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Tool Maker

PPG Industries, Inc
$29.60
United States, Alabama, Huntsville
1719 Highway 72 East (Show on map)
Oct 16, 2025

Immediately Hiring!

Tool Maker -Huntsville, Alabama

Pay Range: Starting at $29.60

Available Shift- Day Shift

Eligibility: Only U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and political asylees or refugees are eligible to apply.

Text "PPG" to +1 412-968-8670 to quickly apply to this position and schedule an interview.

As a Tool Maker you will be a crucial part of our operations, ensuring that a quality product is available to our customers when they need them. Your work will directly affect people's lives!

Primary Responsibilities

  • Fabrication and repair of precision tooling used for the manufacturing of aircraft transparencies. Candidate will be required to work with a variety of material types (plastic, fiberglass, metal, epoxy, composites, etc.) while performing their job.
  • Job will include milling, lathe work, welding, epoxy work, metal bending, and various other hand tool work.
  • Work from blueprints, sketches, master shapes, CAD data, and incorporate end user feedback to create tooling that is both ergonomically functional, and dimensionally correct.
  • Candidate will be required to enroll in off-site technical college and take a prescribed course curriculum as part of their apprenticeship, while maintaining an acceptable GPA.
  • Work under the guidance of senior/more-experienced toolmaker/s to learn the nuances of tool fabrication and repair. Candidate must be receptive to constructive feedback to progress their skillset.
  • Be flexible in job function during times of need- i.e. tooling emergency from production floor or similar situation.
  • Obeys all plant general and safety rules, paying special attention to shop specific safety hazards.
  • Any employees accepted as a toolmaker are required to enter the apprenticeship program and satisfactorily complete 48 credit hours of schoolwork at Calhoun.

Qualifications

  • Able to read and understand blueprints.
  • Ability to work well with hands while focusing on detailed tasks.
  • Experience with fiberglass/epoxy tooling fabrication
  • Experience with machining (manual and/or CNC) fabrication.
  • Prior tooling or similar experience.

Los rangos salariales y beneficios de PPG pueden variar segun la ubicacion, lo que nos permite compensar a los empleados de manera competitiva en diferentes mercados geograficos. PPG considera varios factores al tomar decisiones sobre compensacion, que incluyen entre otros, conjuntos de habilidades, experiencia y capacitacion, calificaciones y educacion, licencias y certificaciones, y otras necesidades de la organizacion. Tambien pueden aplicarse otros incentivos.

Nuestros programas de beneficios para empleados estan disenados para apoyar la salud y el bienestar de nuestros empleados. La cobertura y los beneficios del seguro se ajustaran a los terminos y condiciones de los planes aplicables y de los documentos rectores asociados al plan.

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