Location: Markham, Ontario

Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time | On-Site

Compensation: $38.00–$42.00 per hour, based on experience

The Opportunity

An established Canadian manufacturer is seeking an experienced Tool & Die Maker to support its metal-stamping operation in Markham.

This is a hands‑on role for an experienced toolmaker who enjoys troubleshooting, solving production problems and taking pride in keeping dies—and the operation—performing properly.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

- Competitive compensation: $38.00–$42.00 per hour, based on experience.
- Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental and other group benefits.
- Secure, long‑term employment: Join an established Canadian manufacturer with decades of stamping and tooling experience.
- Skilled, meaningful work: Apply your technical knowledge to real tooling challenges—not narrowly repetitive production work.
- Varied tooling environment: Work with progressive and transfer dies supporting a range of stamping equipment.
- Visible impact: Your workmanship directly affects quality, uptime and production performance.
- Experienced team: Work alongside people who understand tooling and value
- skilled trades expertise.

What You'll Be Doing

Tooling Maintenance and Repair

- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on stamping dies.
- Diagnose tooling problems and complete emergency repairs to minimize production downtime.
- Repair, replace, fit and assemble tooling components.
- Manufacture or modify parts for dies,



production equipment and other plant machinery.
- Clean, inspect and prepare dies according to the production schedule.

Troubleshooting and Production Support

- Investigate tooling-related quality and production problems and determine the appropriate corrective action.
- Support tooling tryouts and verify proper operation before release to production.
- Check repaired or manufactured components for dimensional accuracy, clearances and alignment.
- Communicate tooling concerns, required repairs and potential delays to tooling leadership.
- Ensure dies are production-ready and respond promptly when tooling issues threaten scheduled output.

Tool Room and Quality

- Read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications and GD&T.;
- Operate conventional tool-room equipment and use precision measuring instruments.
- Record completed maintenance and repairs within the company's ERP system.
- Support 5S, workplace safety, continuous improvement and established quality requirements.

What You Bring

- Five or more years of tooling maintenance and repair experience.
- Hands‑on experience with dies in a metal‑stamping production environment.
- Strong knowledge of progressive and/or transfer dies.
- Proven troubleshooting, fitting, repair and precision‑measurement skills.
- Ability to read engineering drawings and understand GD&T.;
- Ontario 430A Tool and Die Maker certification or equivalent Red Seal is preferred.
- A dependable, safety-conscious and collaborative approach.

📌 Tool & Die Maker – Stamping Operations (Markham)
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