TOOLMAKER (AIRCRAFT)

Position Description

***ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE IN JAPAN IS EXTREMELY LIMITED. Please see Additional Information section below.*** You will serve as a TOOLMAKER (AIRCRAFT) in the Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific within FRC WESTPAC DET IWAKUNI.

Position Duties/Responsibilities

• You will fabricate, overhaul, calibrate, and repair complex tools, jigs, fixtures, drilling templates, dies, and precision gauges used in aircraft maintenance and manufacturing.
• You will plan machining operations, select materials, lay out work, and calculate dimensions and tolerances to meet production requirements.
• You will set up and operate precision machines, including jig borers, grinders, electrical discharge machines, and conventional or computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools.
• You will manufacture complex, nonroutine, and one-of-a-kind parts and equipment from raw metals, metal alloys, and other materials.
• You will interpret blueprints, drawings, work orders, and specifications to determine machining requirements and calculate missing dimensions.
• You will develop prototypes and specialized tooling from engineering concepts, general instructions, or incomplete drawings.
• You will manufacture, assemble, and modify special tools, cutters, jigs, fixtures, and molds to improve production efficiency.

Minimum Salary

34.19

Maximum Salary

39.88