tasking environment and meet operational deadlines.
- ✓Must be self-motivated, safety and quality conscious, and work efficiently with minimal supervision.
- ✓Heavy lifting required (35 lbs). Lift truck operator experience preferred.
- ✓Good communication skills with the ability to work in a team environment
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We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.
Description
We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.
Key job
We have
- •A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
- •nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.
- •Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.
- •Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work
- •We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide
- •Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money
- •Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:
- •Innovative & adaptable
- •Dedicated to absolute integrity
- •Focused on the customer first
- •Respectful and team oriented
- •Optimistic and energizing
- •Accountable for performance
- •Benefits to support the lives of our employees
At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:
- •Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
- •A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
- •Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft prot ection.
At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.
We have
- •A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
- •nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and