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Tool Maker, Day Shift

PPG Industries, Inc
$29.60
United States, Alabama, Huntsville
1719 Highway 72 East (Show on map)
Jul 23, 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.

Le fasce retributive e i benefit di PPG possono variare in base alla localita, il che ci consente di retribuire i dipendenti in modo competitivo in diversi mercati geografici. PPG prende in considerazione diversi fattori nelle decisioni sulle retribuzioni, tra cui, a titolo esemplificativo ma non esaustivo, competenze, esperienza e formazione, qualifiche e istruzione, licenze e certificazioni, nonche altre esigenze organizzative. Potrebbero essere applicati altri incentivi.

I nostri programmi di benefit per i dipendenti sono progettati per supportare la salute e il benessere dei nostri dipendenti. Eventuali coperture assicurative e benefit saranno conformi alle condizioni dei programmi applicabili e ai documenti del piano governativo associati.


About us:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday - everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company.. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way

Every single day at PPG:

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are "One PPG" to the world.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We make it happen.

We run it like we own it.

We do better today than yesterday - everyday.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.

Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.

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