Tool Room- X Shift

Who We Are:Challenge Manufacturing’s mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day; they are the true driving force in our operations.Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time at Challenge. Being part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge’s success Challenge is #QualityDriven and #PeoplePoweredWho We Want: Troubleshoots, maintains and repairs dies, die components, and tooling used in the production process. Analyzes specifications, lays out metal stock, and sets up and operations machine tools to make and repair dies. What You'll Do: Studies specifications such as blueprints, sketches, models, or descriptions, and visualizes product to determine materials required and machines to be used tofabricate parts. Computes dimensions, plans layout, and determines assembly method and sequence of operations.  Measures, marks, and scribes metal stock for machining. Sets up and operates machine tools such as lathes, milling machine, shaper, and grinder, to machine parts, and verifies conformance of machined parts tospecifications. Lifts machined parts and positions and secures parts on surface plate or worktable.  Smooths flat and contoured surfaces using power grinders and fits and assembles parts together and into assemblies and mechanisms.  Verifies dimensions, alignments, and clearances.  Heat treats tools or parts.  Examines standard or previously used dies, tools, and jigs and fixtures, and recommends design modifications regarding construction and function of part.  Troubleshoot tooling analysis and resolve problems to obtain quality level of parts.  Follow all safety precautions and company policies to prevent injury to self and others.  Utilize calipers, micrometers, gauge pins and blocks, various other types of measurement equipment. When and Where: This will be an X Shift / 7:30PM - 6AM M-TH located at our Plant in Holland, MI. Occasionally, this may require you to arrive early, stay late, or work on weekends, outside of our regular hours, to ensure we successfully meet customer needs, deadlines, or urgent requests.  What You Need to Have: High school diploma or equivalent (required).  Journeyman or completed apprenticeship (preferred). Must have minimum 2+ years of verifiable tool and die experience or equivalent.  Mastercam and Solidworks experience (preferred). Must have intermediate level of machining and metal working experience.  Strong mechanical and shop math aptitude (preferred).  Must be able to understand and follow written and verbal workplace instructions.  Must be able to pass Hi-Lo certification process Must be able to acquire Overhead Crane Operators license  Challenge Manufacturing is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability for any part of the recruitment process, please contact the respective Talent Acquisition Partner. Challenge Manufacturing is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. This company will provide equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Information collected regarding categories as provided by law will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application. Challenge Manufacturing will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a forma complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Challenge Manufacturing's legal duty to furnish information. Due to customer requirements, it is prohibited by federal export control laws from transferring controlled information and technology to "Foreign Persons" except as specifically authorized by the U.S. government. In the absence of such authorization, access to controlled information or technology must be limited to "U.S. Persons." Accordingly, in order to comply with export control laws, the customer is required to verify a contractor's status as being either a "U.S. Person" or a " Foreign Person."What We Offer:We’re excited to offer a range of awesome benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions, Flexible Spending Accounts, company-paid Short-Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary Life and Long-Term Disability options, an Employer 401k Match, ESOP shares, tuition reimbursement, a Referral Bonus Program, Challenge Incentive Program, and paid time off. Please note, while these benefits are part of what we offer, they may not all apply to this specific role. The details shared in this job description are intended to give you a general idea, but duties and responsibilities may evolve over time, with or without notice. And of course, we’re happy to provide reasonable accommodations to help individuals with disabilities succeed in their role.